The half-second pause was Ye Feng's confident assurance that he could lure the tuna. During this pause, he had infused the bait with his Sea God's Power.
Ever since he discovered the miraculous effect of the Sea God's Power during his last fishing trip at Qingshui Beach, Ye Feng had kept this in mind.
Without this, everything would have been as Captain Zhou and Boss Xiao had previously said; they would have only attracted small fish at best.
After all, the bait might have been eaten by other fish before it even reached a depth where the tuna could see it.
However, bait infused with Ye Feng's Sea God's Power possessed an unparalleled allure! Any fish within a hundred-meter radius would definitely sense the presence of the Sea God's Power.
Therefore, with this move, why worry about not attracting tuna? He was more worried about attracting too many.
But at this moment, Captain Zhou watched Ye Feng continuously cast the bait and shook his head dismissively, as if looking at an idiot.
His crew members even joined in with laughter, because from their decades of professional fishing experience, Ye Feng's method was simply ridiculous.
However, shortly after they started laughing, a miraculous scene suddenly appeared.
Schools of fish began to surge towards them, and more and more. These schools of fish went madly fighting over Ye Feng's bait.
"Huh, quite a few fish have been attracted!" Xiao Feifei said excitedly, seeing the fish.
"Hmph, they're all worthless fish. No matter how many come, it's no use!" Captain Zhou said disdainfully upon seeing this.
But as he spoke, the fish kept increasing! And their size was growing too.
"Hmm? Is this bait that potent? It's attracted so many fish at once!" Boss Xiao said with surprise.
Captain Zhou's eyes widened at this, and he said, "Huh, why haven't I noticed this bait being so potent before!"
"Captain, look, that, that looks like a tuna!" At this moment, A Long, standing beside the captain, suddenly exclaimed excitedly.
"Yes, yes, that really looks like a tuna!"
"Damn, they actually attracted tuna?"
Hearing this, the captain quickly looked.
The next second, he was stunned. He then quickly rubbed his eyes and said, "What? Tuna were actually attracted? How, how is this possible?"
However, before he could even process his shock, one larger tuna after another swam up from the seabed.
"My, my heavens! Am I seeing things!"
"So, so many tuna! There must be over a dozen!"
"A dozen? Look at that large school behind them, they're all tuna! And they seem to be of different species..."
The captain's crew were all stunned by this sight.
They had initially thought Ye Feng was joking, but now that the tuna were genuinely being attracted, they found it hard to believe.
While they were still in a daze, Ye Feng stopped casting bait and said, "It's about time to haul the net! Otherwise, we won't be able to pull them up later!"
Ye Feng wasn't afraid of the fish escaping, but rather that too many fish would be attracted, and they wouldn't be able to control them.
"Alright! Quickly! Quickly haul the net!" Captain Zhou shouted loudly after regaining his senses.
His crew members, hearing this, immediately began to haul the net, but there were simply too many fish in the net, and they couldn't pull it up for a moment.
This was because the net contained not only tuna but also many other types of fish.
"You guys, quickly get into the water and help stabilize the net, don't let the tuna escape!" Captain Zhou excitedly said to the crew members beside him.
Those men, hearing this, quickly put on their swimming gear, jumped into the water to stabilize the net, and began pulling it towards the fishing boat.
"Haha! So many tuna, this is great!" Boss Xiao's eyes lit up as he looked at the tuna.
Catching this net of tuna would not only be enough for the mayor's banquet but would also leave a significant surplus.
"Haha! Fantastic! Brother Ye Feng, I thought you were messing around! I never expected you to actually attract so many tuna! Amazing, I'm impressed!" Captain Zhou, after his shock, changed his attitude completely and spoke politely to Ye Feng.
Ye Feng smiled upon hearing this and said, "Didn't disappoint you, did I!"
"Haha! No, no, you've completely surprised me. I was short-sighted before!" Captain Zhou apologized sincerely.
At this moment, Boss Xiao suddenly spoke, "Oh no, there seem to be too many fish. Their constant struggling means they can't pull it anymore!"
Captain Zhou heard this, quickly looked, and then said, "Boss Xiao, Brother Ye Feng, you two direct from up here, I'll go down and help!"
Ye Feng had intended to go down himself, but seeing Captain Zhou jump in first, he decided not to.
Soon, everyone was pulling the net closer to the fishing boat and began sorting the fish. They only wanted tuna and some precious fish; ordinary fish were released directly.
Thus, one tuna after another was caught and brought onto the boat, and everyone was ecstatic.
However, at this moment, Ye Feng suddenly felt a strange sense of unease, and the trident on his brow began to flash incessantly.
"Hmm? What's going on? Why this sudden unease! Could it be another storm?" Ye Feng wondered.
He looked up at the sky, but it was bright and sunny, the sky a clear blue, with not a single dark cloud in sight.
"Huh, what exactly is happening?" Ye Feng was very puzzled.
At this time, Boss Xiao was putting the fish into the hold when he suddenly saw Ye Feng in a daze and asked, "Ye Feng, what's wrong?"
Ye Feng shook his head and said, "No..."
However, as he shook his head, his peripheral vision suddenly caught something!
"Huh? What is that... Run!" Ye Feng suddenly shouted.
It turned out that Ye Feng's peripheral vision had spotted a huge fin breaking the surface of the water. It looked like... a shark!
Those in the water heard Ye Feng's voice and looked confused.
"Brother Ye Feng, what's wrong?" Captain Zhou asked.
Ye Feng shouted loudly, "There's a shark behind you, quick, run!"
"What? Shark?"
"Shark? Where, where?"
"My God, there's a shark? Run!"
The crew members stabilizing the net in the water heard the word "shark" and immediately panicked. They swam towards the boat desperately, scrambling to climb up.
But Captain Zhou was currently the furthest from the net. He also frantically swam towards the fishing boat.
However, his speed was no match for the shark's. As the shark got closer and closer to him, Captain Zhou suddenly stopped moving.
"Captain, run! The shark is catching up to you!" A Long, who had been diving earlier, shouted urgently upon seeing this.
Captain Zhou said in a panic, "Help, help! My, my leg is cramping!"
"Ah? Leg cramp? Wh, what should we do?" Xiao Feifei, seeing the shark in the distance, was terrified.
Seeing this, Ye Feng gritted his teeth and jumped into the water, swimming towards Captain Zhou...