The changes to the court startled the crowd, but Byōdōin remained entirely unfazed.
His steps were light and completely unaffected, allowing him to catch up to the tennis ball with ease. They had already traded blows for several games, and he was completely accustomed to this kind of scene.
"Scatter... Pirate's Gunfire!"
Byōdōin gave a soft shout, his wrist flicking as he heavily smashed Oni's backhand slice back across the net.
The ball moved at extreme speed, plunging rapidly toward the ground.
Bang!
The moment it hit the ground, like a musket firing with sparks flying everywhere, the tennis ball directly burst into seven different ball images that scattered in all directions.
This shot was one of Byōdōin's signature techniques that made him famous in middle school.
Though its power was not yet as monstrous as it would be a few years later, it already possessed a hint of a future world-class tennis technique—the prototype of the American Pirate!
Facing this extraordinary shot, Oni did not panic in the slightest. It was merely a Multi-ball Play.
He had used tennis balls to blow up fish for training countless times when helping improve meals for the children at the orphanage.
"Jack Knife!"
Oni let out a low roar, then sprinted frantically toward the landing point of the tennis ball, swinging his racket one by one at the seven scattered ball images as his terrifying speed left a trail of afterimages in the air...
This astonishing and unconventional scene caused the spectators outside the court to widen their eyes in shock.
This move by Byōdōin had made a brilliant impression in the training camp, and no more than two or three people could actually receive it, especially given the extreme ball speed.
It had to be hit back before touching the ground,