Chapter 373: Emperor's Advancement, Ashura's Theater!

Bang!

"The first set is over."

"Irie wins, score 7-5!"

With Irie turning on the [Acting] mode, he won the first set from Atobe without any suspense.

"Huh"

When he walked out of the court and turned into the rest area, Atobe exhaled deeply. Looking up at Irie, his eyes were full of fear.

Atobe never thought that the opponent actually mastered the super-standard abilities of Ashura Shinto and Light Hitting.

In comparison.

Whether it was his imperial aura or the Atobe Kingdom, it was like a child playing house.

"Japan U17 is really full of hidden dragons and crouching tigers!"

Chitose, Tachibana and others also looked at Irie in awe.

Ashura Shinto and Light Hitting, taking out one of them alone is enough to defeat most junior high school students. And this Irie, like Tokugawa, mastered both at the same time.

And Atobe's strength is even inferior to Yukimura. At this point in the game, the result is actually doomed.

"Atobe."

On Hyotei's side, Oshitari, Shishido and others also looked extremely solemn. I thought Atobe would be the first person to qualify for Hyotei.

Unfortunately, the opponent was too strong!

Everyone shook their heads and no longer had any hope for this game.

Even Atobe himself was a little depressed. Although he was arrogant and unwilling to fail, he still knew his own limitations.

It was impossible for him to break through the blockade of Ashura Shinto now. Even the light shot was difficult to hit back.

"What?"

At this time.

A cold voice sounded.

Everyone subconsciously looked at Irie, thinking that the opponent had begun to mock and ridicule Atobe after gaining the advantage.

But at this time, Irie had a smiling expression on his face. Moreover, he turned his head and looked in a certain direction.

"That person is"

Everyone followed his gaze and saw a blue-white haired youth with a height like an iron tower and a cold face.

Ochi Moonlight.

The head of the tennis club of Hyotei High School.

At the same time, he was also a legendary figure who led Hyotei to the national competition before Atobe.

"Hmm"

Facing the sharp gaze of Ochi, Atobe raised his eyebrows slightly. He didn't like the feeling of being scrutinized. Even Ishikawa had never treated him like this.

"Atobe Keigo!"

Ochi seemed not to feel Atobe's emotional changes, but just said coldly: "Your strength should be more than this, right? Or..."

Speaking of this.

Ochi suddenly released an indescribable sense of mental oppression: "You, the minister of Hyotei, are only this level?"

Swish!

As soon as these words came out.

Atobe's face changed instantly.

If it was just his personal identity, the win or loss of this game might have a certain meaning, but it would not be so important.

However.

Ochi's words touched the deepest part of Atobe's heart, the thing that he tried his best to forget, the Minister of Hyotei!

Especially with Ochi in front and Ishikawa behind.

Sandwiched between the two, Atobe will undoubtedly be compared with the two in the future when Hyotei wins the national championship three times in a row or even achieves more amazing achievements.

Ochi is the pioneer who led Hyotei to complete the accumulation from 0 to 1.

Ishikawa is a pioneer who, with his strong talent and strength, dominated the junior high school tennis world and even swept the high school tennis world without defeat.

But what about Atobe?

What people remember is that when he was in junior high school, Hyotei, led by him, was suppressed by Rikkai University. He was suppressed by Sanada's immovable mountain and it was difficult to break through.

At his peak, he was strongly defeated by Tezuka of Seigaku and became a stepping stone for the opponent.

When he reached U17, he became the object of others' jokes.

And all kinds of things came together and produced a qualitative change. In the end, it became the last straw that broke Atobe's fig leaf.

Crack.

Crack.

So.

Everyone was surprised to find that Atobe, who had been trying his best to show his elegant posture, was now tightly clenching his fists, making crackling sounds.

"I won't lose!"

Coldly throwing down a sentence, he walked into the court again.

"Moonlight."

After Atobe entered the court, Otsuki turned his head in surprise and looked at the young man next to him: "This is not like your style!"

"He hasn't lost yet."

Yochi said calmly: "I can feel that he has a deep power that has not yet been stimulated."

"And"

Speaking of this, he turned his eyes and looked at Irie who was walking into the court: "That person, I'm afraid he won't let him go easily."

"Hmm, Irie?"

Otsuki frowned fearfully.

Irie Kanata.

The former person in charge of the No. 3 court.

In the second army, he is indeed a figure who counts. But in the first army, he seems mediocre.

But now.

Including Kaji, Kimijima and him, everyone just realized that this guy who usually laughs and looks harmless actually has such strength.

