Chapter 212: The Suppressed Sanada

"Bang!"

The tennis ball turned into a yellow streak of light, flying rapidly toward Sanada's half of the court.

"Crack!"

With a flash of electricity, Sanada instantly moved to the baseline on the right side.

"Swift as a Violent Storm!"

Across the net, Tezuka moved at this moment as well.

"Bang!"

Accompanied by the crisp sound of a ball being struck, Tezuka sent the tennis ball back to Sanada's half of the court once more.

"Tezuka can actually return Swift as a Violent Storm?"

Kirihara felt it was unbelievable.

"That is only natural; Tezuka has the blessing of Peerless Perfection."

"It would be strange if he couldn't return it!"

Takahashi said.

"But, Senior Sanada went to such lengths to upgrade Wind to Violent Storm, only for Tezuka to return it so quickly; hasn't Senior Sanada's effort been in vain?"

Kirihara was somewhat annoyed.

"The original Wind definitely couldn't keep up with a Tezuka blessed by Peerless Perfection; it is already quite an achievement that Violent Storm can keep up now."

"That is Peerless Perfection, after all!"

"Even among high school students, those who possess Peerless Perfection are in the minority."

Irie said.

"In the current situation, Sanada actually has the advantage; Tezuka has used Peerless Perfection, but Sanada has yet to use the Asura Divine Path."

Takahashi said calmly.

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

Kimijima pushed up his glasses and said: "I didn't expect a middle schooler's match to be this intense."

Kurobe said: "I felt a bit of regret when Tezuka was originally recruited by the D Country; Japan lost a talent!"

"I didn't expect that even Sanada could fight Tezuka to such a stalemate."

"Our Japan Team is also full of talent!"

"Bang!"

Seizing the opportunity, Sanada leaped high, raised his arm, and executed a powerful Smash.

"Aggression Like Flame!"

"Thud!"

The tennis ball landed on the right side of Tezuka and bounced up.

"40-30!"

"Point for Japan Team!"

Yukimura said: "Is this the evolved version of Aggression Like Fire?"

"Indeed, both the speed and power of this Smash have increased significantly!"

Kirihara said: "Well done, Senior Sanada; there is hope for victory this way."

Oishi, standing to the side, asked with some confusion: "Strange! Why doesn't Tezuka use his Domain?"

Fuji said: "It's not that he won't use it, but that he can't find the opportunity to."

"As Gentle as the Forest should be a powerful slice; Sanada uses this move from time to time to neutralize the spin on the ball, making it impossible for Tezuka to establish his Domain."

"Sanada's Wind Forest Fire Mountain Shadow Thunder is simply designed to counter Tezuka."

Atobe said: "Besides the Domain, I remember Tezuka also has Phantom and the Supreme Domain."

Just as Atobe finished speaking.

"Thud!"

"Out!"

"Score 1-1!"

"Point for D Country Team!"

Yanagi Renji said with some surprise: "He used Phantom so quickly?"

Fuji said: "After all, Tezuka is operating at the limit of Peerless Perfection, and having rallied so many balls with Sanada, he has gained an understanding of Sanada's shot trajectories."

"It is only natural that he can use Phantom."

Yanagi Renji nodded and asked Takahashi: "Then can As Gentle as the Forest neutralize the spin of Phantom?"

Takahashi said: "It can neutralize a portion, but not all of it."

"And once Sanada gives up Forest to use the Aggression Like Flame Smash, he will be seized by Tezuka, who will use Phantom to make the Smash go out of bounds."

Kirihara said: "Isn't Forest a powerful slice? Why can't it neutralize all of Phantom's spin?"

Takahashi explained thoughtfully: "This is singles; on an 8.23-meter Court, standing in place allows one to defend about 1.5 meters to the left and right, so to form a Domain, one only needs to apply enough spin to the tennis ball to pull in about 2.6 meters."

"To use Phantom to make the tennis ball go out of bounds, one must apply the exact opposite spin to the ball, causing it to bounce about 4.2 meters to the left and right respectively."

