Chapter 198: Lv2 Monster Immersion · Flying Bird · Startling String!

The ball was fanned out of bounds by Yukimiya Kazuma, giving the ball possession to the Iwamizawa starters.

After the inbound pass, the shooting guard Domoto Akira immediately chose a three-pointer.

But the next second, his heart suddenly skipped a beat!

That guy, Yukimiya Kazuma!

The figure who had been in the restricted area just a moment ago suddenly lunged forward with exaggerated jumping height, blocking right in front of him in the blink of an eye!

What kind of joke is this!

This is the three-point line!

And also...

What is going on with this unusual blocking height?!

He hasn't even reached his peak yet?!

Fortunately, he had been scared by Yukimiya's previous block-and-dunk, so he had been paying attention to the opponent's movements; although this shot had already jumped, the hesitation in the instant of the leap actually saved him.

Whoosh~!

He forcibly changed his posture in mid-air, turning this three-pointer into a pass and flinging it out.

The pass...

An inaccurate horizontal pass!

Snap~!

The ball was intercepted by Tsuchiya Dahe in one go!

Seeing this, Yukimiya Kazuma muttered "not bad" to himself.

It wasn't for Tsuchiya Dahe's steal, but for his own consecutive two blocks just now.

【I Love Blocking Dunks (Purple) Lv3: Your dunks are unremarkable, always making me feel an urge to block; against dunks, block success rate increases by 70%】

【I Love Blocking Jump Shots (Blue) Lv4: Your jump shots are unremarkable, always making me feel an urge to block; against jump shots, block success rate increases by 50%】

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With the level-up of these two Badges, the block height and block distance they provide are completely incomparable to when they were Lv1.

It is worth mentioning that although the numbers 70% and 50% look exaggerated.

It does not mean the success rate is 'raised to', but 'raised by'.

Limited by the factors of physical confrontation in blocking.

Strength, speed, jumping ability, height, distance, and so on...

Facing different blocking targets and scenarios, the success rate of blocking naturally varies completely.

At the All-Japan Tournament, in the first quarter against Murasakibara, Yukimiya Kazuma only successfully blocked one shot; according to his post-game summary, his block success rate against Murasakibara at that time might have been less than 10%; adding the 'increase of 50%' provided by the Badge, increasing the original block success rate by half, it was still less than 15%.

But...

That was facing Murasakibara, whose strength, jumping ability, and height were all monster-level, with anti-blocking maxed out.

And facing the Iwamizawa before him...

The current Yukimiya Kazuma, relying on these attributes plus the two Block Badges, is enough to complete the unfinished task from middle school, Murasakibara's 'Super Wide-Range Defense'... to a near-perfect degree.

Tsk~!

Still a little bit short.

Murasakibara can defend from under the basket to the three-point line, while he, under the effect of the Trigger Badge, still needs to be a bit further forward; he feels that if the Badges each level up one more time, it should be about right.

But even so.

Once he is drawn out, for example, lured to the perimeter, wanting to defend back, the opponent must dunk, because only then can the Badge be triggered, providing the boost to block height and block distance.

And on the perimeter it is the same; it can only be a jump shot, a floater won't work.

Fortunately, it only counts height, not shooting form; otherwise, Aomine's Formless Shot, most of whose moves might not even count as jump shots.

Comparing it this way, that guy Murasakibara is truly outrageous!

Yukimiya Kazuma sighed to himself.

However.

The consecutive explosions of the two Badges just now, this scene, was already enough to leave people dumbfounded.

"Yukimiya-kun, just now you chased out from the restricted area to defend against Domoto-senpai, right?"

"In the blink of an eye, he defended outside!"

"What a high block! Luckily Domoto pulled back!"

"Doomoto-senpai making such a reaction in the first instant is already amazing."

"I've never seen such an agile center before!"

"Where is he a center? Yukimiya Kazuma is actually just a point guard whose height skyrocketed but whose athletic ability hasn't weakened in the slightest, right?"

On the sidelines, Coach Kakita Yishi had already stood up excitedly, his eyes burning as he stared tightly at Yukimiya Kazuma, murmuring softly to himself:

"Yukimiya Kazuma..."

"Beyond expectations."

"With his evolution trajectory, is he still evolving at high speed even after the All-Japan Tournament ends?"

"He has become so much stronger again!"

Yukimiya Kazuma's turn.

He Xiuyang dribbled the ball forward, scanned the perimeter after reaching the frontcourt, and finally played it safe, passing the ball to Yukimiya Kazuma; everyone else on the court, including Long Tian Zhang, had no objection to this.

Yukimiya Kazuma did not go to the inside, but instead started with a triple-threat posture at the three-point line, holding the ball with one hand.

The movement was naturally stylish, but the attention of the newcomers on the sidelines was all drawn to the defense on the other side, because the one currently marking Yukimiya Kazuma was actually a double-team.

Power forward Bodao Kazumi and small forward Kuriki Noboru.

Yukimiya Kazuma watched the scene before him, a strange hue flashing in his eyes.

"Is this really necessary?"

"The inside is a 2v1 between Tsuchiya Dahe and Dakou Longzhi."

Kuriki Noboru shook his head, extending one hand forward to confirm the defensive distance from his opponent. "Rather than letting you shoot, I'd rather force you to pass!"

"Ah."

"So that was your plan?"

But...

"Are two enough?"

"Hm?!"

Yukimiya Kazuma held the ball, his triple-threat stance high, looking nothing like he intended to drive.

Yet under the pressure of the aura gradually rising from him, Kuriki Noboru and Bodao Kazumi seemed to see a white bird manifest behind Yukimiya Kazuma, its momentum astonishing!

"For the first match with a new team, I should show some strength..."

"Let the seniors watch closely!"

Lv2 Monster Immersion: White Bird!

Startling String!

Snap~!

The triple-threat stance suddenly relaxed, merely a natural ball drop, but Kuriki Noboru observed with Grave intensity, daring not to be distracted for a single moment.

Very strange...

Clearly, danger radiated from his entire body.

However, the dribbling motion was not fast. If at this moment...

Whoosh~!

Kuriki Noboru suddenly stole the ball!

From Kuriki Noboru's perspective, in that instant, the white bird behind Yukimiya Kazuma shuddered all over!

In an instant, white feathers scattered...