Chapter 156

"Akutsu scores, 15-0!"

Gulp~

"To be able to perform such an inhuman movement, this monster!"

The breath the Shanchui crowd had just let out was drawn back in a blink of an eye, their eyes wide open, staring fixedly at the movement on the court.

"Where are you looking, Qianshi!"

Stomping his feet hard, Akutsu smiled contemptuously, his whole body changing direction instantly in front of the net. His amazing flexibility allowed him to change the direction of his shot the moment Qianshi moved.

Bang!

His arm pulled diagonally upward, and the tennis ball was slashed out sharply.

"Here it comes again!"

Segawa Jinjirou's expression changed slightly. It seemed the word "defense" didn't exist in this guy's dictionary. From just now, Akutsu had been using this move continuously, his storm-like attacks never stopping for a moment, making it hard to breathe.

"Qianshi, you must not be intimidated by his offensive; as long as you hold on, you will definitely find an opportunity!"

Glancing at the tennis ball falling from the wire fence, Qianshi let out a long breath, a flash of helplessness in his eyes, followed by a smile on his face.

"What an incredible guy."

His arm swung out at the limit of time, and the water-blue racket completely enveloped the bouncing tennis ball.

"Join the tennis club? Pfft."

Compared to the fools who were knocked to the ground by him but still refused to admit defeat, he looked down even more on this kind of guy who was clearly stronger but didn't have the courage to hold on until the end.

"Don't let me score..."

"Akutsu scores, 40-0!"

"Shut up, Jinjirou..."

Looking at his partner's eyes, Segawa Jinjirou understood his meaning instantly. The words he hadn't finished were swallowed with gritted teeth, and with nowhere to vent his pent-up anger, he could only lower his head in frustration.

"I say, Akutsu-san, since you play tennis so well, why not join our tennis club!"

Shhh—

Qianshi looked at Akutsu with bright eyes, hands on his hips, inviting him sincerely.

He was someone about to graduate, and Shanchui would be led by Qianshi from now on. As long as it didn't harm Shanchui, the decisions he made within the tennis club would become the will of Shanchui.

His pale yellow eyes swept quickly over Qianshi's steps, his muscles tightened at high speed, his stretched body twisted instantly, finding a subtle balance in mid-air in a posture that defied common sense, and the racket in his hand slashed sharply at the tennis ball.

"Don't make me laugh my teeth off!"

"Tch, giving up just like that? You're nothing much either."

Dalin Taifu placed his right hand on Segawa Jinjirou's shoulder to comfort him, but as he spoke, he fell into the beautiful picture he had outlined, the corners of his mouth curling into a brilliant smile.

"Let him join the tennis club?!"

Bang!

With an explosive sound, the tennis ball was dragged by the racket in his stretched arm and slashed fiercely downward, a sharp white mark suddenly appearing on the court.

Akutsu spat disdainfully in Qianshi's direction.

Whoosh!

Qianshi stood motionless on the baseline, his head tilted slightly, and the bouncing tennis ball flew past his eyes, which still held a smile.

However, since he had already jumped, it was impossible to hit a cross-court shot again.

Bang!

A terrifying explosion sounded at the corner of the right baseline, and Qianshi's body, running toward the center, stiffened instantly.

With a cold whisper, Akutsu lifted his head, a stern smile on his lips, his pale face chilling the heart.

"Although Akutsu's personality isn't very friendly, his strength is indisputably powerful. With his addition, Shanchui will definitely be able to make it to the Nationals next year."

"How can such a nasty guy..."

"You should think about how to defend this ball in my hands!"

"I won't let you score so easily," Qianshi said with a smile.

"Don't misunderstand."

As soon as the words fell, a commotion broke out off the court.

Before Segawa Jinjirou could scold him, he found Dalin Taifu holding his shoulder and shaking his head deeply.

He watched Qianshi Kiyosumi without blinking, his hands clenched tightly in front of his chest, his palms full of sweat.

Even...

Maybe we can compete for an even higher ranking!"

Sensing Akutsu's subtle change in gaze, Qianshi explained with a smile. He walked slowly to the right baseline, the tennis ball in his hand slightly deformed by his grip.

Then...

A figure like a lone wolf suddenly rose vertically in front of the net, hands and feet maintaining a strange parallel posture. Qianshi was shocked—when did this guy get to the net?

However, when he looked across the court following the tennis ball, that silver figure had already disappeared.

