Who would still play tennis after being reborn?

Chapter 117 Evenly matched?

Am I seeing things?

"It feels like there's an invisible force pulling the tennis ball, which has already flown out of bounds, towards Gu Cheng!"

"really!"

"I must be dreaming!"

No one believed it was real. They could understand those amazing ball skills, but the situation before them was truly beyond their comprehension.

How could a tennis ball that has already flown out of bounds possibly be dragged towards Gu Cheng?

At this moment, the tennis ball seemed to be restricted by an invisible rope, no matter how hard it flew outwards, it had no way to escape that invisible hand.

The large hand forcefully pulled the tennis ball back after it struggled for a moment.

At that moment, an invisible tornado rapidly unfolded around Gu Cheng, expanding until it enveloped the entire half and backcourt.

Gu Cheng stood at the service line, seemingly having anticipated this, and moved his right foot around his left foot before swinging his racket at the tennis ball that had flown in front of him.

--boom! !
The crisp sound of the ball hitting the shuttlecock brought everyone back to reality.

The tennis ball flew out and headed towards Federer's backhand corner, bouncing almost off the baseline.

Those around were all somewhat taken aback by what they were seeing.

"Holy crap! The tennis ball that flew out of the air actually came back!"

"Tezuka Zone! It's Tezuka Zone! Those who have watched Prince of Tennis should remember it, right? In that anime, the man who was called the closest to a professional player, the captain of Seigaku, Tezuka Kunimitsu's tennis skills..."

"That's Tezuka's Domain! He's even mastered this?"

Some people looked on with disbelief.

To this day, they can find reasons to explain every single skill Gu Cheng has ever played, and they can even make it sound so reasonable that they completely convince themselves.

Since someone has already pointed this out, it's not appropriate to say it doesn't conform to the principles of kinematics at this point.

But the Tezuka Domain has little to do with kinematics anymore; it's clearly magic!

Are they using tennis as an excuse to perform magic?
There was an uproar in the audience.

"This really is Tezuka's domain!"

"No way? The skills in Prince of Tennis actually exist? I can understand Swallow Return Flash, and I can even explain the Ice World as some kind of mental pressure created by humans, but Tezuka Domain, is that really something that can be fought in reality?"

"This isn't scientific! This must be magic?!"

"Cao Hui, did you see that?"

Yu Haoyang was so excited his voice almost cracked: "What did we just witness? Acheng has actually mastered Tezuka Domain! That's Tezuka Domain!"

The emergence of the Tezuka Domain completely overturned everyone's understanding!
"Could he have really mastered the state of 'no-self'?"

"Is it a burst of talent, or the result of countless trials and tribulations, or has even that final door been opened flawlessly?"

Yu Haoyang was so excited he could hardly contain himself.

If someone had told him before that Gu Cheng had mastered the Tezuka Zone, he would have disbelieved it a thousand times over; it was simply impossible for such a skill to be achieved in reality.

By controlling the ball's spin and other techniques, you can make your opponent's return shot land within one step of you.

Is this really possible?
Yu Haoyang didn't believe it.

Cao Hui didn't believe it either.

But the facts were right in front of them, and no matter how much the two of them didn't believe it, they had to accept a reality that almost no one else could accept.

The appearance of Tezuka Domain not only surprised Yu Haoyang and his group, but even Federer, who had always maintained a calm demeanor, couldn't help but become serious.

"Tezuka Domain... This is truly a huge surprise, no, it's more like a shock."

When other professional players shared Gu Cheng's match videos with him, Federer had already learned in detail about Gu Cheng's strength, five-dimensional attributes, and some details about his tennis skills.

Just as he had said before, he even made time to watch Prince of Tennis several times, not only to prepare for dealing with Gu Cheng, a rising star in the tennis world, but more importantly, because he was worried that others might also have mastered the techniques from Prince of Tennis. If an opponent of similar skill level mastered these techniques, it would pose a huge threat to him and other professional players.

He has even practiced privately, but apart from the topspin serve, he has not yet mastered any other skills.

Even so, he did not believe he would lose to Gu Cheng.

Without him.

Of all the ball skills Gu Cheng possessed, he was confident he could return or block them, and the reason for this was his nearly comprehensive technical skills and physical confrontation ability.

If Gu Cheng wants to beat him, he would have to raise his five-dimensional attributes to a level similar to his.

Otherwise, it would pose a threat to him, but not as great as outsiders might think.

While tennis skills are amazing, they all have significant flaws.

But these do not include the skills that appeared in the Kanto Tournament or even the National Tournament.

This includes the Tezuka Domain.

Imagine someone who doesn't need to run all over the court, but just stands still and waits for the ball to come to them, and moves you around the court, even if you have great stamina, you probably wouldn't last more than a few rounds before you're on your knees.

With physical fitness declining rapidly, what will happen next is obvious even to a fool.

Some shots that you could normally return might now be something you can only watch helplessly.

Under double pressure, losing the game was only a matter of time.

So when Federer saw Tezuka's zone appear, he had an urge to give up and surrender, but he quickly put that thought out of his mind.

"Tezuka's domain is powerful, but it is not without ways to break it."

Federer thought of The Prince of Tennis, an anime that explained in detail how to break Tezuka's Zone.

Add reverse spin to the ball, or hit a no-spin ball.

In short, once the special spin that Gu Cheng applied to the tennis ball was broken, Tezuka's domain collapsed on its own.

"The method comes from Prince of Tennis, and it's undoubtedly effective... but... theory and practice are two different things!"

"It seems easier to put the ball with the opposite spin than to hit a no-spin ball."

"Give it a try. If you can't break Tezuka's zone, then there's no need to continue this match."

"We are doomed to lose!"

During the back-and-forth receiving of the ball, Federer already had a plan in mind. He opened his eyes wide, watching the tennis ball flying towards him, trying to discern its spin.

However, tennis balls are already flying at high speed, and with the added spin, finding the special spin that Gu Cheng provided was by no means an easy task.

Or perhaps his eyes hadn't yet adjusted to the ball.

Left with no other option, Federer could only give some random spin.

As expected, the tennis ball continued to fly towards Gu Cheng.

Gu Cheng hit the tennis ball in the opposite direction from Federer, making Federer run around.

The tennis ball bounced off the baseline.

Federer looked exhausted on the court, and the two continued to stalemate in long rallies.

Federer somewhat helplessly flicked the tennis ball gently. After the ball crossed the net and landed, just as he was about to be drawn into Tezuka's zone, that force seemed to disappear for a moment, and the tennis ball looked like it was about to touch the ground a second time.

Gu Cheng's pupils contracted, and after a stalemate of more than ten beats, he moved his left foot for the first time.

He quickly stepped forward, and as he prepared to swing, the racket head dropped with extreme precision by 3.2 millimeters, then gently sliced ​​the ball.

"A slice shot at the net?"

(End of this chapter)