The Radiance of a Passionate Love

Returning to the baseline service area, Saeki Muneyoshi was surrounded by a faint, white glow. 🐍😂 🍮🎁

Ordinary people wouldn't notice, but powerful individuals like Byōdōin Hōō and Duke Dube had already sensed it beforehand.

The confrontation had already begun when Saeki Muneyoshi and Camus stepped to the net.

Both of them are involved in the field of mental power.

Although they were going in completely different directions, the spiritual aura emanating from them was palpable as they secretly clashed.

But it captivated the vast majority of the audience without them even realizing it.

Camus is like the warm and gentle sunlight, constantly radiating light and heat.

Saeki Muneyoshi, on the other hand, is like a secluded spring, a deep abyss.

Where he stood, he created an absolute dark space, constantly swallowing up all the gazes, emotions, and the light and heat emanating from Camus the opposite court.

As the duel between the two intensified, the other Japan Team on the sidelines also noticed it.

Seeing that the two had already begun their mental battle, the members of the Japan Team held their breath.

The crowd's voices gradually subsided, and the atmosphere in the entire stadium seemed to drop.

The match hasn't even started yet, but their clashes are already incredibly intense.

In the France lounge area, Tristan Barthes, his eyes darting around, looked at the man who had defeated him two years ago and said with some emotion:

"Saeki Muneyoshi... he's truly remarkable. From the moment he stepped onto the stage, he drew everyone's attention. Even Camus's affections seemed to have no effect on him."

"Tristan was right. That guy, who's about my age, has already become this powerful...?"

Upon hearing Tristan's heartfelt praise, Jonar San George's lips twitched slightly, even now that he was actually facing the Japan Team.

However, he still found it hard to accept that the opposing team's captain was only a junior high school student.

Both sides have junior high school students, so why is the other side so much more skilled?

On the court, Saeki Muneyoshi paid no heed to the gossip outside. He stood sideways, his entire focus on the gently tapping tennis ball.

Facing top players from various countries in succession truly honed his skills, which had been lacking since entering the Stage Two.

He had never felt so good at this moment, and his posture and movements became quite elegant, the rhythm of pressing the tennis ball seemed like a musical performance.

Until a certain moment.

Snap!

Muneyoshi gently squeezed the rebounding tennis ball in his palm.

Sunlight streamed through the glass roof of the stadium, refracting golden rays onto the court.

Like strands of golden silk, they chased away the drifting clouds and mist, shining upon Muneyoshi. At this moment, Muneyoshi, bathed in sunlight, was surrounded by a layer of ethereal light.

The interplay of darkness and light made him appear almost divine.

"It's coming!"

Looking up at Camus's position, Muneyoshi smiled and said.

As he finished speaking, a surge of spiritual energy began to spread across Muneyoshi's body.

Swish!

Muneyoshi tossed the ball into the air, and a Darkness Light, hidden in the dazzling golden sunlight, enveloped the tennis ball, drawing everyone's attention to the ball as it slowly rose into the air.

Unbeknownst to them, a completely different realm of dark spiritual world was quietly being constructed.

Camus, on the other side of the pitch, found himself suddenly in a completely dark world.

Everything around had vanished, leaving only the silver-white figure ahead and the full moon, a fusion of ultimate light and darkness.

Muneyoshi unleashed the Stage Two domain from the very beginning.

In Camus's eyes, as Saeki Muneyoshi tossed the tennis ball into the air, a dark curtain swallowed everything around him.

Strands of light spilled from Muneyoshi's enormous full moon, and the tennis ball tossed upwards seemed to transform into a Black Hole that absorbed the light.

As the black tennis ball rose higher and higher into the air, all the light around it disappeared.

Camus's expression changed slightly.

A chilling, deadly aura emanated from the tennis ball; the temperature on the court began to drop, and even the skin felt a biting, cutting sensation from the cold wind.

With a loud bang, it was as if a blade had torn through the endless darkness.

Camus saw only a fleeting flash of light, piercing the endless darkness, and he too broke free from its shackles, returning to the pitch. ∙∙·▫▫ᵒᴼᵒ▫ₒₒ▫ᵒᴼᵒ▫ₒₒ▫ᵒᴼᵒ ᵒᴼᵒ▫ₒₒ▫ᵒᴼᵒ▫ₒₒ▫ᵒᴼᵒ▫ₒₒ▫ᵒᴼᵒ▫▫·∙∙

By the time Camus came to his senses, Muneyoshi had already finished his serve and was walking towards the other side of the service area.

A cool breeze swept through the air, and the mustard-yellow tennis ball slammed into the iron net behind him and rolled to his feet.

"Wh... what?!"

Camus was startled. He had only seen a flash of darkness and felt a slight tearing sensation on his leg, and it was over?

"Referee, aren't you going to announce the score?"

Walking to the opposite service court, Muneyoshi asked the referee on the high chair in a calm tone.

As everything has entered the Stage Two, this once-famous serve technique has undergone amazing changes.

He was taking this match very seriously against Camus, so the referee inevitably fell into his Darkness Domain as well.

