He hurriedly steadied himself, but cold sweat had already soaked his back, his eyes filled with undisguised shock and disbelief.
H-How was this possible?!
An intense tingling crawled up his spine to his scalp, making him shudder uncontrollably.
At that moment, Sawakita Eiji felt as though an irresistible force had suddenly thrown him out of the basketball domain he knew so well and considered absolutely safe.
He had been cast into a savage and dangerous jungle, surrounded by deadly presences. Every corner seemed to conceal ferocious beasts that could tear him apart with ease, while he could only stand exposed beneath that terrifying pressure, powerless to resist and finding even the slightest movement difficult.
Sawakita Eiji had yet to recover from the terror of that overwhelming pressure. Before he could even turn around to see what Chi Tong was doing, Chi Tong had already vanished from his original spot. He had not simply accelerated into a sprint—he had truly transformed into a dazzling crimson bolt of lightning, carrying a fierce gale as he instantly tore through the court's deathly silence.
The piercing sound of air splitting was ear-shattering, far more terrifying than any of his previous sprints.
So fast!
Everyone from Sannoh Industrial High School felt their vision blur. Their hairs stood on end, and their eyes nearly popped out of their sockets.
They did everything they could to lock onto Chi Tong's figure, but all they could see was a blurry crimson afterimage weaving at incredible speed. That velocity had long surpassed the limits of their understanding. They could not catch it, much less keep up with its rhythm.
What kind of joke was this? This was not a speed a human could reach!
Ichinokura Satoshi stared straight ahead, his eyes bloodshot as a crazed roar erupted in his