Paving Another Road to the Asura Path?

Boom!

Boom!

As the match continued, both players increased their strength, while Ibu Shinji and Momoshiro Takeshi took to the backcourt, experiencing the back-and-forth struggle up close. 🐟🐯 ♠🐨

However, each long-range exchange of fire is not simply a battle of brute force.

"Is this the area that Akutsu and the others are in?!"

At Seigaku's halftime, Momoshiro Takeshi held his breath, watching the two figures clashing on the court.

"They're truly two monsters."

Tezuka stared blankly at the court, his eyes gleaming as if searching for some opportunity.

"The atmosphere is getting increasingly tense. Akutsu can't hold back any longer; it's coming!"

Yukimura Seiichi, Sanada, Atobe Keigo, and the other spectators exchanged glances.

The difference in raw strength was very obvious in this tug-of-war situation. Under Muneyoshi's strategy, Akutsu, who was passively caught in the tug-of-war, showed a weakness.

Stepping forward, Muneyoshi watched the tennis ball sweep towards him. His gaze lowered, and a black field instantly appeared. Then, a powerful backhand smash was delivered.

The quiet, Dark Radiance that had been gathering on the court began to change, and ghostly figures appeared on the court.

The Darkness Domain — Ghosts and Goblins!

As Muneyoshi took a step, all the ghosts sprang into action, tearing at Akutsu opposite them.

Akutsu was running continuously, stopped in his tracks. In an instant, countless negative emotions rose from his heart, and images of crushing defeats kept assaulting his mind.

The tennis ball, which Muneyoshi returned, left a dazzling afterimage in mid-air before flying out of bounds.

"Game score: Fudomine leads, score 5-0."

"Both sides change sides!"

"Hehehe, I'm going to smash you to pieces!"

After the attacks from the Ghosts and Goblins ceased, Akutsu's eyes began to turn bloodshot!

"You think you can beat me to a pulp? You're not strong enough. I don't have time to play with you anymore, Akutsu. Let's end this!"

After entering the Stage Two, even with Muneyoshi's stipulated limit of six levels of strength, it's still beyond what Akutsu, now a world-class player, can withstand. ♨🐚 🐝♗

Ordinary opponents no longer offer him many surprises, which is why he's less inclined to play these days.

The match came to the final game, and it was still Saeki Muneyoshi's serve.

Bang!

The tennis ball was tossed into the air, and a dazzling golden light once again appeared in his palm.

Tap tap...

"You want it over? I didn't agree to that." A chilling voice came from the other end.

After forcefully returning Muneyoshi's Shining Shot, Akutsu went to the net!

Although Akutsu's performance was impressive, it was still within his expectations.

"Akutsu, you overestimate yourself. I want to end this; I don't need your permission!"

Muneyoshi's wrist vibrated and pressed down, and countless black Light Ball suddenly surged out from behind him, while a burst of golden light exploded from his racket.

"Light Darkness Combination - Ghostly Fluorescent Dance!"

As Muneyoshi swung his racket, this time he not only returned the glowing tennis ball, but also the overwhelming black ghostly Light Ball.

Boom boom boom boom boom boom boom!

A series of violent impacts rang out.

The tennis balls struck like countless meteors, creating craters all around Akutsu and in the wall behind him.

The Light Darkness Combination perfectly thwarted Akutsu's offensive in her wild state.

This also sent Akutsu himself flying, his body like a withered leaf, flying three or four meters away before crashing heavily into the corner of the wall.

"Fudomine scores, 15-0."

"Akutsu!!!"

Are you alright?!

"Huff... Hah... Huff~"

Heavy breathing echoed from Akutsu's body. He grabbed the racket that had fallen beside him, struggled to his feet again, and shook off the pebbles covering his body.

After easing up a bit, Akutsu forcefully suppressed her breathing rate.

The pressure from Saeki Muneyoshi's attack was truly astonishing.

"Is this his level? Why is the gap still so huge?!"

Even though he has now reached a world-class level, it's still as if we can't see his shadow. 😳🐺 💥💀

Looking at the already clear 5-0 score, even someone as indomitable as Akutsu felt a wave of despair once again.

This feeling wasn't a one-time occurrence; aside from the Byōdōin that had given him, almost everything else was brought to him by Saeki Muneyoshi.

Having witnessed so many matches, Akutsu knew very well that Saeki Muneyoshi had never used his full strength when he fought him.

Even in this state of holding back, he still managed to win the match with such ease.

This was unacceptable to him!

"You bastard, I know you're more than this! Don't hold back, let me see your strongest performance from the Four Nations Tournament!"

The same scene, the same words, it all felt like going back to a year ago.

It seems that nothing has changed, yet it also seems that everything has changed.

"Akutsu, if you want to witness my strongest power, then hurry up and climb out of the abyss of defeat!"