"Therefore, Phantom's spin is higher than Domain's, exceeding the upper limit that Forest can neutralize."

Kirihara opened his eyes wide, not quite understanding what Takahashi was talking about.

Fuji said: "Takahashi, you just mentioned Violent Forest Flame Peak, so can the upgraded version of Forest completely neutralize Phantom's spin?"

As expected of Seigaku's genius, his reaction is indeed very fast, Takahashi sighed to himself.

"Xu Like Forest can completely neutralize Phantom's spin."

"It's just that what Tezuka just hit wasn't Phantom either, but the Supreme Domain that combines Domain and Phantom!"

Once these words were spoken, Kurobe said with some shock: "Supreme Domain? But I didn't see any completely opposite spin on the tennis ball."

Takahashi prompted: "Look, at Tezuka's feet."

Following Takahashi's prompt, Kurobe shifted his gaze to the Court.

"A nearly perfect circle!"

Atobe exclaimed.

"So Tezuka didn't try to use Domain at all, but went straight for Supreme Domain."

"Back at the National Tournament, this move of Tezuka's hadn't reached perfection yet, so one could see the completely opposite spin on the tennis ball."

"But now, Tezuka can already hit a Compound Spin that is consistent inside and out."

"Even if Sanada's Forest neutralizes the spin belonging to Domain on the tennis ball, there is no way to neutralize the spin belonging to Phantom on the tennis ball."

"Forest's slice cannot manage to neutralize this kind of Compound Spin."

"So the moment Sanada smashed, the tennis ball went straight out of bounds!"

Takahashi said.

"This is getting a bit troublesome!"

Shiraishi's expression was somewhat grave.

Fuji looked at Takahashi's still relaxed and comfortable expression, and he had a bad premonition in his heart.

If Takahashi could analyze so much information about Tezuka beforehand, then he must have also told Sanada how to deal with Supreme Domain.

The troublesome one isn't Sanada, but Tezuka, right!

Fuji sighed.

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"Bang!"

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"Bang!"

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"Out of bounds!"

"15-0!"

"Germany Team scores!"

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"Bang!"

"30-0!"

"Germany Team scores!"

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"Bang!"

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Sanada raised his arm and hit a Short Ball.

"Xu Like Forest!"

The tennis ball seemed to be attracted to Tezuka's surroundings by an invisible force.

"Bang!"

Tezuka slightly adjusted the angle of his wrist and hit a cross-court shot that traversed the entire Court.

And at this moment, Sanada was still at the net.

"Thud!"

"2-1!"

"Germany Team scores!"

……

Germany Team rest area.

Bismarck exclaimed: "Is this the ultimate move Tezuka recently perfected—Supreme Domain?"

"Pull the ball he wants to receive to his side, and let the ball he doesn't want to receive go out of bounds."

"This move is simply unsolvable for people of the same age group!"

A faint smile appeared on Borg's face, and he said: "Yes, it is precisely because Tezuka has practiced this move to perfection that I considered letting him play in the singles three position."

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On the other side, Japan Team's rest area.

Yanagi Renji frowned and said: "Lost another game!"

"This move of Tezuka's is not easy to deal with!"

"Even if Xu Like Forest neutralizes the spin belonging to Phantom, the tennis ball still carries the spin belonging to Domain, and it will be pulled toward Tezuka's side."

"And Tezuka can return the ball in any direction, so the initiative will always be in Tezuka's hands."

Atobe said: "Doesn't Sanada have that Move Like Thunder, which can instantly move to any place on the court?"

"Why isn't he using it now?"

Takahashi said: "The instant movement of Move Like Thunder puts quite a bit of pressure on Sanada's legs; with the match having progressed this far, it has actually already become a burden on his legs."

Fuji looked at Takahashi in confusion; could it be that even he has no way to help Sanada break this move?

Shiraishi said: "If things continue like this, Sanada will fall into a disadvantage."