A realistic recreation of anime, and you call this tennis?

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In order to deal with this situation at that time, Fuji Shusuke's approach was to let Feiyan return to the nest for upgrading and become Phoenix Flashback.

The principle of the "Flying Swallow Returns to the Nest" trick is to use rotation to make the tennis ball bounce very low after it hits the ground. It only needs to increase the rotation on the tennis ball to advance the timing of the tennis ball's fall, so that the tennis ball falls to the ground immediately after it flies over the net.

In this way, even if the opponent wants to hit the tennis ball back before it hits the ground, it will be useless.

After thinking about this, Zhou Ran also saw Zhao Qianguang swinging his racket and quickly hitting the tennis ball towards him.

This time, because Zhao Qianguang had seen the hope of breaking the Flying Swallow Returning to the Nest, the excitement made the power of Zhao Qianguang's serve increased again.

After seeing Zhao Qianguang's more powerful serve, the people on the sidelines were also extremely excited.

Previously, they thought that if they wanted to crack Flying Swallow Returns to the Nest, Zhao Qianguang might have to wait for a few more rounds, but this time they thought that Zhao Qianguang might be able to crack Flying Swallow Returns to the Nest right away.

In order not to miss any details of what happened next on the court, the people on the sidelines also focused all their attention like Zhao Qianguang.

On the court, Zhou Ran quickly signaled to the system that he wanted to redeem Fuji Shusuke's Phoenix Flash.

Through the system's introduction, Zhou Ran knew that because the power of Phoenix Flash Back was stronger than Flying Swallow Returning to the Nest, the achievement value required for redemption was also higher.

The achievement value required to redeem Flying Swallow Returns to the Nest is 888 points, while if you want to redeem Phoenix Flash Back, the achievement value required is 999 points.

Zhou Ran now has a total of 1224 achievement points left, which is enough to exchange for Phoenix Flashback.

"Host, please confirm whether to spend 999 achievement points to redeem Phoenix Flashback."

The system confirmed the exchange to Zhou Ran, and Zhou Ran agreed without hesitation.

"Congratulations, host. Phoenix Flashback has been successfully redeemed. Now, host can easily use Phoenix Flashback in the real world."

After the exchange was successful, the system's mechanical prompt sound disappeared from his mind. Every motor cell in Zhou Ran's body was instantly familiar with all the details of the Phoenix Flash Back move, as if he had met an old friend.

The moment the exchange was successful, the tennis ball had already flown over the middle net, and Zhou Ran swung his racket forward to hit back without hesitation.

The biggest difference between Phoenix Flash and Flying Swallow Returning to the Nest is the intensity of the rotation.

Before, when Zhou Ran used Flying Swallow Returning to the Nest, he swung the racket with one hand. If his physical fitness is very strong now, he can still use Phoenix Returning with one hand.

But Zhou Ran's physical fitness is still a little insufficient, so he can only use two-handed swinging like Fuji Shusuke in the anime to apply stronger rotation to the tennis ball, and then use the Phoenix Flash.

So this time, when Zhou Ran arrived at the predicted landing point of the tennis ball and stood still, he made the preparatory movement of holding the racket with both hands.

"What's going on? Look everyone, Zhou Ran has changed his preparations. Doesn't that mean he doesn't plan to use Flying Swallow Returning to the Nest anymore?"

"Or is Zhou Ran going to use a brand new trick?"

"No way, could it be that Zhou Ran still has hidden strength?"

The difference between holding the racket with one hand and holding it with two hands is quite big. Including Zhao Qianguang, several people in the court instantly noticed Zhou Ran's change.

People began to speculate.

But because the tennis ball was flying very fast, just as everyone had doubts in their minds, the tennis ball had already been hit back by Zhou Ran.

Zhao Qianguang on the court had no time to think too much. He could only follow the strategy of breaking the flying swallow's return to the nest in the previous game and quickly rush to the net to prepare to return the ball.

In Zhao Qianguang's opinion, Zhou Ran changed his batting action, and he might be about to use a new trick.

But no matter what trick it is, as long as he can return the ball before it lands, there will be no problem, so he will continue to play the game by rushing to the net.

But this time, Zhao Qianguang found that it seemed unlikely for him to hit the tennis ball back before it hit the ground.

Because Zhou Ran used both hands to swing the racket, the power was more than doubled than before, which naturally made the speed of the tennis ball a little faster.