Ashura's Shinto!

Hit the ball with light!

Not to mention the junior high school students, even they felt a sense of fear after seeing the terrifying pit behind Atobe.

No one expected that Irie was hiding so deeply.

"Second set, Atobe serves, the game ends!"

Since the total number of games in the first set is an even number, the serving order remains unchanged, and Atobe still serves first.

Buzz!

Without any reason, he suddenly burst out with the aura of an emperor. And once again, he opened the Kingdom of Atobe.

Bang!

In an instant.

Atobe hit the tennis ball out, and the target he aimed at was the weakness of Irie's backhand.

That was the real weakness that was difficult to conceal from the opponent's standing posture shown by the skeleton.

Buzz!

But the next moment.

On Irie's body, Asura Shinto was emitting a dark light. The terrifying sense of oppression spread, and the ability weakened by the aura of the emperor instantly returned to normal.

Bang!

Immediately.

Irie counterattacked, and the tennis ball shot back like a cannonball.

Boom!

When it was close to Atobe, the strong pressure of the ball squeezed the smoke and dust in front of Atobe into the sky.

"Hmm."

Looking at the smoke in front of him, Atobe's eyes showed a solemn look.

The existence of dust and fog blocked most of his vision. To some extent, it caused a considerable degree of interference to his Kingdom of Atobe.

Immediately.

Atobe cheered up.

He looked ahead with full concentration, ready to counterattack the moment the tennis ball appeared.

Swish!

But the next moment.

A tennis ball as big as a hill suddenly tore through the smoke and appeared in front of him.

In an instant.

Blue and green light alternated and fell on Atobe's face, making his handsome face look unusually weird.

"Is this... the other dimension of tennis?!"

A solemn look flashed in Atobe's eyes.

As the heir of a large consortium, although the family did not want him to waste too much energy on tennis. But with Atobe's existing resources, he could also obtain information that ordinary people could not get.

For example.

He had seen a description of professional players by a senior person in a high-level tennis magazine that required a very expensive subscription fee to read.

One of the keywords is the so-called [Tennis Dimension]!

Including the [Super High Speed ​​​​Dimension] mastered by Ochi, and the ability released by Irie now, all belong to [Tennis Dimension].

Atobe vaguely remembered that players who mastered this ability were essentially in a different tennis dimension from other people.

Only by breaking through to the corresponding realm can they have the possibility of defeating their opponents.

However.

At that time, Atobe was dismissive of this and did not take these "exaggerated" information as true. As for how to break through to the realm of the tennis dimension, he had no idea at all.

"Hah!"

However, at this point, Atobe would not choose to escape. Facing the tennis ball as big as a mountain, he rushed up and raised his racket and pulled it hard.

Boom!

Explosion sounded.

In the smoke that exploded instantly, people only saw a figure. Under the impact of the huge force, the whole person could not stop retreating continuously.

With a bang.

Atobe's body hit the wall firmly and stopped.

Pada da.

At the same time, the tennis ball rolled to his feet.

"0-15!"

The referee spoke, and the whole audience was silent.

The high school students were so shocked that they couldn't speak, while the junior high school students, especially the members of Hyotei, showed strong concerns.

"Come again!"

However, Atobe shouted in a low voice, locking his eyes on his opponent.

"Nice eyes."

Irie nodded with satisfaction.

Atobe's current state is what he wants. He was originally thinking about how to stimulate the opponent, but Ochi's words were like a shot of chicken blood for Atobe, and the latter burst out with strength that was very much in line with Irie's expectations.

Bang!

Bang!

Bang!

The game continued.

The two people continued to fight fiercely on the court.

Atobe went all out and no longer cared about his image. And Irie didn't know why, and he didn't speed up his attack, and started a long tug-of-war.

"Become stronger! I need to become stronger!"

At the bottom line.

Atobe entered an extremely excited state and displayed his most dangerous [Super Attack] posture before.

He knew very well that he was at an absolute disadvantage compared to his opponent. If he wanted to make up for this gap, he had to break through his own limits.

As for Atobe, his most powerful ability is his eyesight, which is enough to see through people's hearts.

Therefore.

He is constantly improving his concentration and mental strength, and his sight is completely locked on the opponent.

So.

He gradually forgot the surrounding environment, and his eyes only saw the image of Irie.

One ball after another.

In the end, he even forgot the time.

Buzz!

At a certain moment.

The scene in front of Atobe changed.

The tennis ball and the court disappeared, and the spectators around him disappeared. And he was standing at the window of an ancient castle, looking into the distance.

