Chapter 153: Samurai Smash

However, Yukimura is worthy of being Yukimura, worthy of being the person who pushed the Rikkaidai Tennis Club to the throne of the National Tournament champion.

His persistence and desire for victory do not lose to anyone.

Even when pushed to a desperate situation, he can still find a way to survive and carve out a path that belongs to him.

Two days before the final, Takahashi and Yukimura played several practice matches.

In the practice matches, Takahashi used the aura of the Asura Divine Path to simulate the scene where Yukimura's strength might be suppressed on the court.

After all, the Asura Divine Path and the Selfless State both belong to the two great realms of a tennis career.

To achieve the suppression of an opponent from Spirit Power, making the opponent unable to exert their full strength, Takahashi uses the aura of the Asura Divine Path, makes corresponding changes, and controls the intensity to achieve the same goal.

And after being affected by the aura of the Asura Divine Path time and time again, Yukimura finally found his own path.

That is to reverse-deprive his own Five Senses, not be disturbed by any external factors, and focus his whole heart and soul only on his own tennis, focusing on the tennis ball flying into his half of the court.

His goal is very simple, very pure, which is to hit the incoming balls back one by one.

……

"Bang!"

The tennis ball landed at the baseline on Echizen's right side with astonishing speed and bounced up.

Echizen seemed to be nailed to the spot, unable to move.

How could this be?

In the blink of an eye, Yukimura has suddenly become this strong.

Even with him under the Ten-i Muhou no Kiwami, he did not react to this ball speed.

……

"Bang!"

"Point to Rikkai's Yukimura Seiichi!"

"Score 1-0!"

"Change Serve!"

……

Seigaku rest area.

"Why is it like this?"

"Clearly the little guy has already opened Ten-i Muhou, why would he still lose his service game?"

Kikumaru shouted in disbelief.

"When Echizen opened Ten-i Muhou, Yukimura was indeed suppressed for a few balls, but why does he seem completely unaffected now?"

Fuji said.

Tezuka could not help but cast his gaze toward Takahashi Yanichi, who was standing in the Rikkai rest area.

Is it him?

Helping Yukimura find a way to deal with Ten-i Muhou?

"The suppression of Ten-i Muhou on Yukimura is limited, but Yukimura's special move—Metsu Gokan—cannot be used because of Ten-i Muhou either."

"In a situation where both sides' special moves are blocked by the other, this will turn into a battle of pure strength."

"And after the training of the US Open, the current Echizen and the Echizen at the Kanto Tournament are completely different."

"Even without relying on Ten-i Muhou, Echizen might not necessarily lose."

"The point is, Echizen must understand that he cannot rely on Ten-i Muhou to win; the Selfless State is only an aid, and playing tennis ultimately relies on his own strength."

Tezuka said calmly.

……

On the court.

Echizen restrained the smile at the corner of his mouth, and his gaze toward Yukimura carried a bit of wariness.

He could clearly feel the powerful willpower of the opponent wanting to win.

But when it comes to the desire to win, he, Echizen, definitely does not lose to anyone.

His eyes were tightly locked on Yukimura's movements.

For this National Tournament final, his father, Echizen Nanjiro, specially brought him for a training camp.

His strength has improved again.

Facing Yukimura, no, even facing Takahashi, he has the power to fight.

He will not fear anyone from Rikkai!

He wants to use actual actions to wash away the shame of being shut out at the Kanto Tournament back then!

"Bang!"

……

"Bang!"

Echizen seized the opportunity, ran forward quickly, and jumped high.

His whole body was in mid-air, holding the racket with both hands, his waist twisting backward with force.

The white light spots of Ten-i Muhou enveloped Echizen's body; looking from afar, Echizen seemed to be radiating holy light.

"Is this the little guy's new special move?"

Kikumaru asked.

"Yes, it is the result of Echizen training with his father."

Momoshiro said.

"Echizen, become the pillar of Seigaku right now!"

Tezuka spoke solemnly.

Watching Echizen's posture, he could tell from the starting stance alone that the power of this move was absolutely immense.

"Yes!"

Echizen replied confidently while in mid-air.

Then, he gripped the tennis racket with both hands, just as a samurai would grip his katana, and swung it forcefully at the tennis ball.

"Samurai Smash!"

A loud shout followed from Echizen's mouth.

"Boom!"

Accompanied by a violent explosive sound, the tennis ball struck the steel cable at the far left of the net with lightning speed.

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!"

A harsh friction sound rang out.

The yellow tennis ball spun rapidly against the steel cable.

Immediately after, Yukimura saw the tennis ball split in two, turning into two streaks of light coming toward him.

The tennis ball had been split into two halves!

……

"Yukimura!"

Sanada shouted worriedly.

"Trust him, he will win."

"Our Rikkai's National Three-peat is flawless!"

Takahashi said.

……

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

Yukimura moved quickly, swinging the tennis racket twice in succession.

Both halves of the ball were returned by Yukimura simultaneously.

However, the two halves flew straight toward Echizen.

At this moment, Echizen was in mid-air.

At this height, the trajectory of these two split tennis balls was perfectly positioned for Echizen to execute a smash.

Seeing this scene, Sanada gripped the railing in front of him tightly.

"Yukimura's Metsu Gokan is not only acting upon himself, but also acting upon Echizen!"

Takahashi said.

"What?"

Sanada's eyes widened.

"Boom!"

Accompanied by the explosive sound of the smash, two yellow streaks of light pierced straight across the Court and landed heavily behind Yukimura.

"Out!"

"Rikkai's Yukimura Seiichi scores! The score is 2-0!"

……

"What is going on? Didn't Yukimura's Metsu Gokan backfire on himself? How could it act on Echizen at the same time?"

"And isn't Echizen under the limit of Peerless Perfection, capable of breaking through Metsu Gokan?"

A series of questions were asked by Sanada.

Takahashi smiled and said, "Sanada, don't underestimate Yukimura too much."

"The fact that Yukimura can apply Metsu Gokan to himself shows that his Metsu Gokan has improved once again."

"The current Yukimura can not only apply Metsu Gokan to others, but can also pinpoint the timing to precisely deprive the opponent of a certain sense at a certain moment."

"Just now, facing Echizen's Samurai Smash, Yukimura deprived him of his sense of touch at the very moment Echizen swung the racket, which is why the tennis ball became an out ball."

Not only Sanada, but Yanagi Renji and Kirihara on the side were also stunned into speechlessness.

"Is Yukimura's Metsu Gokan already this powerful?"

"But the radiance of Peerless Perfection is still shrouding Echizen, so how could Echizen still be hit by the move?"

Yanagi asked.

"Because even at the limit of Peerless Perfection, it takes time to break free from Metsu Gokan."

"And what Yukimura did was to deprive him at the critical moment, depriving him of his sense of touch at the instant Echizen swung the racket; even if Echizen regained his sense of touch later relying on Peerless Perfection, this point had already been lost!"

Takahashi explained.

"This kind of grasp on time differences requires the player to have extremely rich experience and strong fundamental strength, to instantly perceive the changes in the situation on the court."

"Echizen's fundamental strength and match experience are both far weaker than Yukimura's."

"From the moment Yukimura used Zero Sense Tennis to counter the radiance of Peerless Perfection, the victory belonged to Yukimura."

Takahashi continued.