Chapter 114: Other-Dimensional—Taotie

"This... this is... what?"

Tokugawa, watching the match from the sidelines, stared blankly at the giant figure appearing behind Takahashi.

He vaguely saw that this figure had massive ram horns, beneath which was a human face, and its four limbs were crawling on the ground like a wild beast.

It radiated an aura of eeriness, terror, and death!

It made him shiver uncontrollably.

At this moment, Takahashi on the court moved.

He swung the tennis racket in his hand with force.

The monster behind him simultaneously opened its blood-red maw and took a fierce, violent breath.

Oni, standing on the opposite side, couldn't help but swallow hard, his hand gripping the tennis racket trembling slightly; he felt a fear he had never known before from this monster.

Even the Ghost God phantom behind him felt this power of destruction, unable to maintain its original form, and gradually dissipated.

In the end, the Ghost God phantom was still drawn in by an irresistible force, turning into streaks of black-red aura that gradually entered the monster's mouth.

The monster suddenly let out a roar toward the sky, revealing scarlet, sharp fangs!

The thick smoke that had originally shrouded Oni's half of the court gradually dissipated, revealing only a figure lying on the ground.

Oni had collapsed and was unconscious!

Silence!

A deathly silence!

Silence!

A deafening silence!

In the Monitoring Room.

Kurobe stared fixedly at the image on the monitor, a microphone still in his hand.

He did not know what to say!

"The medical team has arrived!"

A staff member pushed the door open, breaking the stillness, and said to Kurobe.

Kurobe replied as if coming back to his senses:

"Go save him quickly, save... Oni!"

Upon saying the last word, Kurobe could not stop his heart from trembling!

It was clearly a medical team called for Takahashi, yet now it was being used to treat Oni!

On the court.

The umpire sitting on the chair was too shocked to speak.

He could only stare blankly at Takahashi.

Watching the monster behind Takahashi gradually disappear.

The darkness slowly vanished, and light returned to the world!

Is this really a technique belonging to a middle school student?

With a wave of his hand and racket, the entire world changed color!

"So, have I won this match?"

Takahashi's calm words rang in the umpire's ears.

The umpire looked at Takahashi with a hint of fear in his eyes, and his voice trembled as he announced:

"Due to the player Oni Jujiro losing consciousness, the winner of this match is Takahashi Yanichi."

As the umpire announced the end of the match, the medical team also arrived at the court.

They took out a stretcher and lifted Oni onto it.

"No need to worry, Oni should just be stimulated; he hasn't suffered any serious injuries!"

Takahashi watched the actions of the people before him and spoke indifferently.

Kurobe saw the culprit and asked: "What kind of technique is that, why did Oni faint!"

Takahashi said: "This is my own Other-Dimensional—Taotie."

"I controlled the Taotie only to devour the Ghost God phantom; I did not launch an attack on Oni himself!"

"So I estimate that in about half an hour, Oni will be able to recover!"

Everyone listening to Takahashi's words felt a sense of shock!

"Taotie?"

Tanegashima spoke up.

"Tanegashima, do you know about Taotie?"

Irie asked.

"Yes, Taotie is a type of fierce beast from the ancient myths and legends of the Dragon Kingdom. According to the Dragon Kingdom's classic, the Classic of Mountains and Seas, Taotie is one of the Four Fierce Beasts and can devour anything, including humans."

Tanegashima answered slowly.

"Devour? Is this the reason the Ghost God was sucked into the Taotie's stomach?"

"Then can Oni still use the Ghost God? Is this devouring temporary or permanent?"

Kurobe grasped the key point from Tanegashima's words and asked Takahashi.

Takahashi said: "Don't worry, the Taotie I used is an Other-Dimensional phantom; it can only devour the opponent's Other-Dimensional phantom. In other words, it makes the opponent's Other-Dimensional god-tier technique directly ineffective."

"It has no effect on the person himself! And it is only temporary."

Kurobe asked urgently: "Since what was devoured was an other-dimensional phantom, then why did Oni faint?"

Takahashi shrugged and said: "The Ghost God phantom contains a powerful mental attack; being devoured by Taotie all at once caused a mental backlash to Oni himself, which is why he fainted."

"Besides, I only just learned this move not long ago and cannot use it freely yet."

"Suddenly facing the Ghost God, I was startled, so I used a bit too much force this time."

"Coach, you have to be understanding of a beginner."

Kurobe continued to ask: "Just learned this move? This already belongs to the Asura Divine Path."

"Could it be that you have already entered the Asura Divine Path?"

While asking, Kurobe was feeling shocked.

From the fact that Takahashi could use Black Hole, he judged that he had already opened the door to the Asura Divine Path.

The other-dimensional phantom Takahashi used—Taotie—further proved that this view was correct.

But Kurobe was still very puzzled, as the Asura Divine Path requires experiencing many cruel and tragic failures.

Yet according to his investigation into Takahashi, Takahashi had never had a single defeat since entering Rikkai.

Even after entering the U17 Training Camp, he had never been defeated to this day.

With such a history of constant victory, how did Takahashi enter the Asura Divine Path?

Mifune General Coach was still thinking about giving him a tragic failure and a huge blow, then having him go to the Back Mountain to experience inhumane training, to help him touch the door to the Asura Divine Path.

This was also the method they originally used to help Byodoin Houou and help Tokugawa.

They wanted to replicate this same method on Takahashi.

Because Takahashi was only in his first year of middle school yet his strength was already so powerful, by the time he reached high school, he would almost certainly become the captain of Japan U17; this was beyond doubt.

Therefore, Oni Jujiro being Takahashi's opponent today was carefully considered by Mifune.

But unexpectedly, without even going through Mifune's training, Takahashi had actually opened this door leading to the Path of Hell all on his own.

Not only that, he could even directly use Tokugawa's Black Hole and had further formed his own other-dimension—Taotie.

This Taotie even severely damaged Oni's other-dimension—Ghost God!

Originally, his mind had gone blank from being shocked by the situation on the court, and he had only been thinking about saving the person quickly.

Now that he had calmed down, Kurobe began to think through these questions rapidly.

Listening to Kurobe's increasingly agitated words, Takahashi smiled helplessly and said: "Coach, this is my own secret; it is the result of my own training."

"Since we are talking about training, I think there is a big problem with our U17 Training Camp's methods."

Takahashi had a flash of inspiration and changed the subject.

"Hm? What problem?"

Kurobe was somewhat puzzled.

"The training camp's methods are indeed very scientific, adopting the most advanced international theories combined with fully modernized equipment."

"However, it ignores the person; people are different from one another."

"Assembly-line style training can mass-produce players of average strength, but for true masters, such intensive training will instead become a constraint on them becoming stronger."

Takahashi said, feigning profundity.

Kurobe listened to Takahashi's words and began to think silently.

Indeed, the training camp used the most advanced international theories as guidance to scientifically design every segment of training.

But the true masters of the training camp were actually all trained by Mifune General Coach in the Back Mountain.

Mifune General Coach's training method was actually not scientific at all; on the contrary, it was very arbitrary and baffling.

Kurobe had long suspected the correctness of scientific theories, and at this moment, listening to Takahashi's words, he fell into deep contemplation.