Chapter 227: The game is over

Kirisaki Daiichi led Rakuzan by 12 points, 73:61.

Mayuzumi Chihiro scored another 8 points in the quarter, with his total score reaching 20+, second only to Akashi on the team.

Such a performance was excellent; you couldn't ask for more from him.

And you certainly couldn't compare him to Tiandao. **CHAPTER 481**

But Tiandao’s shooting percentage was 9 for 11, scoring 20 points in a single quarter.

What’s worse is that Mayuzumi Chihiro, the most reliable scorer for Rakuzan now, had his Misdirection completely lose its effect.

At this moment, he was simply a walking spotlight; when he left the court, Rakuzan fans even applauded him.

"Thank you for your hard work, Senior."

Akashi personally handed water to Mayuzumi Chihiro, which made the latter feel that all this effort was worth it.

"What hard work or not, didn't I still miss a lot of shots."

He felt a bit regretful; if only he had met Akashi sooner.

As a player, being able to represent a powerhouse like Rakuzan in the national tournament made him very proud and satisfied.

"Besides, how could we be as tired as you?"

Rakuzan was almost collapsed by Tiandao twice, and it was all thanks to Akashi stepping up that the situation was saved.

Without him, Rakuzan would have been blown out by Kirisaki Daiichi long ago.

Looking at Akashi’s data in this regard, you can tell.

He played the full 3 quarters, 30 minutes of playing time, and scored 26 points.

The score wasn't much; after all, Tiandao next door had already scored a crazy 53 points, not even half of Tiandao’s.

But besides scoring, Akashi also delivered 15 direct assists, and indirect assists were probably around ten.

It could be said that almost all of Rakuzan’s scoring was related to him.

Akashi smiled slightly, turned his head, and made eye contact with each teammate.

"No matter what, I hope everyone can lend me your strength until the end."

How could the people of Rakuzan refuse such a request? They all expressed that they would fight with Akashi until the last second.

The morale was usable.

Akashi nodded secretly, but that was as far as it went.

A 12-point gap was not without hope of reversal.

Akashi believed that an overly powerful ability like "Unlimited Void" must have some kind of limitation.

Just like the Zone, it was accompanied by the side effect of excessive physical consumption.

He bet that Tiandao couldn't continue to use Unlimited Void recklessly in the fourth quarter, and he could only bet.

Then, the first attack of the fourth quarter.

Tiandao went straight to the Rakuzan paint, Akashi bravely moved over, and was immediately hit by a massive information shock.

In an instant, his reaction, judgment, and action were all slowed down, and Tiandao didn't spend much effort to tear his defense apart.

He passed through Akashi and killed into the Rakuzan paint; Rakuzan players still wanted to come over for help defense.

As a result, as long as they approached him, they would be hit by the indiscriminate information torrent of Unlimited Void.

"How the hell are we supposed to play this!" Liang Feng complained loudly in his live broadcast room.

Except for Akashi, no one else could even get close; this is playing with a hammer.

However...

"Tiandao’s Unlimited Void should be an indiscriminate attack."

"Did you notice? When Tiandao expands his domain, the Kirisaki Daiichi players never approach him again, they all hide far away."

The bullet comments were amused by him and asked, "So?"

"So?" Liang Feng took the audience from Shui Ping’s side and said, "So the other 9 people on the court can only watch Tiandao play by himself!"

*Swish!*

The ball went in again, and the point gap was stretched to 15 points.

"Before winning the victory, you will absolutely not stop, is that what you mean?"

Akashi had already felt Tiandao’s extreme desire to win.

Unlimited Void must have side effects, but Tiandao had already told him with his actions that he wouldn't stop until he won the game.

"Since that’s the case, I can't let myself be looked down upon either."

*Zzz!*

He clenched his fist tightly, and crimson lightning bloomed once more from his pupils.

He wanted to win!

There were no longer any superfluous reasons like before.

He now simply wanted to defeat the Heavenly Dao!

"Then come at me, Akashi!"

Zzzzt!

Silver-white electric arcs erupted from the Heavenly Dao’s eyes, followed immediately by the remaining eight players on the court.

Rakuzan was making a final stand; every spectator in the arena could see it.

Entering the Zone, Akashi found that the pressure he faced from the Infinite Void was not as great.

Perhaps it was because his brain had become incomparably calm, and his processing of junk information had strengthened.

But it was still not enough to help him defeat the Heavenly Dao.

"Eight!"

Countless slashes surged toward him; Akashi held on for a moment before failing, and the basketball in his hands was knocked away once again.

But...

"It’s not over yet!"

Seeing the Heavenly Dao about to run past him, Akashi made an inconceivable move.

He threw himself into a dive, crashing onto the floor, and managed to save the ball in a disheveled state.

"Little Sei!"

"Akashi?"

Reo Mibuchi and the others felt like they were going crazy; that noble Akashi, to go to such desperate lengths for a single ball?

But what made their scalps tingle even more was that the Heavenly Dao, who was as handsome as a prince on a white horse from a fairy tale,

actually lunged forward to compete for the ball after seeing Akashi dive to save it.

"Heavenly Dao!?"

"Ten-chan?"

Satsuki covered her mouth tightly with both hands.

This was a scene she had never seen before, nor would she have ever imagined.

Yet it was truly happening right before her eyes.

In the end, the physically stronger Heavenly Dao won the victory; he forcibly snatched the ball back from Akashi’s hands.

Akashi staggered to his feet, shouting as he ran, "Get back on defense!"

There was no need for him to speak; seeing their leader playing with such desperation, the others had no reason to retreat.

Whatever "Emperor of the Opening" or "Bad Boys Legion" meant,

at this moment, neither side cared; they only wanted to win the game.

Tactics, teamwork, mobility, and the like could no longer be improved, but physical confrontation suddenly intensified several times over.

The referee began to get busy, blowing his whistle frequently.

The referee today didn't have a heavy-handed style; he wanted to keep the intensity at a level that wouldn't require censorship.

But how could the two teams care about that now? They were all blinded by the heat of battle.

This was the so-called leading-by-example effect.

With the star players of both sides charging into the fray, their subordinates naturally wouldn't hold back their bodies either.

This resulted in everyone having to exit the Zone halfway through the fourth quarter, as no one had the extra stamina to persist.

However, the lead held by Kirisaki Daiichi remained as high as 15 points.

Fans from both sides cheered for their teams with heart-wrenching intensity, while neutral fans swallowed hard.

"This is too intense!"