A dark world quietly enveloped the stadium, Muneyoshi's cold voice rang in Akutsu's ears:

"Otherwise, how can someone who only craves be worthy of seeing a higher view?"

Bang!

"Fudomine, 30-0."

Returning to the left service area, Muneyoshi's expression was utterly indifferent. He didn't attack just because Akutsu wanted to see his superior strength.

He controlled the pace of the game the entire time.

Sizzle!

Gemini – Light and Darkness!

This time, Muneyoshi didn't unleash his strongest serve, but even his self-developed Gemini was enough.

Two tennis balls, one black and one gold, flew across the court, about to crash down on Akutsu, seemingly creating an unsolvable situation.

However, the next moment...

Akutsu's muscles contracted, and his speed once again reached its limit. A blood-red afterimage flashed across most of the court like a startled swan.

"You bastard, don't order me around!"

With a sudden jerk of his arm, the Gemini were violently destroyed by Akutsu roared as he slammed the tennis ball back.

Akutsu's pale, expressionless face carried a chilling aura that kept strangers at bay.

"This kind of outburst..."

Across the court, Muneyoshi raised an eyebrow.

It seems Akutsu just did something extraordinary?

Saeki Muneyoshi and Akutsu's eyes met, but at this moment, he had regained his arrogant demeanor.

"No matter what you did, the game is over!"

Muneyoshi took a step and leaped forward, his footwork creating a black wave of energy that swept outwards.

From childhood to adulthood, his favorite thing to do was to teach all sorts of unruly people a lesson.

Since Akutsu is not convinced, then we'll beat him into submission.

Shadow Three Severing Slashes!

Bang!

Muneyoshi raised his arm, a dazzling glint flashing in his eyes. In an instant, three extremely sharp blades Akutsu's half of the field.

The overwhelming sense of crisis caused him to momentarily suppress the pale and blood-red aura swirling around him. After dodging two beams of light, one black and one gold, a white blade whizzed past his face.

Huff, huff.

The searing pain and the deadly crisis left Akutsu gasping for breath. After a moment, he straightened his back.

However, seeing his disheveled appearance, Muneyoshi across from him sneered.

At this time.

Akutsu already had a clear red mark on the right side of her cheek.

Although he had escaped fatal danger, the force of the air generated by the tiny fibers at the edge of the tennis ball was enough to hurt him.

"Fudomine scores, 40-0!"

"It's over!"

"Yes, it's over!"

At this moment, everyone understood that the Metropolitan Tournament was over. It wasn't that Seigaku wasn't strong enough, nor that Akutsu wasn't good enough, but that Saeki Muneyoshi had far surpassed them.

Swish!

A silver-white figure suddenly appeared on the court. Muneyoshi tossed his racket, and the figure moved in sync with Muneyoshi's movements.

"This is... the Asura Path!"

In Akutsu's vision, the stadium had completely disappeared, and he could no longer sense anyone else; all that remained was this enormous white figure.

Just as he was somewhat stunned...

Bang!

A terrifying white light whistled past his ear.

Then, with a loud bang, the tennis ball kicked up a cloud of dust on the ground and slammed heavily onto the wire net behind it.

The tennis ball dented deeply...

"Game Fudomine. The pair of Saeki Muneyoshi and Ibu Shinji have won, with a score of 6-0."

"The team that has won this Metropolitan Tournament is Fudomine Junior High!"

Muneyoshi shook his head as he watched Akutsu refuse to be helped and stagger back to the rest area.

He had hoped that Akutsu would give him another insight and allow him to comprehend another path of the Asura Path.

Unexpectedly, it turned out he was just delusional.

As the other ultimate path of the Asura Path, Alaya Consciousness is currently only known to Byōdōin Hōō and Akutsu Jin, who will walk this path in the future.

Considering that anyone who is Byōdōin's opponent, and whose guidance through the Asura Path, makes it easier for others to embark on this path.

Akutsu should have almost reached it already.

As for why it can't be used, is it because the training isn't enough?

Thank you for your guidance!

Thank you for your guidance!

The players from both sides entered the field again to greet each other, and then dispersed. Seigaku went to pack their things, Fudomine prepared to take a group photo.

Looking at Tezuka, who had fallen silent because of his defeat, Muneyoshi thought of his performance during his match against Keith and smiled slightly.

"Tezuka, that was a fantastic match. It's a pity I didn't get to play against you. I hope that next time we meet, you'll have perfected your new technique."

After saying that, Muneyoshi walked towards the photo spot under Tezuka's watchful gaze.

As for the other spectators, they had all left by the time the final outcome was decided.

Defeating Seigaku not only avenged their defeat in the regional preliminaries.

This also brought an end to last year 'Metropolitan Tournament.

However, compared to Fudomine's joy, Seigaku, as the loser, was much more dejected.

"Minister!"

"Tezuka!"

"Tezuka -sama!!"

Tezuka returned to Seigaku's rest area, where everyone gathered around him, their eyes filled with resentment.

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