Chapter 149: Anti-Gravity Domain

Tezuka Kunimitsu has many years of experience practicing tennis, and he has also encountered power-type players capable of snapping his racket strings.

But the string breakage from such players is always jagged and uneven.

Yet on his tennis racket, the point where the strings snapped was perfectly neat!

This is not just power; it possesses an even more formidable penetrating force.

A penetrating force that breaks through a surface by focusing on a single point!

Moreover, he recalled the sensation of holding the racket just a moment ago.

He had felt absolutely no vibration transmitted from the contact between the tennis ball and the racket.

This penetrating force is likely even more powerful than he had imagined.

It is just like a bullet hitting a human body; the pain at that instant is not intense, yet it is enough to threaten one's life!

……

Tezuka changed to a new tennis racket and stepped back onto the court; at this moment, his gaze toward Takahashi was filled with deep apprehension and fear.

"Bang!"

……

"Bang!"

Facing Takahashi's storm-like attacks, Tezuka ran everywhere, barely managing to keep up with Takahashi's rhythm.

At this time, just successfully returning every one of Takahashi's shots exhausted all of Tezuka's energy; he no longer had the capacity to add spin to the tennis ball.

He only remembered to try his best not to hit high balls, to return straight shots, to hit low balls, and not to give Takahashi any chance for a Smash.

A Smash does not bounce after landing, so there is simply no way to use a Half-Volley.

If one returns a Smash before it lands, that terrifying power will strike directly through the tennis racket.

Takahashi's Zero-Style Smash is simply unsolvable!

Therefore, he cannot give him the opportunity for a Smash.

Which means he absolutely must not hit high balls.

However.

After a few rallies, Tezuka was shocked to discover that the trajectory of the tennis balls he returned was getting higher and higher in the air.

Takahashi leaped lightly and swung his arm downward with force.

Another Zero-Style Smash!

"Thud!"

"2-0!"

"Point to Takahashi of Rikkai University Affiliated Middle School!"

……

"Bang!"

……

"Bang!"

"15-0!"

"Point to Takahashi of Rikkai University Affiliated Middle School!"

……

In the spectator stands.

"Zero-Style Smash; this Takahashi is practically playing all sorts of tricks with the Zero-Style shot!"

Saito said with a smile.

Then he said with some confusion: "Relying on the Zero-Style Smash, Takahashi has already successfully taken several points."

"Why does Tezuka still keep hitting high balls?"

"Isn't this just giving Takahashi chances for a Smash?"

Kurobe stared intently at Takahashi's swinging motion on the court, paused, and said: "The reason Tezuka keeps hitting high balls should be that Takahashi has applied spin to the tennis ball."

"Look closely at the arc of the wrist twist when Takahashi swings; although it is very subtle, if you look carefully, you can still see it."

"Takahashi has likely improved the Domain!"

"Don't forget, previously at the U17 Training Camp, the Domain Takahashi displayed could even pull back Tokugawa's ball."

"In terms of the Domain, Takahashi's understanding is far stronger than Tezuka's."

……

Just as Kurobe had guessed.

Tezuka also discovered that the tennis ball he returned was reaching higher and higher altitudes.

But the target for his previous two shots had been the net; in Tezuka's estimation, those two shots should have flown low, skimming right over the net.

He did not expect the tennis ball to exhibit a completely opposite trajectory, soaring high over the net.

What is going on?

At this rate, Takahashi will soon have an opportunity for a Smash.

Since that is the case, he will give it his all.

Tezuka raised his arm slightly, his eyes fixed on the net, and swung his racket backhanded.

Feeling the force of his own swing, Tezuka thought that this ball should not be able to clear the net.

Just as Tezuka predicted, the tennis ball flew at a position very close to the ground.

At the moment it neared the net.

A strange change occurred!

The tennis ball suddenly changed direction, climbing upward continuously, flying straight over the net.

After crossing the net, the tennis ball's height continued to rise.

At the highest point, a white tennis racket arrived right on cue.

