Another Use for the Fluorescent Flame Seed

"What!"

Hara Tetsuya's words shocked the onlookers.

They then carefully observed the game and saw that Ishida Gin was being pushed further and further away from the baseline due to Muneyoshi's strength, and their expressions became serious.

It's important to understand that Ishida Gin's Power is not as simple as it seems, especially considering the Wave Shot he developed based on his own strength.

The combined effect of these two factors results in a tennis ball with a force that even the most power-oriented players would find difficult to withstand.

But now he's actually been driven back in a head-on confrontation!

"Ishida -kun, is this all the power you have?"

Muneyoshi was unaware of what the people outside the arena were thinking, but he himself felt extremely pleased.

After so many years of training, his strength attribute is quite high, with a total of four points.

Although he can't compare to naturally strong individuals like Ishida Gin, Duke Watanabe, or Oni Jūjirō.

However, with the help of his Sweet Spot Hit Technique, Ishida Gin, whose power application is still very rough, poses no threat to him at all.

A mastery of Sweet Spot Hit Technique can easily neutralize the powerful force and destructive force applied by the opponent to the tennis ball.

Moreover, with Muneyoshi's targeted training, he was able to neutralize some of the less powerful spinning balls.

Against someone who plays spin, unless it's an opponent like Tezuka Kunimitsu who has taken spin to a completely higher level.

Other players who are generally good at hitting spin shots are naturally countered by Muneyoshi after he has mastered this technique through targeted training.

The same applies to power-based fighters. Unless they have broken through the Power Force, Muneyoshi's current strength allows him to perfectly counter their attacks.

His mastery of Sweet Spot Hit Technique also allows him to utilize power and concentration more effectively.

The tennis ball he hits with ten points of force can achieve the effect of twelve points.

These are all skills he developed over many years by using a cross-shaped racket to control the ball from a young age.

He doesn't have any special skills in this area.

However, it feels really satisfying to use a skill that you've honed through your own hard work!

However, it would be a big mistake to think that Muneyoshi was completely enjoying these battles. This time, he came to Shitenhoji not only for the routine challenges.

His primary target is Ishida Gin.

No one else, not even the still-developing Shiraishi Kuranosuke, could match the appeal of this giant.

Bang!

He returned the ball to his opponent once again, and feeling the opponent's increasingly powerful force, Muneyoshi's eyes also became fiery.

The fangs that have been hidden for so long can finally be unleashed.

"Ishida, your Wave Shot must have even greater power inside. Don't hold back, let me see it, or you might not have another chance."

After retaliating again, Muneyoshi began to provoke Ishida Gin into hitting even stronger Wave Shot.

His eyes flickered uncertainly. He was well aware of his own situation. With the support of the data-driven cheat system, he had rapidly developed the potential of his body to its limit.

Especially in the three basic qualities of strength, speed, and stamina, they have almost reached their peak.

This is determined by the potential of his body itself; in other words, without other means, his five dimensions in these three areas will not change.

It may sound hard to accept, but that's the harsh reality.

Compared to other gifted individuals, Muneyoshi's talent was actually only slightly better than Kojiro's.

As for why he has reached this level of strength, it is entirely because he has fully tapped into his own potential, while Kojiro has not been able to do so.

Everyone has varying levels of potential, but not everyone can fully realize that potential.

Therefore, if he wants to make further progress, he needs to find other methods.

Muneyoshi had considered practicing selflessness more than once, but unfortunately he couldn't grasp the essentials and found it difficult to even begin.

The Asura Path is even more out of the question.

After absorbing endless negative emotions, he condensed Mental Fluorescent Flame. The combination of darkness and spirit finally brought about a new change in his otherwise unremarkable cheat ability.

That is the Scorching Sun Tinder!

Originally, the Scorching Sun Tinder he created based on his cheat system could only be used on himself, and the conditions were extremely harsh.

But now, with the help of the Mental Fluorescent Flame, he can finally choose to use it on a specific opponent in a match.

Of course, this only works if the opponent's strength, stamina, speed, or potential in any one of these areas is indeed superior to Muneyoshi's; otherwise, it won't work.

Furthermore, in order to utilize this ability, Muneyoshi must personally defeat his opponent...

Upon arriving at Shitenhoji, the moment he saw Ishida Gin, this incident came to mind.

Although Ishida Gin's abilities are severely unbalanced in one area.

However, among his five attributes, his potential in strength alone far surpasses that of everyone in the current junior high school class, including Muneyoshi's own strength potential.

As for why he couldn't completely overwhelm Muneyoshi, it's because Ishida Gin is still growing and his use of power is still quite immature.

But for Muneyoshi, whose strength attribute has already reached its limit, this is a very good source of nourishment.

Swish!

Under the scorching sun, the court felt even hotter, and Muneyoshi finally made his move.

A faint purplish-black light flashed in his eyes and landed on the incoming tennis ball.

A beacon of light!

Fluorescent Flame Seed!

Raise Fire to the Heavens!

Before Muneyoshi mastered the Darkness, this move was his primary means of unleashing his power.

Concentrating all power into a single point—this was pioneered by Muneyoshi through a series of targeted pre-training exercises in order to develop his signature "Shining Shot."

Such a tactic is now achievable with Muneyoshi's extremely precise ball control.

It can hit any position that Muneyoshi wants, putting immense pressure on the opponent.

Furthermore, Muneyoshi channeled his spiritual energy into enhancing the Fluorescent Flame Seed.

As the game progresses, the opponent will find it increasingly difficult to withstand the boost from mental strength.

Of course, this is only the surface of the move; its deeper power is far more dangerous.

In the world of tennis, the subtle application of mental strength is far more difficult to fathom than breakthroughs in power, technique, and speed.