Too late to think too much, Qianshi made a judgment based on his long-standing competition experience and ran decisively toward the center.

Stepping hard with both feet, Qianshi's left fingertips grazed the ground, and after sliding a distance, his body stopped, then his calf muscles tightened and relaxed rapidly, and he ran quickly toward the ball's landing point.

"Akutsu takes this game, 3-3."

Bang!

The strings dented slightly, and the moment the pressure was released, the tennis ball exploded, turning into a red light glowing with flames.

With a sneer, Akutsu tossed the tennis ball into the air, his cold eyes sweeping downward, seeing Qianshi Kiyosumi still standing there with a smile, so he said coldly.

The next instant, the smile on his face faded, and there was no emotion in the depths of his eyes, as if it were a void.

He said softly:

"You should have said tennis is simple, and I just want to let you see quickly that tennis is not simple!"

Hum~

The tennis ball was tossed up quietly, his cherry-red hair swaying gently, and strands of white aura appeared on the surface of his body.

"That is!"

Minami Kentarou's eyes lit up. Qianshi was finally going to use that move. In this way, no matter how powerful Akutsu was, it would be of no use.

"Thunder Triple Concerto..."

A leaping electric arc bloomed in the white aura. Qianshi, who had entered the state of No-Self, suddenly had a look of reminiscence in his eyes and murmured.

"Second Movement·Arc Flash!"

Crackle!

Electric arcs suddenly jumped on the racket face, Qianshi's arm flashed out of thin air like lightning, and the racket drew a long blue shadow in mid-air.

Sizzle—

A harsh sound of electric current rang out, and winding lightning suddenly appeared on the court, leaving a black scratch on the ground, then splitting into three different clusters of lightning, flying out in different directions.

"Qianshi Kiyosumi scores, 15-0!"

Raising his fist, Minami Kentarou shouted the score excitedly. He didn't expect Qianshi's No-Self Realm to be able to imitate the moves of Budongfeng's Yuuki Satoru; the chances of winning were even greater now.

Swish.

Qianshi didn't stop, tossing the tennis ball again, the white aura flashing like lightning.

Bang! Bang!

Two serves as fast as thunder were fired one after another, disappearing from the court in the blink of an eye. The brilliant lightning streaked past Akutsu, illuminating his pale, cold face, the winding electricity reflected in his eyes, his gaze flickering.

This is the move I saw back then...

"Qianshi Kiyosumi scores, 40-0!"

"How about it, are you interested in joining the tennis club now?" Qianshi temporarily dissipated the aura of No-Self; maintaining this state was a great test of his physical strength.

"With your talent, you will definitely achieve great things. It would be a pity if it were wasted."

A smile of self-satisfaction appeared on his face. This was the harvest of this period; although he couldn't compare to Yuuki Satoru and Tezuka Kunimitsu, he would never let these people leave him too far behind.

Moreover, if Akutsu could join Shanchui, then even if they encountered Budongfeng again, they would definitely have the strength to fight.

"Give me an answer quickly; being indecisive won't make any girls like you~"

"Tch, talkative guy, stop ordering me around!"

The racket swung impatiently in the air, the silver-white frame whistling through the air. Seeing that face that thought it had already won, a violent emotion surged in Akutsu's heart.

Exhaling a long breath of white air, Akutsu put away his previous contempt, his eyes becoming extremely cold. He returned to his baseline, lowered his body, arched his back, and tightened his muscles, as if he would rush out at any moment.

"What a strange posture, no one plays tennis like that..."

Dalin Taifu was stunned looking at that weird receiving posture on the baseline.

At this time, a drop of cold sweat flowed down Minami Kentarou's forehead unconsciously. For some reason, he always felt that things were not looking good.

"Qianshi, don't be careless!"

Akutsu ignored the sounds around him, his eyes staring fixedly at Qianshi without any emotion, like a beast eyeing its prey, chilling to the bone.

"Quite a personality. It seems if I want to have a proper conversation with you, I'll have to beat you down first."

White airflow floated, the green team uniform fluttered in the wind, a cold light flashed in Qianshi's eyes, he released the tennis ball, and it soared into mid-air.

Sizzle!

The sound of electric current chirped, and a winding lightning bolt flickered and leaped on the court.

"This move won't work on me anymore!"

Cold eyes swept over the falling tennis ball, and the moment it touched the ground, a sneer curled at the corner of Akutsu's mouth.

Whoosh!

His perfectly lined muscles exploded suddenly, and he was like a lone wolf on the court, arriving at the ball's landing point instantly, almost hugging the ground.

