Chapter 362: Murasakibara Gets Blocked and Sent to the Floor with a Slam! (3/3)

Domain: Ice and Snow World.

The duration is roughly twice that of Zone.

About 15 minutes.

If used only on defense, it's equivalent to multiplying that by two again.

And the I·H match rules, or rather the entire middle and high school basketball world, all adopt a 10-minute-per-quarter system; thus, the time for three quarters is already accounted for, and with the stamina recovered during the halftime break, it is just enough to fill the entire court on defense.

Hence, we now have this scene where Yukimiya Kazuma, as soon as the game starts, activates 'Ice and Snow World' and transforms into a little superhero on defense.

Okamura Kenichi: "……!"

Damn it!

What's going on with this guy's strength?!

Okamura Kenichi instinctively looked for Atsushi Murasakibara, but under the relentless pressure, his entire body felt as if it were undergoing an ice and snow baptism; stiffened by the low temperature, he could barely even move!

Moreover, for high school players around two meters tall, except for a few monsters like Atsushi and Yukimiya, even most who have compensated for some of their weaknesses in movement and reaction through hard training still cannot reach the agility of Atsushi and Yukimiya.

Even Tsuchiya Dahe from the Izumizaki team, whose shooting is quite formidable, with a height of 196 centimeters, inevitably suffers from such weaknesses.

So by the time Okamura Kenichi had fully turned around, the passing lane for Atsushi Murasakibara had long been sealed off by Tsuchiya Dahe, who had switched onto him!

"Okamura!"

Seeing Okamura Kenichi suppressed so miserably, Liu Wei immediately moved toward the area outside the key to receive the ball.

"In that case…"

Let's start from here!

Go!

Liu!

Liu Wei caught the ball at the edge of the key, then raised his hand to shoot!

Although he is over two meters tall, his catch-and-shoot motion was remarkably fluid, clearly the result of rigorous training.

However…

To the entire audience…

Compared to Yukimiya Kazuma, who left behind the number 4 of Seirin and sprinted in one long stride toward number 11, the shooting motion of that number 11 seemed as if it had been put on slow motion!

In an instant, he was already right in front!

Jump!

An extremely close-range block!

He didn't even need to use 'I Love Blocking Jump Shots'!

Swat~!

A light sound!

The ball was swatted away by Yukimiya Kazuma in one motion!

Dakou Longzhi was already ready; he knew Yukimiya Kazuma would never let that ball go, so he accelerated ahead of everyone else to chase the ball toward the frontcourt!

Meanwhile, Yukimiya Kazuma immediately turned back, locked onto Atsushi Murasakibara, and subtly cut off his positioning.

Dakou Longzhi dunks!

Izumizaki vs. Seirin.

2:0.

In front of the Seirin bench.

Araki Masako frowned slightly.

Sure enough, playing against Izumizaki would never go smoothly.

The result…

We still have to use Atsushi.

The only good news, perhaps, is that thanks to Yukimiya Kazuma, the monster on Seirin's offense that had been dormant since the preliminary rounds has been easily awakened today.

Seirin inbounds the ball from the baseline.

Fukui Kensuke, who had brought the ball up to the frontcourt, this time did not consider who could get into a better position; instead, he passed the ball to Atsushi on the side of the key.

Seeing Atsushi take the ball, the audience in the arena instantly perked up.

"Oh?! I heard that in Aomori, Atsushi never participated in offense; today, he's actually going on offense right from the start?!"

"Really?!"

"Then isn't Seirin playing 4-on-5 on offense?"

"It's true; Seirin wins games on defense. An 8:0 victory, have you ever seen such an exaggerated score…"

"Huh?"

"Comparing them like this, Yukimiya Kazuma is actually so small; it's incredible."

On the court.

The moment Atsushi got the ball, his sharp eyebrows and eyes were far more intense than any Seirin player had expected.

His fighting spirit surged, looking nothing like Atsushi.

"Snow-kun~!"

"Watch me crush you with just one finger!"

Boom~!

A collision of full power!

Yukimiya Kazuma tried to resist with his own strength, but in an instant, it was as if an icebreaker ship at full throttle was pushing him inward without any obstruction!

Damn it!

This guy...

He's already at this level...

Domain · World of Ice and Snow!

Yukimiya Kazuma immediately activated his 'Domain' once again!

The ice and snow swept in, and with Yukimiya Kazuma's suddenly surging defensive power, Shihara Atsushi's footsteps came to an abrupt halt!

Shihara Atsushi: "!?"

Yukimiya...

What tremendous strength!

Back in middle school, he could only shamelessly spin circles right in front of me.

In that case...

Let me show you something — hope you don't go down that easily!

Whoosh~!

Shihara, who had been backing into Yukimiya Kazuma, suddenly pivoted with a lateral stride!

Then launched into a full-power back-facing jump!

In an instant...

Everyone on the court seemed to see the gale that rose with Shihara's movement!

Yukimiya Kazuma: "..."

Here it comes!

Shihara's signature scoring move!

The Hammer of Destruction!

This momentum is far more exaggerated than back in middle school!

Shihara raised both hands high, took off facing backward, spun in mid-air — his whole body like the eye of a tornado, sweeping violently toward Yukimiya Kazuma behind him!

Faced with Shihara's utterly reckless, transparently offense-minded attack, on Izumi Shinkan's side, Tsuchiya Dahe and Dakou Longzhi naturally wouldn't just stand by — since he'd made it clear he had no intention of passing, they had to come up and double-team.

However...

The instant they closed in, the two of them were dumbfounded.

Shihara didn't even glance at them, completely ignored them — back facing, spin, leap, and easily smashed through their flimsy two-man joint defense; the next second, he was already rocketing skyward like a rocket with explosive ignition!

Dakou Longzhi tried to reach up for the block, and could only graze a tiny bit above Shihara's elbow!

Dakou Longzhi: "!?"