Chi Tong's Terrifying Strength

Sendoh slowly spoke up at this moment. "Have you learned how to be a point guard?"

Hearing this, Autumn Harvest's point guard immediately snapped out of his shock. The mockery on his face had vanished, replaced by a faint gloom.

He had only just mocked his opponent, only to be slapped in the face by him moments later. It felt as though a huge stone were lodged in his chest.

"Pass me the ball!"

He directly ordered his teammate. He wanted to regain his dignity and teach the redhead before him a lesson.

The switch between offense and defense came quickly. Autumn Harvest's point guard charged over with the basketball, while Chi Tong remained calm and composed in the face of his aggressive momentum.

In the blink of an eye, Autumn Harvest's point guard had already closed in.

"Kid, don't get too full of yourself!"

As he spoke, he made a quick crossover feint, intending to shake Chi Tong off and drive past him from the other side.

But in the next instant, a crisp smack rang out. Autumn Harvest's point guard felt his hand go empty as he lost control of the basketball.

"What?"

His eyes slowly widened.

Chi Tong stood exactly where he was without moving. He merely raised a hand and cleanly stole the ball from Autumn Harvest's point guard.

Before Autumn Harvest's point guard could react, Chi Tong flashed past him and charged toward Autumn Harvest's basket with the ball.

"Damn it!"

Autumn Harvest's point guard cursed and immediately turned to get back on defense.

Chi Tong was not advancing particularly fast, and Autumn Harvest's point guard quickly caught up.

At the same time, Autumn Harvest's shooting guard rushed in from the side, preparing to join the point guard in trapping Chi Tong from both directions.

Just as the two thought they had Chi Tong surrounded, Chi Tong suddenly flicked his wrist and swung his arm. The basketball flew past Autumn Harvest's shooting guard and bounced toward Kobayashi behind him.

Kobayashi caught the ball with a smile, took a huge stride into Autumn Harvest's paint, leaped up for a dunk, and sent the ball through the hoop. Sacred Radiance 22, Autumn Harvest 36!

"You bastard!" Autumn Harvest's point guard gritted his teeth and glared furiously at Chi Tong, wishing he could kill him with his eyes. He had been so cleanly stripped by this little brat—it was an utter humiliation.

The Autumn Harvest players were equally astonished. They knew exactly how strong their point guard was. While he was not among the very best, he was not someone anyone could easily handle.

Most of the spectators were also somewhat surprised. They all thought that the previous play had merely been a mistake caused by Autumn Harvest's point guard being careless. Even the point guard himself believed so, but the game that followed proved that they were completely wrong.

As time passed, more and more people widened their eyes, their faces filled with shock as they stared in horror at the dreamlike scene unfolding on the court below.

Chi Tong stole the ball from Autumn Harvest's point guard again. Chi Tong stole it once more, then again, and again. No one knew how many steals he had made. Ever since Chi Tong entered the game, Autumn Harvest's point guard had never once escaped his control.

His drives were stopped, his fakes were seen through, and his passes were anticipated. In front of Chi Tong, Autumn Harvest's point guard was like a baby, utterly incapable of fighting back.

Autumn Harvest's other players were dumbfounded. They had never seen such outrageous stealing ability. It seemed that the red-haired player on the other side had not missed once since the beginning. A 100% steal rate—this was terrifying!

It was not only Autumn Harvest's players who were shocked. Even Sacred Radiance's players were stunned.

They knew Chi Tong was excellent at steals and that he had never failed in their usual scrimmages, but stealing the opponent's ball in nearly every possession like this was simply unbelievable.

Besides Chi Tong's steals leaving everyone stunned, his passing also drew gasps from the stands from time to time.

Chi Tong always kept his eyes facing forward, yet no one could tell which direction he would pass in.

Every one of Chi Tong's passes seemed to come out of nowhere, leaving Autumn Harvest's players with no time to react.

Moreover, Chi Tong's passes were all no-look passes, as if he had an eye that could see in every direction. Autumn Harvest's point guard was made to look like a fool every time.

Once again, Chi Tong passed the ball right in front of Autumn Harvest's point guard.

"Damn it!"

Autumn Harvest's point guard was once again slow to react. By the time he came to his senses, the basketball in Chi Tong's hands had long since disappeared.

The ball landed in Sendoh's hands. Sendoh quickened his pace and drove straight to Autumn Harvest's basket, successfully finishing with a layup. Another assist for Chi Tong.

When the buzzer signaling the end of the first half sounded, the score had reached 58–40.

Everyone was stunned by the score on the electronic scoreboard. They could hardly believe their eyes and wondered if they had misread it.

Sacred Radiance, who had previously trailed Autumn Harvest by eighteen points, had now completely turned things around and led Autumn Harvest by eighteen.

This earth-shaking reversal left everyone speechless.

As he walked off the court, Autumn Harvest's point guard looked utterly broken. It was as if he had been ravaged countless times by innumerable desperate ugly women. All his spirit was gone, his eyes were lifeless, and he swayed unsteadily. Strong... too strong... Who exactly was that guy?

"Why have I never seen him before?"

"He's so handsome!"

"Did you see him?"

"That crimson-red hair, and he's so handsome too... No, I can't take it anymore!"

"He must be Sacred Radiance's new player this year. He's unbelievably strong! He actually crushed Autumn Harvest's point guard. That's incredible!"

"The other schools are in danger now. Sacred Radiance has another powerful player besides Sendoh."

The spectators chattered among themselves, and their words naturally reached the ears of the basketball players from the other schools.

That was indeed the truth. The strength Chi Tong had displayed had truly exceeded their expectations.

Sacred Radiance now had Sendoh, along with a Chi Tong who had seemingly appeared out of nowhere. If they faced them, it would definitely be a grueling battle.

The halftime break quickly passed. There was no suspense in the second half. Autumn Harvest's point guard was completely shut down by Chi Tong and had no chance to show his skills. Without their commander, the rest of Autumn Harvest was nothing but a disorganized mob, unable to mount any effective offense.

Throughout the entire second half, Sacred Radiance maintained a frenzied offensive rhythm, their score soaring under the team's relentless attacks.

At last, the final buzzer sounded for the Saint Radiance Middle School versus Autumn Harvest Middle School game, bringing this massacre to an end.

Saint Radiance 132, Autumn Harvest 77. Such an exaggerated point difference caused no small stir throughout the middle school basketball world. This was the quarterfinals, after all. A gap this massive was enough to prove that Sacred Radiance's strength was anything but ordinary. If Sacred Radiance could lead Autumn Harvest by such a huge margin, then they could very well create the same kind of gap against the other top-eight teams.

With that, Saint Radiance Middle School successfully advanced to the semifinals.

Three days after the quarterfinals, the teams advancing to the semifinals were finally decided.