So when Zhao Qianguang was still several meters away from the net, the tennis ball had already flown over the middle net.

"It's too late!"

Zhao Qianguang thought something was wrong, but he still didn't give up. He continued to exert force with his feet, trying to rush to the net at a faster speed.

"what's the situation?"

"Why did this ball fall so early?"

Just as Zhao Qianguang was trying his best to rush to the net, he found that the tennis ball began to fall rapidly to the ground almost as it flew over the net.

The timing of this ball falling was much earlier than the previous one, and the speed of the falling tennis ball was very fast. In just a few breaths, the tennis ball had hit the ground firmly.

Zhao Qianguang is worthy of being the president of the Tennis Association. When he saw that the timing and speed of the tennis ball falling were different from the previous swallow returning to its nest, he reacted quickly.

This time, Zhou Ran must have used a trick different from the Flying Swallow Returning to the Nest.

Since it is not a swallow returning to its nest, the tennis ball should bounce back after landing, and the height of the rebound may not be much different from that of an ordinary tennis ball.

After thinking about this, he quickly stabilized his body, adjusted his posture, and then stepped back a few meters so that he could catch the tennis ball after it bounced back.

But what happened next on the court was completely opposite to what he expected.

Hiss hiss hiss——!

The tennis ball did not bounce back immediately after it landed on the ground, but rubbed wildly on the ground, making a sound that was even stronger and even a little harsher than before.

Then, the tennis ball flew towards his backcourt again without any bounce.

Looking at the flight trajectory of the tennis ball, Zhao Qianguang felt that the flying altitude of this tennis ball was actually lower than that of a swallow returning to its nest.

Although the tennis ball hit by the swallow flying back to the nest flies at a very low altitude, it is still about one centimeter above the ground.

However, this time Zhao Qianguang discovered that there was almost no height between the tennis ball and the ground, not even a centimeter of space existed, and the tennis ball continued to fly close to the ground.

Looking at the tennis ball's increasingly exaggerated flight, Zhao Qianguang finally reacted.

Zhou Ran changed the way he swung his racket, but instead of using a completely new trick, he instead enhanced the power of Flying Swallow Returning to the Nest.

Chapter 14 Taking the First Step towards a Career

After seeing the effect of Zhou Ran's Phoenix Flashback trick, not only Zhao Qianguang, but also the expressions on the faces of several people watching on the sidelines were a little dull.

At the same time, they had exactly the same idea as Zhao Qianguang, that is, the trick Zhou Ran used just now was nothing but an upgraded version of the Flying Swallow Returns to the Nest.

At this time, everyone realized one thing, that is, their previous worries about Zhou Ran were completely unnecessary.

Just now they were still worried that Zhou Ran might be defeated by his opponent in the competition when facing the vulnerable Feiyan Huichao. It was because of this concern that they appeared here today.

But what they didn't expect was that Zhou Ran had already thought of it ahead of them.

They could think of the flaws in Flying Swallow Returning to the Nest, and Zhou Ran had already thought of it long ago. He also possessed the ability to compensate for the flaws in the ultimate move.

Everyone had a wry smile on their face, and they felt a bit like clowns.

The gap in strength between them and Zhou Ran is too great. Instead of worrying about Zhou Ran, they should pay more attention to what results they can achieve in the next competition.

Everyone now thought of an even more terrifying thing, which is that perhaps the unique move Zhou Ran displayed at this time was the original effect of the Flying Swallow Returning to the Nest.

The reason why Zhou Ran had not previously shown the true power of his special move was that as his opponents, they were not yet qualified to force Zhou Ran to display his full strength.

"Haha, Zhou Ran, you won. There's no need to continue today's match. Good luck in the upcoming high school tennis league!"

Zhao Qianguang is a smart man. When he saw Zhou Ran's even more powerful trick, he knew that he was no match for Zhou Ran.

Continuing to compete with Zhou Ran was completely futile and a waste of time and energy.

He also knew that trying to find out what Zhou Ran was lacking was completely unnecessary. Just as several people on the sidelines had just thought, instead of worrying about Zhou Ran, they should focus on their own training before the game started.

After hearing what Zhao Qianguang said, Zhou Ran did not object.

Before, he was still thinking that as the president of the Tennis Association, Zhao Qianguang should be stronger than his previous opponent Zheng Feng.

Indeed, Zhou Ran discovered that Zhao Qianguang's strength was stronger than Zheng Feng's, but in his opinion, he was still too weak.