"So fast..."

In an instant, only this thought flashed through Qianshi's mind.

The electric light flashed on the ground, suddenly turning into three clusters of lightning about to split and scatter.

"Haa!"

A beast-like roar sounded on the court, the silver-white racket in his hand was like a silver fang in a wolf's mouth, sweeping across the three lightning bolts in an instant.

Pfft! Pfft!

Two phantoms were shattered by the racket, and the remaining lightning bolt was directly caught by the silver fang. His body twisted exaggeratedly, his elbow pressing the racket as he slashed downward fiercely.

Bang!

The cold white stream of light flew over the net in an unimaginable arc.

Tap, tap.

With fast footsteps, Qianshi sprinted rapidly on the baseline, instantly drawing a white-green afterimage, and with the help of the powerful momentum, he slashed the racket in his hand fiercely at the incoming tennis ball.

"It's Budongfeng Shenwei Ming's Sonic Bullet!"

Seeing this familiar move, Dongfang Yamei reacted immediately.

However, although Qianshi had almost perfectly replicated Shenwei Ming's hitting technique, he lacked the opponent's speed, and the power of this move was clearly three points weaker.

"Next, you won't be able to take a single point from me!"

When the shadow of the tennis ball swept across the net, a cold white aura suddenly emerged from Akutsu's body, the violent and chilling momentum making the hearts of the Shanchui crowd around the court shrink instantly.

The instinct of wildness!

However, after the instinct sensed the threat of the No-Self aura, this terrifying momentum did not stop, but instead became even more vigorous. Eventually, it actually formed a shimmering silver-white aura on the surface of his body.

The aura of wildness!

Bang!

In just an instant, Akutsu just pulled and slashed diagonally, and the tennis ball was hit to the opposite corner of the court.

In an instant.

Qianshi was in a trance; he seemed to see a silver lone wolf opening its bloody mouth, delivering a kiss of death to his neck, and a crisis of death made the hair on his body stand on end.

"This is the aura of wildness!"

But he reacted quickly; after all, he had competed with Yuuki Satoru before and had seen the terror of wildness that was even better, so he wouldn't be intimidated so easily.

Moreover, his pace had never stopped.

Whoosh, whoosh~

His body rose and fell, Qianshi disappeared from Akutsu's sight instantly, and then...

Swish!

A green figure suddenly rose straight up under the tennis net, hands hanging down, the movement exactly the same as Akutsu's earlier, and then his body stretched and contracted, his racket snapping fiercely at the incoming stream of light.

Bang!

The tennis ball attacked the position where Akutsu was moving in the opposite direction.

"You've got guts!"

Seeing Qianshi imitate his move, the aura on Akutsu's body became even more terrifying and shocking.

Swish!

Sliding a long way, swinging his arms, his powerful physical explosive power was displayed without reservation, catching up to the high-bouncing tennis ball in an instant.

Akutsu's body, at the moment the ball was about to touch the ground again, twisted into an exaggerated arc with a flexibility that almost exceeded human limits, and the racket in his hand slashed coldly at the tennis ball.

Bang!

Bang!

Qianshi had a look of enjoyment on his face, and then a yellow beam of light radiating invisible fluctuations pierced through the court.

"Shi Tian Tie's Fluctuation Ball!" Minami Kentarou recorded all the stunts Qianshi had replicated so far in his heart.

Bang!

The racket vibrated slightly, Akutsu's eyes were ferocious, his five fingers gripped the racket tightly, and he pressed forward fiercely, hitting the Fluctuation Ball back head-on.

Whether it was speed, strength, reaction, flexibility, or willpower, Akutsu was at an absolutely top-tier level.

He was an existence without blind spots!

Bang!

"The two of them..."

The court fell into a stalemate; neither of them relaxed in the slightest, launching offensives against each other like a storm. Qianshi hit the common moves of the Budongfeng crowd one by one, and even the moves of the players from Bing Di, Qingxue, and Rikai were not spared.

And Akutsu was like a beast attacking, relying on his amazing super-intuition to make the most accurate judgment in an instant, cracking them one by one and launching fierce attacks in return.

The Realm of No-Self!

The aura of wildness!

Who is stronger and who is weaker between these two? This match might be able to tell the result!

"This point has already lasted for ten minutes..."

A tense atmosphere weighed on everyone's hearts. Segawa Jinjirou opened his mouth, and a hoarse voice sounded off the court.

