Muneyoshi's Tennis System Takes Shape

"Dark!"

Muneyoshi stomped his foot, and the darkness that had been gathering within him and surrounding him began to converge and spread.

The next moment, his entire body was enveloped in a faint black mist shimmering with purple light.

The dark, eerie light seemed to open a portal beneath Muneyoshi's feet, spreading outwards from Muneyoshi towards his half of the field.

With the aid of the Darkness Domain, all tennis balls that fly into Muneyoshi's half of the court are weakened to varying degrees under the erosion of the Dark Radiance.

Whether it's speed or power.

As his opponent, Oni Jūjirō also sensed something was amiss, as Saeki Muneyoshi's Darkness Domain opened.

The once silent cliff of the heart was now filled with a cacophony of noises.

Such a sound even made him, who was usually calm, feel a moment of irritation.

In that moment of mental agitation, he clearly sensed that even the speed and power of the tennis ball he hit at Muneyoshi began to decrease.

"Impressive technique! Is this how the Darkness Domain is used? It is indeed as you say, comparable to the Cloudbreak Formation. However, this level of brilliance is not very effective against me."

Oni Jūjirō raised his head slightly; the intense exercise had caused a bead of sweat to appear on his temples, but this level of running was nothing to him.

With a slip of the foot, the racket that was already pulled behind him was suddenly swung out at the very moment the tennis ball was falling!

Bang!

The black and red air blast struck again, and the tennis ball flashed past as an arc of light.

The tennis ball flew backward, bringing with it a strong wind pressure that even forced back the escaping dark radiance, which was then pushed back by the surging, rolling black and red light.

Muneyoshi's eyes narrowed as he faced the ball aimed directly at his head.

Judging from its appearance alone, this ball is quite powerful, not to mention that Oni Jūjirō has concentrated his power to the extreme.

In the past, Muneyoshi would have definitely given up, but now, with the support of the Darkness Domain, he wanted to give it a try.

If he doesn't fight head-on in this situation, when is he ever going to try?

Muneyoshi gave a cold shout.

The next moment.

A flash of dark light appeared, and suddenly, a series of intertwined black shadows appeared in the half of the Muneyoshi, like barriers, blocking and dissipating the power of Oni Jūjirō's return tennis ball.

Just as the tennis ball flew to Muneyoshi's side, a simple black-framed racket blocked Oni Jūjirō's return shot.

Bang!

"Game, Saeki Muneyoshi, 2-2!"

Boom!

Oni Jūjirō took a step forward and jumped, and wisps of the dark purple aura belonging to the Asura Path emerged directly from behind him, merging with his own dark red aura.

"Black Jack Knife!"

A deep roar erupted from his throat as the red-rimmed racket in his hand struck the tennis ball enveloped in purplish-black light with astonishing force.

It was as if sparks were flying out from the string.

A large black cleaver cleaved directly from Oni Jūjirō's half of the field into Muneyoshi's Darkness Domain, splitting the scattered light in two.

"Shadow Sever - Cherry Blossom Fall"

As Muneyoshi's voice fell, the dim light that had enveloped the court and been cleaved by Oni Jūjirō began to align in front of Muneyoshi.

Thick, dark rays of light intersected and coalesced into a gigantic net.

Tap~~

Muneyoshi stomped down.

The soles of my feet were completely pressed against the ground, and the resulting air pressure created a cloud of dust around my feet.

Immediately afterwards, Muneyoshi grasped at the air.

The remaining dark radiance surged from around Muneyoshi and within his body at this moment. As spiritual power was continuously injected, the originally dense black light occasionally flashed with streaks of purple light.

With his right hand raised, Muneyoshi swept the purplish-black light from his left hand across the handle of the racket.

At the same time, the purplish-black light began to collide with Oni Jūjirō's attack, and under the continuous devouring and assimilation, it turned into cherry blossom petals that fell.

Amidst the swirling smoke, dust, light, and petals, the tennis ball was once again struck by Muneyoshi, shooting out a black beam of light that darkened the entire Heart Cliff.

Bang!

"Game, Saeki Muneyoshi, 3-2!"

The two engaged in a fierce battle over the score. Although the overall rhythm was still in Oni Jūjirō's hands, neither player gave an inch when it came to their serve.

Meanwhile, Muneyoshi began to showcase and refine his tennis system during his matches against Oni Jūjirō.

What was originally an unsystematic style began to take the Darkness Domain as its core, and then evolved into various defensive and even offensive methods.

The offense utilizes various techniques, including Darkness Shot and a variety of slashes that incorporate elements of the Kendo system.

In terms of defense, there are the effects and amplifications of the Darkness Domain itself, as well as the Cherry Blossom Fall move, which can directly block Oni Jūjirō's ultimate move.

"His tennis system is already quite mature."

Watching Saeki Muneyoshi score points against Oni Jūjirō time and time again, a fighting spirit rose in Tanegashima Shūji's eyes.

Unlike Oni Jūjirō's pure superhuman strength, Saeki Muneyoshi's tennis style, which is based on the Path of Darkness and constantly develops various tactical systems, is exactly to his liking.

Tanegashima Shūji's creation of the "Already Extinguished Nothing" technique, based on his own talent, has reached its limit, and even he himself is somewhat confused about the future.

He was genuinely happy to see such a well-developed system formed by Muneyoshi.

"Indeed, after experiencing the Muneyoshi of the World Tournament, especially after the match against Amadeus where he discovered his weaknesses, he has been constantly reconstructing his 'Path of Darkness' during this period, and the improvement of his tennis system has been nothing short of leaps and bounds."

Irie a sharp glance and offered his judgment with great seriousness.

Seeing the formation of a completely new tennis system, not only Tanegashima was happy for it, but Irie was too.

Of all the people who have played against Muneyoshi, only Irie Kanata had the most difficult tennis journey.

Unlike Tanegashima and Oni, who are physically gifted, he has also reached a bottleneck as he follows a purely spiritual path.

He doesn't know where his next step will be.

"Saeki Muneyoshi, I've witnessed your tennis skills. Are you ready to face the horrors of hell?"

Once again, it was time for his serve. Oni Jūjirō squeezed the tennis ball in his large hand, but instead of hitting it, he coldly stared at Muneyoshi.

He exuded an aura that kept strangers at bay.

The match just now not only showed them how Saeki Muneyoshi's tennis system is gradually improving.

This further demonstrated to everyone the potential of Saeki Muneyoshi to develop in all aspects.

Apart from being slightly weaker in stamina and speed, it has no particularly weak weaknesses.

However, this slight weakness is only apparent when compared to other top performers.

In particular, Muneyoshi pushed the aspects of physical strength and mental power to an extremely high level.

The ghost looked Muneyoshi up and down and noticed that although Muneyoshi was sweating a lot, he was relieved to see that he had been maintaining such a high level of attack and defense.

That's understandable.

This shows that although his stamina is poor, it's still acceptable.

"Just like the head coach said, now is definitely the best time!"

If it had been any later, Saeki Muneyoshi's system would have been fully formed and completely solidified on one path.

Earlier, however, he had not yet found his own path to perfect his system.

With that thought in mind, Oni Jūjirō completely released his restrictions.

A terrifying aura of black, purple, and red instantly rose from his body.

Two faint, blood-red dots of light appeared intermittently within the purplish-black glow.

The aura of Oni Jūjirō Asura Path was no longer concealed, and Muneyoshi seemed to see a terrifying figure standing at the gates of hell.

However, the figure did not emerge at this moment, but instead remained within the ball of light behind the ghost.

Oni Jūjirō still held back.

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