Chapter 99: Paying Tribute to the Former Captain's Moves, What Does That Have to Do with the Current Captain?

Seeing the familiar, arrogant smile on Echizen Ryoma's face, the corners of Takahashi's mouth curled up slightly, and he said, "Are you mistaken about something?"

A look of confusion immediately appeared on Echizen's face.

"Those last three games, I was merely paying tribute to our former Rikkai Captain who couldn't play due to illness."

"What comes next is the true strength of the current Rikkai Captain."

Takahashi said indifferently.

"What?"

Echizen could not understand Takahashi's words.

Then, he widened his eyes.

He saw Takahashi take a tennis ball out of his pocket and gently bounce it.

For some reason, seeing this scene, Echizen, who was still under the Ten-i Muhou no Kiwami, keenly sensed something ominous.

He kept his eyes fixed on Takahashi's movements.

"Bang!"

Takahashi tossed the ball, raised his arm, swung his racket, and performed a Serve.

The moment the racket swung at the tennis ball, it was shockingly fast.

Even with the excellent improvement in dynamic vision provided by the Ten-i Muhou no Kiwami, Echizen had actually failed to capture the motion of the swing.

"Thud!"

Before Echizen could react, a heavy sound reached his ears.

Where did that sound come from?

What he had just seen was the motion of the Serve.

Then this "thud" must be the sound of the tennis ball hitting the ground.

Echizen turned his head in disbelief, looking toward the baseline of his own half of the court.

A dark ball mark was pressed right on the line.

The tennis ball was bouncing incessantly out of bounds.

The whole stadium.

Was in silence!

A deathly silence!

Many spectators had their mouths agape, unable to believe the scene that had just occurred.

An invisible swing.

Even the trajectory of the tennis ball flying through the air was too fast to see clearly.

They only heard the sounds of the swing and the tennis ball landing heavily.

If not for the sound of the ball hitting the ground, they would not have believed the tennis ball had already entered the opponent's half.

Kikumaru rubbed his eyes hard.

With his superb dynamic vision, he had actually failed to see the trajectory of the ball; it was as if the tennis ball had vanished in mid-air.

"What is going on? How is this Serve so fast?"

Fuji was also stunned.

Recalling the beginning of the match, Takahashi's serves, although fast, were nothing compared to this one.

They were as slow as a tortoise crawling!

Atobe in the spectator stands was also shocked to the point of being dumbfounded, his gaze involuntarily fixed on Takahashi.

He could actually hit a ball like this.

Had the Takahashi from before been suppressing his strength?

Then, when he competed against him, had Takahashi also been suppressing his strength?

The opponent who had shut out the Hyotei Tennis Club Captain had not even displayed his true strength.

This Takahashi Yanichi was far more terrifying than Echizen Ryoma!

Originally, Echizen Ryoma had relied on entering the Ten-i Muhou no Kiwami to break free from Takahashi's Five Senses.

Atobe admired him greatly, because he too had been struck by the Five Senses, and he understood what kind of feeling that was.

The sheer despair one had to face!

One's own world left with nothing but darkness!

No sound, no light, nothing at all!

Yet, even at such a dead end, Echizen Ryoma was still able to stand up.

Such spirit made Atobe admire him.

But, even such a powerful Echizen could not compare to the radiance emitted by Takahashi.

Because, even after entering the Ten-i Muhou no Kiwami and having all his physical skills greatly enhanced, Echizen still could not reach Takahashi's ball.

He could not even react in time.

Takahashi Yanichi actually possessed such terrifying strength!

And he was only a first-year!

On the court.

"15-0!"

Takahashi looked at the shocked referee and announced the score.

At the same time, he signaled to the other party with his eyes.

"15-0!"

"Takahashi scores!"

The umpire was also shocked by that last ball.

As an umpire on the tennis Court, he had many years of experience.

Therefore, even though he could not see the trajectory of that ball very clearly, he knew it was just an ordinary Serve.

It did not carry any profound techniques; it was just a plain and simple Serve.

Even Takahashi's serving motion was very ordinary, without any exquisite technique.

Yet, such an ordinary Serve actually had such fast speed.

It was so fast that even he, an umpire who dealt with tennis every day, could not see the trajectory.

Is this really a middle school student?

Is he really presiding over a middle school tennis match?

Did he accidentally enter the wrong match venue?

The most shocked person was Echizen Ryoma.

It was another swing he couldn't see clearly.

This time, not only was the swing unclear, but even the trajectory of the tennis ball was invisible.

Echizen stared intently at Takahashi, his eyes filled with deep wariness!

"Bang!"

"30-0!"

"Takahashi scores!"

"Bang!"

"40-0!"

"Bang!"

"Takahashi scores! The score is 4-0!"

The subsequent balls in this game were as if the scene of the first ball was repeating itself.

Takahashi's serving posture, force, and speed remained unchanged, and Echizen's reaction was exactly the same.

Echizen stood in place, his body slightly hunched, his knees slightly bent, his left hand gripping the tennis racket tightly, watching the tennis ball as if facing a formidable enemy.

However, no matter how tightly Echizen's gaze was glued to the tennis ball.

In his field of vision, the tennis ball would disappear for a moment due to its excessive speed.

And immediately after that moment, what followed was the sound of the tennis ball landing heavily.

Echizen Ryoma pressed his lips together tightly, his brows locked in a frown.

At this moment, his body had stiffened, staying in place without moving, and drops of cold sweat fell from his face.

Even while in the limit of Peerless Perfection, a sense of powerlessness kept surging into his heart, dragging his heart down continuously.

The confident and flamboyant smile that had originally been on his face gradually disappeared, replaced by deep wariness and fear toward Takahashi.

Yes, it was fear.

Ever since entering the limit of Peerless Perfection, Echizen had felt his state reach its peak all at once; his essence, Qi, and spirit had all reached a peak, a peak he had never experienced before.

He had thought that by relying on this powerful state he had never felt before, he could successfully defeat Takahashi.

Yet he had not expected that Takahashi seemed to have become a different person.

His strength was terrifyingly strong!

It was completely different from the beginning.

Although Echizen did not want to admit it, the degree of Takahashi's growth in strength before and after was even more terrifying than his own when he entered the Selfless State!

Recalling what Takahashi had just said about the strength of the current Captain!

Could it be that he had been hiding his strength just now?

Facing the current Takahashi, Echizen had no power to resist.

He couldn't even capture the trajectory of the tennis ball, so how could he return it?

And how could he possibly win?

Although he did not want to admit it.

But the gap between him and Takahashi was truly too large!

"Bang!"

"0-15!"

"Takahashi scores!"

"Bang!"

"0-30!"

"Takahashi scores!"

"Bang!"

"0-40!"

"Bang!"

"Takahashi scores, the score is 0-5!"

Listening to the umpire's voice, Ryuzaki, sitting in the court coaching area, had a very ugly expression on her face.

She never expected that even after Echizen Ryoma entered the limit of Peerless Perfection, he would actually fail to receive even a single ball from Takahashi.

Even in Echizen's own service game, Takahashi was able to score directly off the Serve.

How could a first-year from Rikkai be this formidable?

Thinking back to what she had said to the other team members before the match, Ryuzaki felt a burning pain on her face.

Especially seeing that Echizen's defeat was certain, she feared Seigaku would really be taken down by Rikkai in 3 games, and with a score of 6-0 at that.

Taking advantage of the moment when everyone's attention was focused on the court, Ryuzaki found an opportunity, bent her body, and snuck away......