It was not until the basketball landed in Yu Zhu's hands that they snapped out of their daze and rushed to intercept him, but it was already too late.
Yu Zhu was standing open just behind and to the side of Xiaoquan Chun. The instant he heard the basketball slicing through the air, he stretched out both hands and securely caught it against his chest without the slightest pause.
Yu Zhu pushed off with both feet and rapidly turned his body. His massive frame unfurled in midair as he raised both hands and viciously slammed the basketball toward Aiwa Academy's hoop.
By the time Xiaoquan Chun reacted, Yu Zhu was already airborne. He instinctively reached out to stop him, but could only brush Yu Zhu's jersey and could not touch the ball at all. Xiaoquan Chun could only watch helplessly as Yu Zhu violently dunked the ball into his own team's basket.
The deafening sound of the dunk echoed throughout the arena as the ball swished through the net.
Ryonan 2, Aiwa Academy 3. Chi Tong's sudden long pass left everyone from Aiwa Academy's minds briefly frozen. Although they had noticed the ball's trajectory the instant it left Chi Tong's hand, everything had happened far too quickly. From Chi Tong's pass to the ball reaching Yu Zhu's hands, only two seconds had passed—far too fast for them to make any interception.
What made it even harder to believe was how tricky the passing lane had been. The basketball had passed through a visual blind spot between two defenders. Whether it was Long Zeduo guarding from the front or Nakajima Tsugito cutting off the side at an angle, neither had been able to catch the ball's path in time. Even if they had wanted to reach out and block it, they