Chapter 226: Takahashi's Resonance with the Idle Character, a Total Victory! (Final Chapter)

On the court.

Borg stared fixedly at Takahashi, asking with uncertainty: "The way you broke my Infinite Tornado, that was also Ability Resonance, wasn't it!"

"I never expected you to have taken that step as well, an Ability Resonance triggered by a single person!"

As he spoke, Borg gave a self-deprecating smile.

He had trained his technique to the extreme, and he knew that the move "Baptism of the Vortex" was likely the limit of what he could achieve.

He had used this move to successfully defeat the world number one, Novak, in a professional tournament a while ago, and originally thought that with this move, he could dominate the world.

But seeing Takahashi, especially seeing the Spiral Serve used during Takahashi's battle with Amadeus, he felt a great sense of crisis.

Baptism of the Vortex might not be able to deal with Takahashi.

This thought took root in his heart.

Therefore, Borg was also seeking a breakthrough, but he knew that at his level, wanting to break through was as difficult as ascending to heaven.

And watching his doubles teammates display Ability Resonance, he was inspired.

Since he had already reached his limit, he could develop in another direction, which was to combine his companions' power with his own to create an effect where 1+1 > 2.

So, he specifically started forming a doubles pair with Tezuka two weeks ago, because he felt that Tezuka's skills were primarily rotation-based and would likely be able to form a resonance with his own abilities.

Sure enough, in practice match after practice match, Borg and Tezuka formed an Ability Resonance, and Borg, relying on his own powerful strength and Spirit Power, was able to use the move produced by this Ability Resonance—Infinite Tornado—all by himself.

He had thought that with the two moves, Baptism of the Vortex and Infinite Tornado, defeating Takahashi would be a matter of course.

Yet he hadn't expected that while the ideal was beautiful, reality was cruel.

These two moves failed one after another.

Baptism of the Vortex was not only broken by Takahashi, but he himself had actually fallen for the opponent's mental ultimate move.

And Infinite Tornado was broken head-on by the opponent.

Borg couldn't help but recall that ball from Takahashi; it should have been a combination of a Light Strike and a Dark Strike.

So, did Takahashi absorb Amadeus's moves and then form an Ability Resonance without anyone to cooperate with?

Because Borg knew that it was absolutely impossible for Amadeus to have teamed up with Takahashi for doubles practice.

Thinking of this, Borg's heart sank.

Takahashi was even more terrifying and horrifying than he had imagined.

He had traversed the tennis world for so many years and had never seen someone with such powerful talent as Takahashi.

Originally, Borg thought this world tournament was the only chance to defeat Takahashi.

Because at Takahashi's growth rate, he would only be even more powerful in 2 years!

But even this hope now seemed destined to fall through; he had still been too naive!

Looking at the changing expressions on Borg's face, Takahashi smiled and said: "Rather than saying it's an Ability Resonance triggered by one person, it's better to say it's a collaboration with the Asura Divine Path!"

"Of course, one could also say it's an Ability Resonance I triggered myself!"

Takahashi actually utilized both a Light Strike and a Dark Strike simultaneously to defeat the Infinite Tornado.

Light and darkness are completely opposite existences.

They are inherently incompatible; forcing them to fuse can only produce a violent explosion.

And to deal with the Infinite Tornado, under the premise that power, speed, and rotation were completely ineffective, the only method Takahashi could think of was to use an explosion to tear that Violent Wind apart.

As for how to fuse the Light Strike and Dark Strike, and make them explode only upon entering the Infinite Tornado rather than at the start, that was a problem Takahashi had to solve.

Originally, this was quite difficult for Takahashi.

Even when battling Amadeus, Takahashi had used the Taotie to absorb the opponent's "Darkness" and gained a profound understanding of the essence of "Darkness," allowing him to use a Dark Strike himself.

But it was impossible for Takahashi to hit a Light Strike and a Dark Strike, two completely opposite balls, at the same time by himself.