Ochi Gekko's Mental Assassination.

Atobe Keigo's spiritual insight even extends to future dimensional dimensions...

Fuwa the Iron Man's Mirror Eyes, Yukimura Seiichi's Annihilate Five Senses, Zero-Sense Tennis, Mirage Realm, Stealing the Future...

Furthermore, Irie Kanata extremely profound hidden applications.

These are all branches of spiritual power, and the same applies to Saeki Muneyoshi.

Besides his personal refinement of the five-dimensional attributes and exploration of the Path of Darkness, he also has a deep understanding of the profound application of spiritual power.

Under his control, the Fluorescent Flame Seed now possesses both the ability to be drawn in and released.

This was the first time he had used the ability to collect [something].

He injects his spiritual power and the Fluorescent Flame Seed of darkness into his opponent's body, inducing it to take root and sprout. Then, he absorbs a portion of the opponent's potential and transforms it into nutrients that Muneyoshi can also absorb.

This will likely be one of the reasons why he will continue to make progress in the future.

This is the other side of darkness!

Since Muneyoshi embarked on this path, everything has begun to unfold in an unpredictable direction.

Of course, while this ability seems impressive, it also has significant limitations.

The acquired abilities can only serve as a starting point for breakthroughs in a particular area; they cannot be directly accepted or utilized.

He still needs to train constantly, but the threshold for his limits has been raised again.

Of course, the only advantage over using the Scorching Sun Tinder internally is that Muneyoshi won't fall into a long period of weakness after using it on his opponent.

However, it's hard to say what their opponent will be.

But...

While maintaining the growth of his Mental Fluorescent Flame, Muneyoshi had not completely lost his mind. He suppressed his greed to completely absorb his opponent's potential and only extracted a small portion.

As his understanding of darkness deepened, especially his mastery of Glowing Flame, his mental power underwent further changes, and he can now perform very subtle manipulations.

Muneyoshi valued Ishida Gin's inherent potential, which is why he used this dangerous method.

They wanted to obtain the catalyst from him to break through their own power, not to actually cripple Ishida Gin.

Muneyoshi isn't that arrogant and perverted yet, and he wouldn't use such ruthless methods on these peers.

After the ability was activated, the seed containing spiritual power was implanted into Ishida Gin's body along with the tennis ball. It will quickly absorb nutrients and then give back to him.

After the flame is gone, Ishida Gin will likely be in a period of weakness for several days.

This is why Muneyoshi just started provoking Ishida Gin.

After all, his opponent was now prey, and if he didn't demonstrate his strength quickly, he would have no chance.

Although Ishida Gin didn't know what had happened, the slight burning sensation still made him feel uncomfortable.

At the same time, Muneyoshi's sudden outburst also made him somewhat unable to cope.

He hadn't expected his opponent's strength to be so astonishing, so Ishida Gin had no choice but to loosen his restrictions.

"The Twenty-Third Wave Shot!"

Muneyoshi's powerful tennis ball struck Ishida's racket, the terrifying force instantly shattering Ishida Gin's hasty counterattack.

Muneyoshi's shot not only neutralized the power of the Wave Shot, but also countered with even more terrifying force and astonishing speed.

The racket in Ishida Gin's hand was also knocked away by the immense force of the tennis ball.

"Game, Saeki Muneyoshi, 2-0."

Koharu and Ichiji stared at the arena in disbelief. "How could this be! Even Gin isn't a match for this opponent's power?"

Ishida Gin is the number one power player in Shitenhoji, and even the entire Kansai region, so it's hard for anyone to believe that someone could knock his racket out of his hand.

Watanabe Osamu squinted, seemingly noticing something amiss, and said calmly, "While Saeki Muneyoshi isn't weak, in terms of sheer strength, he's still no match for Gin."

"Then why was it A-Yin who got his racket knocked away?"

The club members usually agreed with Watanabe Osamu's views, but Shiraishi still had some doubts at this moment.

Hirazeni, Hara Tetsuya, and the others all turned their gazes toward Watanabe Osamu.

"Technique! Power bursts, and a few other things..."

"Is that so?"

Hearing Watanabe Osamu's explanation, although everyone still had doubts, they were able to understand some things.

In such a short time, Watanabe Osamu has figured out so much. As expected of Shitenhoji's coach, Watanabe Osamu has also discovered through the match that Muneyoshi's strength is far more than that.

"This time, it seems they've truly arrived with a formidable force!"

Watanabe Osamu didn't voice his inner worry, after all, Muneyoshi's strength was already quite formidable.

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I was originally thinking of writing a separate chapter to explain this, but I'll just say it here instead.

The foreshadowing of this ability of darkness and the Golden Finger was actually laid as early as when Muneyoshi created the Scorching Sun Tinder for his own use. At that time, it was used on himself, but now that the other side of darkness has been discovered, it can be used on opponents.

This is why I described the protagonist's aptitude as not particularly outstanding; it all came step by step.

Many people say this is similar to Ryoga's Devouring effect. I did borrow this ability from him, but I made some modifications. It's not as domineering as his and it's not as uncontrollable.

Furthermore, Ryoga's Devouring technique focuses more on absorbing the opponent's special moves and abilities, while I concentrate on absorbing the opponent's basic potential, and this is controllable.

However, this ability is still very dangerous and cannot be exposed or used extensively. If it is exposed, everyone will feel insecure, and it will be a trigger for destroying team unity.

In addition, according to my settings, the absorption of the Fluorescent Flame Seed can normally only be the three basic attributes of strength, speed, and stamina. Spiritual power cannot be absorbed at all; it can only grow on its own. The technique must also be very compatible with one's own personality to be effective. Therefore, there will be no situation where someone uses another person's ultimate move.

In addition...

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