Uma Musume: From Being Knocked Ten Meters Away

Chapter 461 The Fierce and Brutal Struggle: Its End
The final straight, the last section of the race, was ablaze with rain, the track resembling a burning battlefield, every inch of it radiating a fierce competitive atmosphere.

With boundless focus and indomitable fighting spirit, their figures moved through the mud and water.

Mud and grass clippings were kicked high into the air by the horseshoes, drawing sharp arcs like angry battle songs, expressing the ultimate desire for victory.

The opponent at the forefront was like a sharp dagger, slicing through the ever-closer distance and stabbing straight at the back of the Northern Black Steed.

Her eyes burned with a fierce fire, as if they wanted to set the whole world ablaze.

Each step she took was swift and powerful, as if the track beneath her feet was trembling.

The opponent, close behind, ran wildly, its tail and tail dancing wildly and unrestrainedly in the wind.

Their breathing was rapid and heavy as they charged forward; each muffled breath seemed to release their inner repression and resentment.

The opponents further away were like agile hunting dogs, relentlessly pursuing their target. Her gaze remained fixed on the Northern Black Steed, as if it were the only prey in her life.

Their bodies moved swiftly and nimbly across the track, trying to find every possible opportunity to break through.

On the outer lane, the black figure swept in with astonishing speed.

Wherever she went, mud and water splashed, as if paving a path to victory for her.

Her aura was like a surging sea, pressing down on the northern black horse like an overturned mountain.

Their footsteps mingled together, like a dense drumbeat striking the back of the Northern Black Steed.

Their breaths converged into a powerful current, as if to devour the Northern Black Steed.

On the muddy battlefield, they chased after each other relentlessly, for that glorious moment, for that supreme victory.

The stadium had already erupted in chaos, with countless voices shouting at the top of their lungs, the noise almost piercing the sky.

The entire grandstand was like a giant boiling furnace, with every spectator ignited by the intensity and even brutality of the final straight, plunging them into a frenzy.

Yasui and the others had also lost their composure. Even Megumi McQueen, who had maintained an elegant posture, was now clinging to the railing.

Staring intently at the track, her body trembling slightly, she, like all the other spectators, shouted at the top of her lungs:

"Charge! Xiao Bei! Don't let them catch up!"

In the midst of a massive, frenzied, and noisy vortex, the commentator's voice had become hoarse and trembling, each word seemingly squeezed out from the depths of his throat.

His voice was filled with barely suppressed excitement, yet he managed to maintain his composure as he read out the final results of the match:
"Leading! The Northern Black Steed is still in the lead. How far is it? Less than 200 meters away!"

"But we're still in the lead! Two horse lengths ahead!"
"But the inner path is the stone of victory, and the inner path's stone of victory and Shan Defu have caught up, and Shan Defu has also charged forward!"

The Outer Path is like a clear, bright sun! Can it achieve a consecutive reign?! ​​Can it achieve a Takarazuka Memorial consecutive reign?! ​​A clear, bright sun?!
"But Gao Shangjunyi, who was traveling with them, was also fighting desperately! Satomi Crown also rushed up!"
"The rising stars have already caught up with their predecessors... no! They've surpassed them in an instant!"

"And the Great Outer Path... with a thunderous roar, has caught up!"
"The race was going poorly before, with the car stuck in the inside lane. But then, with no one marking him on the final straight, he caught up!"
"Very fast! Extremely fast! A monster-level last kick!"

"But the Northern Black Steed is still in the lead! However, its lead is getting smaller and smaller, and it's down to... just one horse's length!"

Can we hold on?!
"Can we withstand the relentless pursuit of so many powerful and formidable enemies?!"

"The Northern Black Steed?!"

The roaring sound acted as an invisible catalyst, causing the pursuers' pupils to suddenly contract.

The previously taut muscles erupted with astonishing explosive power once again, and the mud mixed with grass clippings exploded like shrapnel.

In that instant, the hooves behind her transformed from initial drumbeats into a dense war drumbeat, making the eardrums of the Northern Black Steed buzz. But she could still clearly sense the breathing rhythm of her pursuers behind her:

Some were tense and bored due to the charge;
Some people become flustered and rapid due to excitement;

There was also an extremely dangerous presence, whose breathing gradually became rapid, yet carried a chilling sense of oppression.

Constantly relentlessly pursuing itself in its perception, at this very moment, those ever-present shadows continue to expand within its perception.

His breaths, carrying a scorching heat, almost brushed against her back, and each step he took seemed to shorten the distance between them and her, and between them and glory.

The Northern Black Steed, which had been accelerating since the first bend and pushing its entire body to the limit, was already soaked in sweat, its battle suit clinging to its burning skin.

Each tremor from her footsteps traveled through her bones from her horseshoes, a reminder that the wolves behind her were tearing away at an alarming pace.

But the shouts of the audience, the almost out-of-control screams of the commentator, and the increasingly close bombardment behind us felt like countless steel needles piercing our nerves.

"Not enough...not fast enough!"

Her molars clenched and clicked, hot white smoke billowed from her nostrils, and a dull pain shot through her hind leg muscles in an instantaneous burst.

Her lungs felt like scorched bellows, each breath accompanied by a sharp, piercing pain.

Ignoring the discomfort caused by pushing her body to its limit, and focusing entirely on the ever-increasing sense of urgency, she urged her legs, which had already reached their limit, forward with all her might:
"Slow...too slow...still too slow!"
"Move...keep moving...legs...keep moving!"
"Faster...faster...faster, please!!"

The last thought in my heart burst forth as a roar, and the last 100 meters of the signpost vanished as a blur.

At the same time, a white light began to appear at the edge of her field of vision, and noise gradually appeared in the white light.

Her eyelashes trembled violently as white light washed over her retina like a tide.

She could not hear the audience's screams that tore the sky apart, nor could she hear the screams that broke her voice. The world suddenly became so quiet that only the pounding of her heart could be heard in her chest.

And, the echo of a sound that transcends time and space.

"...To become the best racehorse girl..."

“…Xiao Bei, you are far stronger than you imagine.”

"...Run, run for your life!"

The stinging sensation of mud splashing into her eyes suddenly disappeared, and in a daze, she hallucinated that the splashed mud water left a broken silver chain trail behind her.

And before their eyes, a phantom that shouldn't exist was being reflected.

It's as if you're constantly pushing your limits and being relentlessly pursued by a chaser, both racing towards an unknown destination in this frenzied competition.

She suddenly felt her body become light, as if she had become one with the trembling track beneath her feet.

The signpost in the last 50 meters exploded into fragments in her field of vision, and she finally saw clearly that her own figure and those of her pursuers had turned into a purer white light in the twilight.

In the hazy whiteness, she suddenly turned around, her crimson eyes gleaming, and gave her a radiant smile.

“Cross the finish line!
"It's the Northern Black Steed! The Northern Black Steed! The victor of the final, astonishing contest..."

"It's the Northern Black Steed!!"

(End of this chapter)