But with the phantom of the Idle Character, everything was solved perfectly!

With that last ball, what Takahashi swung his racket to hit was a Light Strike, and he had attached Spirit Power related to space to it.

And the enlarged phantom of Takahashi that swung its racket at the same moment, which was the Idle Character, hit a Dark Strike, and it perfectly replicated the Spirit Power Amadeus used to see through an opponent's weaknesses.

Because Takahashi had once absorbed that Spirit Power, the Idle Character had a full understanding of it.

And the Takahashi whose strength had increased once again, along with the Idle Character, could successfully replicate and use this Spirit Power.

Therefore, under the simultaneous action of Takahashi and the Idle Character, that ball contained golden light and shadows, and the Spirit Power related to space that Takahashi had imbued also kept the light and dark separated, preventing them from reacting with each other.

Otherwise, if light and dark combined and exploded directly in Takahashi's half of the court, that would have been ridiculous!

And as the tennis ball slowly entered the Infinite Tornado, the Spirit Power on the Dark Strike capable of seeing through all weaknesses began to take effect; it actively adjusted the path, choosing the weakest point in the Tornado.

After being ravaged by the Tornado, the light and dark on the tennis ball that had been separated by that Spirit Power combined rapidly, and a great explosion occurred.

And the point of the great explosion was exactly the weakest point in the Infinite Tornado.

Breaking the whole with a point! Finally, the Tornado was completely torn to shreds.

As for why the tennis ball landed at the midpoint of the baseline in Borg's half of the court.

That was because the Spirit Power belonging to space had initially acted to separate the light and dark, preventing them from reacting, but under the ravages of the Tornado, the light and dark exploded, and that explosion only targeted physical objects, not Spirit Power.

So that Spirit Power guided the tennis ball to the destination Takahashi had set, the opponent's baseline.

Because when Takahashi had returned the tennis ball earlier, he had covered the ball with wisps of Spirit Power, and as the tennis ball landed, those wisps of Spirit Power also landed at Borg's baseline.

With the original Spirit Power as a coordinate, this Spirit Power also successfully brought the tennis ball to the destination, and while breaking the Infinite Tornado, successfully scored a point!

This was everything that had just happened.

This was the Ability Resonance formed between Takahashi and his second extra-dimensional phantom, the Idle Character.

But to outsiders, the Idle Character shared the same face as Takahashi.

In essence, the Idle Character was also a part of Takahashi.

So it could tentatively be considered an Ability Resonance completed by Takahashi alone!

"Bang!"

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"Bang!"

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"5-1!"

"Point for Japan Team!"

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At the same time that Borg's Infinite Tornado was countered head-on by Takahashi, due to nervous tension and excessive pressure, Borg still could not break free from the spatial chaos cast by Takahashi, so the situation on the court was completely one-sided.

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"Bang!"

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"6-1!"

"Point for Japan Team!"

"Match over, Takahashi Yanichi of Japan Team wins!"

"Score 6-2! 6-1!"

"U17 World Cup semi-final over! Japan Team wins!"

……

Listening to the referee loudly announce the match result, the entire venue went quiet for a few seconds, and then waves of overwhelming cheers erupted from the spectator stands.

This was not a simple U17 World Cup, because one of the players in this match was a professional player, and one who had defeated the former world number one in a professional tournament just a few months ago.

With the addition of this player, the standard of this U17 World Cup approached that of a professional tournament.

And now, Borg, who had just become the strongest active professional player, had actually lost in this match to a middle school student from Japan Team.

Japan had not only won the victory of this U17 World Cup, but had also won the title of world number one.

Takahashi Yanichi, this name, from this moment on would spread throughout the entire world tennis scene.

And he was only 12 years old, not even meeting the minimum age requirement for a professional player.

But the spectators all knew that the next era of the world tennis scene belonged to him, the era belonging to Takahashi Yanichi……

(End of book!)