His body had practically twisted itself into a knot in the water.
This chase had taken nearly half an hour. If he still could not catch it, he would probably have to rest before he had the strength to keep fighting it.
Given how alert these Hairy Croakers were, if he came back down after resting, he might not be able to find them again.
He blinked and unwillingly tried several more times.
Each time, the Hairy Croaker narrowly escaped his claws.
For a while, neither side could gain the upper hand, and Lu Ao had no solution.
Another attempt.
Another failure.
The Hairy Croaker darted forward slickly, avoiding Lu Ao's sharp claws.
Enraged, Lu Ao stared at the Hairy Croaker over a meter ahead of him. Suddenly seized by ferocity, he lunged forward, opened his mouth, and with a howl, bit directly into the fish's thick body.
The Hairy Croaker panicked the instant it was bitten and thrashed desperately.
The fish weighed over a hundred catties. As it struggled, Lu Ao felt as though his teeth were being shaken sore.
The fish was too large, while his body was long and narrow. He could not maintain his balance underwater at all and was instead dragged forward by the Hairy Croaker for some distance.
Lu Ao felt like the most humiliated Dragon in existence.
It was one thing that he could not catch the Hairy Croaker with his claws. Now that he had bitten it, the Hairy Croaker struggled even harder, its tail fanning so fiercely that he could barely keep his eyes open.
Yet, to preserve the fish's appearance, he did not dare clamp down and bite it in half.
Hairy Croaker was expensive partly because its meat was truly delicious, and partly because the fish maw made from