Chapter 71

Boom!

The cold white streak of light grazed Jiecheng Wu's body, and his eyes suddenly shrank.

"That is?!"

Sweeping his gaze over the tennis ball rolling on the ground, Jiecheng Wu felt suspicious in his heart, looking at Tezuka standing silently in the backcourt, ripples appearing in his calm eyes.

"Budongfeng, Jiecheng Wu serving!"

The referee's voice rang out at the right time.

Swish!

The tennis ball was tossed upward, Jiecheng Wu leaped, his arm curled and pressed down heavily in mid-air.

"Let me confirm one more time, Tezuka!"

Boom!

Accompanied by the whisper in Jiecheng Wu's heart, a flashing blue electric light raged on the court.

An electric light flashed across his lenses; Tezuka clearly captured the fast-moving ball shadow, his center of gravity shifted instantly, his steps started rapidly, and at the same time, milky white radiance surged, appearing on the surface of his body.

Only, Tezuka's aura actually appeared to have two different fluctuations vaguely; although these two fluctuations were from the same source, they were worlds apart.

One was like surging magma, leaping flames; while the other was like a calm lake, cold and quiet, reflecting everything in the match, and even able to see a more distant future.

Boom!

The two auras performed their duties, a milky white seven-colored radiance flashed in Tezuka's eyes, his expression changed slightly, and then the aura of the Limit of Thousand Hammer Hundred Tempering gathered on his left-hand racket, and he hit the tennis ball back with a delicate slice.

Swish.

The special spin appeared again, the tennis ball pulled up a white streak of light, cutting across half the court.

"This is?!"

Ban Lao, who had always been smiling, let out a soft cry, his expression changing instantly, as if he had seen something incomparably shocking.

"What's wrong, Coach Ban Tian?"

Seeing Ban Lao, who was somewhat out of composure, Qiansui Qianli and the others asked hurriedly; with Ban Lao's personality, if it weren't for something astonishing, he would never be like this.

"Tezuka, he has opened the second door of the No-Self Realm, the Limit of Talented Radiance."

Ban Lao's eyes flickered; he had coached for decades and had seen as many geniuses as there were carp crossing the river, countless.

But even he had never seen a middle school student who had opened two doors of the No-Self Realm at the same time.

Of course, in Ban Lao's heart, Yueqian Nanjiro was not a genius; he had already exceeded the realm of genius.

"Talented Radiance?!"

Everyone was stunned for a moment, then immediately shocked.

During the semi-finals between Qingxue and Ice Emperor, Ban Lao had mentioned the three doors of the No-Self Realm to them.

They were the Limit of Thousand Hammer Hundred Tempering, which could double returns; the Limit of Talented Radiance, which could make absolute estimates; and the Limit of Heavenly Seamless, which was the most powerful but about which even Ban Lao was vague.

How could this be...

They looked over, and sure enough, before the sound of the ball hitting on Jiecheng Wu's half-court had rung out, Tezuka had already moved to the corresponding position in advance, as if he had known the opponent's ball path in advance.

Swish!

The tennis ball pulled up an arc, rushing straight to Jiecheng Wu's backhand baseline corner.

"Wanting to revive the Tezuka Zone?"

Seeing the special spin on the tennis ball, Jiecheng Wu raised his eyebrows slightly.

Step, step.

His steps crossed, and while rapidly catching up to the tennis ball, the silver-white racket was pulled out from his side.

Boom!

The racket strings rubbed against the tennis ball, and that special spin not only didn't decrease by half, but was added with a few more layers of force.

"Done."

Tezuka whispered softly, his steps standing in the center of the baseline again, possessing absolute confidence.

Pfft!

An electric light flashed on the court, and the tennis ball made a soft sound upon touching the ground.

In Jiecheng Wu's eyes, the pale yellow ball shadow actually underwent a perfect deflection; not more, not less, not strong, not weak, it fell exactly in front of Tezuka's raised racket.

The Tezuka Zone was revived!

"The last ball."

Tezuka whispered, and the radiance of the Thousand Hammer Hundred Tempering wrapped around the racket and smashed violently.

The racket frame cut through the air, and a whistling sound rang out.

Boom!

The white radiance carried a majestic aura, crashing down toward a flaw on Jiecheng Wu's right side.

"0-15!"

"Thousand Hammer Hundred Tempering... Talented Radiance..."

"I really didn't see it wrong just now; it was the radiance of Talented Radiance that captured the constantly changing trajectory of the Arc Flash."

The rally of this ball completely verified Jiecheng Wu's thoughts.

Tezuka had mastered Talented Radiance in his second year, which exceeded Jiecheng Wu's expectations, but upon careful thought, it was within reason.

In the plot, Qiansui Qianli was the first player to show the Talented Radiance move, and Tezuka only used the Talented Radiance move after playing against him.

Therefore, Jiecheng Wu subconsciously thought that Tezuka only realized Talented Radiance through that match.

Until now, after seeing Tezuka use Talented Radiance in advance, he finally understood one thing.

Why were the moves that Sanada had always sealed two moves?

According to Xingcun Jingshi, in order to defeat Tezuka, Sanada sealed two special skills: Movement Like Thunder, which specifically countered Thousand Hammer Hundred Tempering, and Hard to Know Like Shade, which specifically countered Talented Radiance.

If Tezuka hadn't realized Talented Radiance before the National Competition, then how could Sanada have specifically developed Hard to Know Like Shade?

If he had only opened one door, how could the uninjured Tezuka be considered one of the two peaks of the prologue together with Xingcun Jingshi?

Even in the sixth grade, Tezuka could still have the upper hand in the match against Xingcun?

One door simply couldn't achieve these things.

Only Tezuka, who had long mastered the two doors of the No-Self Realm, could be worthy of these achievements and titles.

"Hehehehe..."

Having understood everything, Jiecheng Wu involuntarily let out a low laugh from his throat, but his eyes were filled with eagerness and excitement.

For the first time, he had a premonition that he would lose, and a huge pressure covered his head.

But this sense of oppression not only didn't make him feel timid, but instead made his attention fully concentrated, and his brain became exceptionally clear.

His lungs, which were expanding and contracting, inhaled cold air, his pounding heart pumped hot blood, and his calf muscles trembled slightly after intense exercise...

The condition of every part of his body was transmitted to the cerebral cortex through the nervous system, and even the outside world seemed to have had a thin film removed, slowly becoming clearer and brighter.

Jiecheng Wu opened his eyes, slowly opened his left hand, looked out, and felt everything.

Flowers, trees, sky, breeze, clouds, sun...

Finally, he turned to look at Tezuka in front of him, a light smile on his lips.

"This world becomes interesting because of opponents."

Swish!

The tennis ball was tossed high by Jiecheng Wu, his strong, muscular lines compressed and stored power, bursting out with astonishing strength at the moment of hitting the ball.

Boom—

Thunder Triple Concerto·First Movement·Thunderclap!

A huge sound came from the racket, and the dazzling white light instantly shone on the court.

This was not a remnant movement.

Jiecheng Wu hit a complete Thunderclap directly in the serve.

When his heartbeat rang out, he felt the boundary that bound him slowly disappearing, and his fingers finally touched that layer of paper.

Pfft.

A small hole appeared, and a ray of light projected out from the tear!

(End of chapter)