And at this moment, the situation on the court suddenly changed.

Plop!

Qianshi, who was preparing to receive the ball, felt his feet go soft, his body stumbled forward, and the tennis ball escaped in this gap.

"Akutsu scores, 40-15!"

Qianshi looked at his hands, a sense of weakness coming from the depths of his body. Only then did he realize that sweat had long since soaked his clothes, and his hair was wet and stuck to his face.

"Because I used the No-Self Realm to replicate too many people's stunts, has the physical exertion exceeded the limit?

Damn, I overdid it this time."

He vaguely guessed the reason in his heart and felt some regret.

It's just that Qianshi didn't understand why Akutsu could hold on until now, and his energy was still so vigorous, even though he was the one who should have fallen first.

If Yuuki Satoru were here, he would tell him the difference between No-Self and Wildness.

No-Self is letting the spirit enter a state of emptiness, letting the spirit control the body, exerting the body's greatest strength, and being able to force the body to perform moves one doesn't know based on past impressions.

Such behavior consumes a great deal of one's own physical strength.

Wildness is different; it stems from the body's instinct, which can control the most subtle parts of the body, thereby exerting one's full strength.

For example.

A person wants to jump down from upstairs, but he is afraid and doesn't know the technique.

If he enters the No-Self Realm, the spirit controls the body; the spirit says jump, and the body overcomes the fear in the heart and jumps down directly. During the landing process, he might subconsciously learn the emergency landing protective movements of a parkour athlete.

But the chance of getting injured in the end is still very high.

Wildness is different; he would turn himself into a cat before jumping, using the cat's instinct to complete the landing. If the height is not that exaggerated, he can even do it without any harm.

This is the difference between the two.

In order to survive, a beast will cherish every bit of its physical strength, and Akutsu, who has entered the wild state, is like a beast, subconsciously distributing his physical strength reasonably to every part.

"No more stunts, talkative guy!"

Bang!

His slender arm twisted and turned, and the racket slashed the tennis ball sharply.

"Akutsu scores, 40-30!"

Bang!

"Akutsu takes this game, 4-3!"

Bang!

"Qianshi takes this game, 4-4!"

Bang!

"Akutsu takes this game, 5-4!"

"Akutsu takes this game, 6-4."

Minami Kentarou announced the final result of the match with a trembling voice.

Qianshi lost.

This also meant that the Shanchui Middle School tennis club had been pierced through by Akutsu alone.

Everyone's eyes were dim, and they buried their heads in their chests in shame, with only a few people daring to stare at Akutsu with unwilling eyes.

"Huff... Akutsu, I lost."

Qianshi supported his knees and took a few breaths before looking up at Akutsu on the opposite side, suppressing the negative emotions in his heart, and issuing an invitation again.

"However, I hope you will consider joining the Shanchui tennis club carefully. With your strength, you will definitely be able to lead Shanchui to the National Competition."

"National Competition... I don't want to..."

Sweeping his gaze over Qianshi, who was still panting, Akutsu curled his mouth slightly, his eyes without any ripples. For him, things like the National Competition were extremely boring.

That so-called No-Self Realm, which Qianshi regarded as a trump card, was nothing more than something that looked good but was useless.

Plop.

"Tennis is, after all, nothing more than that. However..."

Ignoring Qianshi's invitation and not caring about the eyes of the people around him, Akutsu kicked the tennis ball at his feet away, tucked his racket under his arm, put his hands in his pockets, and left the court alone.

And in his mind, he recalled the match scene he had seen at the street tennis court back then.

"Before reaching a final conclusion, I still have to find those two guys and confirm it again."

Seeing Akutsu leave, a helpless bitter smile appeared on Qianshi's face. If Ban Lao came back and saw this scene, he would definitely be shocked.

After all, the entire tennis club being beaten up by one person was really shameful enough.

After a while, he straightened his body and shouted loudly: "Shanchui Middle School tennis club, assemble!"

Looking at everyone's confused expressions, Qianshi took a deep breath and forced himself to cheer up.

Since Ban Lao had handed Shanchui over to him, he had to take on the responsibility of being the pillar of Shanchui, and one failure could not break the pillar!

"We lost today, and we lost very shamefully!

So...

Let's run laps together!"

"Huh?!" *n

Under the sunset, led by Qianshi, everyone in the Shanchui tennis club began to run around the tennis club, their shadows stretched long in the twilight.

The shadow of failure seemed to be stepped over by them one step at a time.