There was a dark mountain of the underworld.

The gloomy feeling, the moment his eyes touched it, continued to spread to the area where he was.

Look at the bottom of the castle again.

The villages are scattered.

On the street, people look at a group of knights riding tall horses in awe. Sing songs of praise to them.

At this time.

Looking at his clothes again, Atobe reacted that he was the king of this castle. The group of knights riding on tall horses received his orders and headed to the distant Nether Mountains to kill the Demon King's knights.

That was the kingdom's calamity that had been around since he was born.

The previous kings had wanted to solve this calamity, but they had never made up their minds.

Finally.

Atobe succeeded to the throne.

Under his rule, the kingdom had continuous good harvests and the national strength was growing day by day. He trained a group of knights to eliminate the hidden dangers there.

Today was the day to conquer the enemy.

The whole city danced and watched the knights go out.

However.

Bad news soon came.

The knights who went out were annihilated. Without the protection of powerful military forces, the kingdom soon fell into turmoil and was invaded by neighboring countries. Atobe was captured in the chaos. He was sent to the guillotine.

Click!

In disbelief, his head was chopped off by the guillotine.

Swish!

But.

When Atobe opened his eyes again, he found that he was not dead. At this time, he was riding on a majestic horse, followed by a group of fully armed soldiers.

When he looked up, he suddenly found that he was on the way to the Nether Mountain.

The vision ahead was getting darker.

The yin energy was so strong that people could not help but feel timid.

However.

Atobe did not retreat.

He led the knights into the deep mountains to defeat the demon king.

Along the way.

They killed many enemies, but when facing the demon king wearing a bull-horned helmet, they were easily killed by the other party with just one finger because their weapons were broken.

Swish!

This time.

When Atobe opened his eyes.

He became an apprentice in a blacksmith shop, making weapons for the knights who were about to go to war. What he was holding in his hand at this time was the knight's long spear.

Swish.

But he accidentally touched the long spear to the red-hot iron furnace, which softened part of it.

But the order was urgent, so he could only bite the bullet and deliver the long spear. As a result, after the guards went out, the news of the annihilation of the whole army soon came.

Atobe himself also died in the chaos.

Swish!

The fourth time.

Atobe was resurrected again.

This time he became an ordinary person, running for a living. Soon, the news came that the knight team was wiped out, and he died again in the chaos.

Swish!

The fifth time.

The sixth time.

The seventh time.

Atobe died again and again, and gradually, his own consciousness was completely worn out. Like a zombie, he wandered on the street.

But in his heart, there was a faint voice calling him.

Following this voice.

He met the team going to attack the demon king, and followed it all the way to the front of the bull-horned demon king.

Crack!

In front of Atobe.

The weapon in the knight's hand broke, and he was killed by the opponent in one move. The soldiers around him also died one after another, and finally, he was the only one left.

In despair.

In his mind, that special voice appeared again.

"Will not lose!"

"I am Atobe Keigo"

"I will never lose!"

Swish!

Suddenly.

Atobe opened his eyes wide, as if he had awakened, he picked up the broken spear, and with a puff.

Knock the demon's helmet to the ground.

The next moment.

A round-faced young man with oval eyes appeared in front of him.

"Pa pa pa!!!"

In a trance.

He heard a warm applause in his ears.

Hula la.

At this time.

Behind the round-faced young man's demon king, two red curtains were pulled open.

"It's over, Atobe-kun."

On the opposite side, Irie, who represented the demon king, said: "Thank you for cooperating with me and completing this performance. However, the final act of the hero's crusade against the demon king has ended."

Pada da.

At this time.

The illusion and reality reversed, Atobe returned to the court again. And under his shocked eyes, a tennis ball slowly rolled past Irie's feet.

"Out!"

"The game is over."

"Irie won, the score was 6-0!"

At this time.

The referee's voice sounded.

Atobe realized that the second set of the duel was over?

"The hero defeats the devil?"

He lowered his head blankly, feeling the golden aura on his body, and his eyes showed an expression of disbelief.

That is to say.

He fell into the theater set up by the other party without knowing it?

And every scene change is an end. And his identity, or his mental power, is weakening with the passage of time.

If he fails to recall his goal at the last moment and breaks through his own limits. Does that mean that his consciousness will forever sink in the theater set up by Irie?

"Gulp."

Thinking of this.

Even with the calmness of Atobe, he couldn't help swallowing his saliva.

"So, is this the real [Tennis Dimension] of this person?!"