They were still in a daze.

"Ah... oh... okay!"

The referee quickly looked at the camera crew, and after receiving their signal, he swallowed hard and announced the score.

"A... ACE, Japan Team, 15:0."

Camus frowned slightly; he hadn't yet grasped the secret behind it.

However, he still moved back slightly by half a step, wanting to give Muneyoshi some room to react to his high-speed serve.

After all, he knew that the Japan Team also had Ochi Gekko's Mach Serve, which was also very fast.

Therefore, such a subconscious reaction is quite apt.

But Muneyoshi wasn't playing ultra- High-speed tennis...

Bang!

"Um?"

However, in the brief moment between darkness and light, Camus saw Muneyoshi walk towards the opposite service court again.

Camus looked down and saw the mustard-yellow tennis ball lying quietly behind him again.

Camus now truly sensed something was wrong. Even if the opponent's ball was moving very fast, it was impossible for him to be completely unaware.

Moreover, this serving technique of Saeki Muneyoshi is not the first time it has appeared, and his previous serves were not this fast.

Little did Camus know that this serve was a fusion of Muneyoshi's strongest serving techniques.

With its ultra-high-speed smash serves and the mental distraction of Light Shadow Fleeting, it stunned Camus from its very first appearance.

"ACE! Japan Team, 40:0."

"ACE! Japan Team, 1-0."

"Both sides change sides!"

With just four serves, Muneyoshi effortlessly won his service game.

The four aces not only shocked Camus, but also left many France people feeling unacceptable.

The name Saeki Muneyoshi was not unfamiliar to them, but this figure, who was only in the third year of junior high school, once again attracted everyone's attention.

Bathed in sunlight, the other person's aura and radiance were so striking that no one dared to meet their gaze.

"This can't be real! I must still be dreaming!"

"Camus actually got hit with aces repeatedly?! How is that possible?!"

However, these people's emotions did not affect Camus in the slightest; at this moment, he only had his racket in his hand and his eyes only on the tennis ball.

During the break, he didn't make any eye contact with Muneyoshi, but simply leaned his ear against the racket, seemingly listening to the sound of the racket.

"So that's how it is..."

Regardless of what others think, he has already learned the secrets of Muneyoshi's serve from his "lover".

"Then let's work hard together, darling."

It was Camus's turn to serve.

Muneyoshi crouched down, watching the figure on the other side of the court gently tapping the tennis ball.

Camus's gestures and movements were even more serious than before.

Moreover, after grasping the tennis ball, he didn't rush to throw it, but instead brought it to his lips and kissed it deeply.

Muneyoshi frowned slightly, his devout posture as if he were treating his lover.

"My dear... I love you."

The next moment, he tossed the tennis ball into the air.

His right arm stretched out and he raised his arm, and his racket also rose at an angle.

As if something had been touched, the next moment, his entire body was enveloped in a faint, loving glow.

The soft pink glow forms a heart shape, seemingly bringing boundless beauty and longing, making those who see it want to immerse themselves in it.

"Glory..."

Muneyoshi's mouth gaped slightly in surprise. "Is this another use of 'Cloudbreak'? No, it shouldn't be."

Muneyoshi's keen mental power allowed him to instantly sense the aura contained within it— Camus's own absolute belief and obsession.

"This is a usage somewhat similar to the path I and Zeus used... but it also contains the path of the Celestial Garment..."

Noticing this, Muneyoshi's expression turned serious.

Both Muneyoshi's and Zeus's paths were actually realms opened up by combining Mental Power Path with their own characteristics.

However, upon first encountering Camus's brilliance, Muneyoshi could clearly sense that the other party had abandoned this path after comprehending the Heavenly Garment.

And they made a revolutionary change to Tianyi.

At this point, he finally understood why others said Camus was unconventional and subversive of tradition.

This demonstrates just one aspect of its brilliance.

It can be said that Camus and Muneyoshi have a striking similarity: they are both constantly seeking self-improvement.

Muneyoshi himself could not comprehend the concept of selflessness, and he did not force himself to, because he believed that his continuous exploration of the darkness would not be inferior to the concept of selflessness.

Camus was the same.

Although Muneyoshi didn't yet understand what kind of miraculous changes had occurred within him, this radiance now had the confidence to rival the radiance of Tianyi.

Bang!

The audience seemed to have a visual and auditory distortion; they only clearly heard Camus's shot after the tennis ball had long since disappeared from sight.

A loud thud.

The tennis ball, enveloped in a pure white glow, bounced straight past Saeki Muneyoshi.

P. S.: "I'm going back to Japan after finishing Camus. Only two chapters today. My hands are freezing from typing when I get back tonight!"

It's so tough. The temperature suddenly dropped. It was still in the teens with bright sunshine the day before yesterday, but yesterday it plummeted to two or three degrees with a strong wind. When I got home last night and started typing, my fingers were frozen. It's really hard to write this much. I miss the days when we had central heating in the north.

I'll see if I can update more this weekend. Go to bed early, I feel a bit of a cold after being out all day. Everyone, please remember to keep warm.