"Bang!"

Accompanied by a crisp sound of impact.

The tennis ball headed toward Tezuka's half of the court with astonishing power.

A Zero-Style Smash!

"Thud!"

"30-0!"

"Rikkai University Affiliated Middle School Takahashi scores!"

……

"How did you manage to make all the low balls I hit turn into high balls?"

Tezuka's slightly cold voice reached Takahashi's ears.

Listening closely to Tezuka's voice, one could detect fear and panic mixed within it.

Takahashi leisurely carried his tennis racket on his shoulder and said, "This is a technique with the same origin as your Domain."

"Your Domain can pull the tennis ball to a position within one step of yourself."

"My technique can pull all balls to a high point within one step of myself, making it convenient for a subsequent Zero-Style Smash!"

"I call this technique Anti-Gravity Domain."

"Anti-Gravity Domain and Zero-Style Smash can be said to be a truly perfect combination technique."

In fact, Takahashi had thought of both techniques on the spot.

Tezuka liked using Zero-Style Shot very much, having used Zero-Style Serve and Zero-shiki Shokyu in succession.

It was just that Tezuka's Zero-Style Shot only focused on the trajectory after landing, lacking power.

For Takahashi, as long as the starting motion of the Zero-Style Shot was seen through, it was not difficult to return it.

At that time, Takahashi was thinking in his mind whether it was possible to make the tennis ball full of power without changing the trajectory after landing.

In that case, after the tennis ball landed and rolled along the ground, it would be impossible to receive; before it landed, due to the excessive power, it would pierce through the racket.

Such a Zero-Style Shot would be a truly unsolvable existence.

Since a Smash has the greatest power, Takahashi thought of combining the Smash with Zero-Style.

This was originally an impromptu idea of Takahashi's, but because the Idle Character had practiced for years, he possessed a foundation of strength far exceeding others.

Therefore, as soon as Takahashi raised his hand and swung his racket, he successfully used it.

However, a Smash requires the opponent to hit a high ball, and constantly luring the opponent to hit high balls was too troublesome for Takahashi.

Seeing Tezuka use Phantom, another idea sprouted in Takahashi's heart.

Could he pull the tennis ball to his side while increasing the tennis ball's height, making it slowly approach the height of a lob?

This had the same effect as the "Absolute Equilibrium" Takahashi used when facing Tokugawa Kazuya previously.

Turning the spin on the tennis ball into an upward thrust at a certain moment in the air.

Of course, this also came from the inspiration brought to Takahashi by Tezuka's Supreme Domain, which possessed Compound Spin.

Takahashi, whose foundation of strength was even greater than Tezuka's, could of course also divide the spin on the tennis ball into two parts.

One part changed into an upward thrust in the air, while the other part remained unchanged, still being the suction force that attracted the tennis ball to his side.

Thus, the Anti-Gravity Domain was born!

With these two techniques combined, Takahashi achieved the true meaning of standing in place and scoring just by swinging his racket.

……

On the other side, Tezuka felt it was incredible to hear the word "Domain" appear in Takahashi's words.

But when he shifted his gaze to Takahashi's feet, his pupils suddenly contracted to the size of needle points.

At Takahashi's feet, there was indeed the circle produced by a Domain.

By utilizing the spin on the tennis ball, not only pulling the tennis ball to a position within one step of himself, but even slowly pulling the tennis ball's height to a height that could be smashed?

Is this something that spin can accomplish?

Tezuka looked at the circle at Takahashi's feet, feeling somewhat doubtful about life!

Relying on Domain and Phantom, he considered himself to have an understanding of spin that no one among middle schoolers could surpass.

Because this technique of Tezuka's, Domain, was a technique even the captain of Germany U17, Borg, greatly admired.

But he did not expect that Takahashi would also be able to use a Domain.

He not only knew Domain, but had also modified the original Domain.

But how could he make the low balls that were originally hit turn into high balls?

The technique required for this seemed even more complex than Phantom!