Chapter 46: Four Consecutive C-Grade Catches!!

Chapter 46: Quadruple C-Rank Fishing!!

Temptation Forest.
Treehouse.

"Four whole C-rank baits! This is my entire bait reserve at the moment!"
Trezer summoned the light screen to check his available [Fishing] baits.

Four C-rank baits.
Apart from the top-tier C-rank bait Trezer already possessed (which, as mentioned previously, was accumulated and fused by continuously killing fish over months of training camp), the other three were:
The first top-tier C-rank bait, formed by fusing multiple D-rank baits obtained through repeatedly defeating Smoker, Vergo, and Pacifista-creator Sentomaru;
The second intermediate C-rank bait, formed by continuously slaying hundreds of E-rank creatures these past few days within Temptation Forest and Bandit Forest;
The materials for the third low-tier C-rank bait came mostly from F-rank wild beasts on Boin Archipelago, with a small remainder from leftover low-tier sea beast F-rank bait from the ingredient processing room.

"Two top-tier C-rank baits, one intermediate C-rank bait, one low-tier C-rank bait!"
Trezer's gaze flickered.
At this moment, he still had one last chance for fusion!
He could fuse the two top-tier C-rank baits to obtain a B-rank fish bait and initiate a B-rank fishing session!

After hesitating for just a moment, Trezer decided to do it.
C-rank and B-rank were two completely different tiers!
The chance to wield B-rank fishing capabilities was definitely an opportunity he could not miss!

Trezer fished out the two top-tier C-rank baits, intending to fuse them with practiced ease.
However, the light screen suddenly popped up with a brand-new prompt.
A fusion failure prompt.

[Prompt! Prompt!]
[B-rank and higher fish baits cannot be obtained through the fusion of lower-tier baits!]

"It actually failed..."
A flash of astonishment crossed Trezer's face, but he quickly accepted the current situation.

"Come to think of it, this restriction on the [Fishing] skill makes sense.
"Otherwise, if someone used a spiritual suppression technique like Conqueror's Haki to wipe out tens of thousands of low-level grunts in one go, according to the rules of bait fusion, wouldn't those tens of thousands of F-rank baits directly yield an A-rank bait?
"If that were the case, A-rank abilities would become completely worthless!"

Although Trezer didn't yet know the detailed criteria for measuring C-rank, B-rank, and A-rank powerhouses, he still remembered one thing.
Teacher Kaido back on the zombie island;
Teacher Kaido, who could exchange blows with Admiral Zephyr for days without the slightest sign of declining momentum;
His overall evaluation was only [A]! (Chapter 10: Summary of Experiences)

Even supreme powerhouses of the seas like Kaido only held an A-rank evaluation.
From this, one could glimpse the whole picture.
Abilities or items that could touch the A-rank threshold were bound to be extremely powerful and exceedingly rare!

That being said, it was entirely reasonable that B-rank and higher fish baits could not be obtained by fusing lower-tier baits.
It didn't mean that someone who wiped out fifty thousand Fish-men in one breath on Fish-Man Island had truly pushed their Conqueror's Haki or other aspects of strength to the level of a Pirate Emperor or an A-rank powerhouse!

"Since they can't be fused, then so be it."
Trezer took a deep breath and held the two top-tier C-rank baits in his hands.

"The fishing opportunities from two top-tier C-rank baits aren't necessarily less valuable than a low-tier B-rank fishing opportunity!
"So today, it's four consecutive C-rank fishing sessions!"

At such a momentous time, right before [Fishing], Trezer subconsciously pulled up his personal attributes to check the status of the Goddess of Fortune.

"Is the Goddess of Fortune today still just showing drooping futures?"
Trezer had expected to see that familiar large D, but unexpectedly:

[Luck: C (Enhanced by [Visitor from the Other Shore])]

"What is going on!?"
"Is the Goddess of Fortune finally about to favor a fake flat-chest lover like me?"

With such a rare boost in fortune, Trezer dared not waste a single moment. He didn't even have time to use lower-tier C-rank baits as sacrificial fodder; he directly initiated the top-tier C-rank fishing.

Double consecutive fishing!

[Fishing in progress...]
[Harvest type of this fishing session: Ability Trait]
[C-rank Ability Trait: Monkey Martial Arts (Upgradeable)]
[Origin of Trait: Toriko]
[Trait Description: Monkey Martial Arts, also known as "Monkey Dance", is a combat technique personally taught to the 50 billion monkeys on the "Seventh Continent" by "Monkey King" Bambina, one of the Eight Kings of the Gourmet World]
[Trait Effect: The essence of Monkey Martial Arts lies in completely unifying the thoughts of all cells within the body, keeping the pace of every single cell uniform]
[Trait Evaluation: Are you dancing too?]

[Fishing in progress...]
[Harvest type of this fishing session: Ability Trait]
[C-rank Ability Trait: Food Honor]
[Origin of Trait: Toriko]
[Trait Description: A special state of mind]
[Trait Effect: An ability where the user constantly maintains gratitude toward all things in the world within their heart, elevating their attention and concentration to a higher realm. Through this, unnecessary movements are discarded to reduce consumption, action precision is enhanced, and it can even achieve physiological changes such as reducing and slowing calorie consumption while increasing storable heat capacity]
[Trait Evaluation: I see reverence for food]

"Dual ability traits?!"
Trezer was taken aback. Such good fortune was truly rare for him.
Moreover, as mentioned previously, the probability of [Fishing] yielding items from the dimensional sea far outweighed that of other traits.
He hadn't expected that the moment his luck improved today, he would directly fish out two ability traits.

"Look at that, today's luck can truly be considered explosive!"
Trezer knew very well that personal fortune always fluctuated.
[Fishing] opportunities were fleeting and brook no delay.
He immediately tossed out the remaining two C-rank baits—one intermediate and one low-tier—and launched another double consecutive fishing session.

[Fishing in progress...]
[Harvest type of this fishing session: Ability Trait]
[C-rank Ability Trait: Super Olfactory Sense]
[Origin of Trait: Toriko]
[Trait Description: A sense of smell far surpassing ordinary humans and even canines]
[Trait Effect: 1. Capable of distinguishing extremely minute different scents in the air; 2. Able to sniff out the gender, age, and approximate danger level of other humans or creatures through scent]
[Trait Evaluation: Sniff sniff... Yuck~]

[Fishing in progress...]
[Harvest type of this fishing session: Item]
[C-rank Item: Sweets Tree Seed]
[Origin of Trait: Toriko]
[Item Description: The seed of a Gourmet Tree that bears various kinds of sweets]
[Item Effect: It bears different delicious sweets according to the four seasons of the year, with hundreds of millions of varieties, hence also known as the "Tree of Billions". Note 1: Because bearing these sweets requires massive amounts of nutrition, this tree is extremely rare, and within a 1km radius of where it grows, not a single blade of grass will survive]
[Item Evaluation: A single pear tree overpowers the crab apple, a single sweets tree crushes the heated brick bed]

(End of this chapter)