Not to mention the phoenix flashing back, even if the swallow returned to its nest, Zhao Qianguang would not be able to catch it.

Facing an opponent of this level, he really didn't have much desire to continue, so he calmly accepted Zhao Qianguang's defeat.

Afterwards, Zhou Ran confirmed with Zhao Qianguang that he had nothing to do before the league started, so in the next few days, he just needed to wait patiently for the game to start.

It's another boring week. As Xia Wenlan said before, this year's high school tennis league will start at the same time as in previous years, about a week after the college entrance examination.

"Everyone, the competition will start tomorrow. Let's gather at school this afternoon and then go to the competition venue together."

The day before the competition, Zhao Qianguang said to Zhou Ran and others in the group.

Based on the information released about the competition, Zhou Ran was able to learn that the Lincheng City High School Tennis League was held at a large tennis court near the city center.

The high school tennis league is nationwide. Preliminary rounds are held in each city, and then the final ranking is used to decide who will represent their respective cities in the national competition.

After knowing the location, Zhou Ran wanted to go there alone, as he always liked to be alone.

However, because the eligibility of the participants needed to be determined by school the day before the competition, Zhou Ran followed what Zhao Qianguang said in the group. On the afternoon of the day before the competition, he rushed to Qingyun No. 2 Middle School to meet up with Zhao Qianguang and others, and then went to the competition venue together.

The weather in mid-June was still very hot. When Zhou Ran arrived at the meeting place at the agreed time, Zhao Qianguang and others had been waiting for a long time.

Zhou Ran saw that Zhao Qianguang and the others looked unhappy.

At first he thought that he might have arrived a little late, which made a few people unhappy, but then he realized that was not the case.

"Really? The people from the County Education Bureau made us go on our own again this year. It's such a long journey, and the bus ride is going to cost a fortune!"

As soon as Zhou Ran came in front of Zhao Qianguang and others, he heard Zheng Feng complaining constantly.

"You'll get used to it. Luckily, our association still has some funds, so the money for the bus ride is more than enough."

Zhao Qianguang seemed helpless about Zheng Feng's complaints.

After a conversation among several people, Zhou Ran understood the problems they were complaining about.

It turned out that there were three high schools in Qingyun County participating in the Lincheng City High School Tennis League, namely Qingyun Experimental High School, Qingyun No. 1 Middle School and Qingyun No. 2 Middle School where he was.

Among them, Qingyun Experimental School is the strongest in tennis, followed by No. 1 Middle School, and No. 2 Middle School is the worst.

In previous competitions, all of Qingyun No. 1 Middle School were eliminated in the first round without exception, while Qingyun Experimental School and Qingyun No. 2 Middle School would occasionally have a few players advance to the second round with difficulty.

Tennis is very popular in the world and is taken very seriously from elementary school to university.

If you are good at playing tennis, you can be admitted to certain universities as an exception even if your academic performance is slightly lower.

In other words, being good at tennis can improve the school's admission rate.

As long as it involves the rate of admission to higher education, the Education Bureau will pay special attention.

Therefore, every year the Education Bureau will specially organize the contestants to go to the competition venue together.

It’s just that because the tennis level of Qingyun No. 2 Middle School is so poor and they lose every year, Qingyun County has shifted all its tennis resources to Qingyun Experimental School and No. 1 Middle School.

As for No. 2 Middle School, the county’s attitude is to let it fend for itself and not to care.

Although they were left alone every year, Zheng Feng and his colleagues couldn't help feeling a little unhappy when they learned that the County Education Bureau had personally chartered a car to take the contestants from Experimental and No. 1 Middle School to the competition venue.

But they knew that no matter how unhappy they were, they had no way to protest.

After all, tennis is a sport that respects strength. If they can't produce results, they can only endure this kind of discriminatory treatment from the officials.

After some complaints, and with Zhao Qianguang's comfort, Zhou Ran and others, led by Zhao Qianguang, got on the bus to the competition venue.

On the way, Zhou Ran kept his eyes on the window.

It has been more than a month since he came here, and he has not yet carefully observed the current world.

It takes two hours to drive to the competition venue. During these two hours, Zhou Ran almost observed the neighboring city where he was.

He discovered that apart from the fact that humans were physically stronger than before, there really wasn't much difference in many aspects of this world.

But he doesn't miss the previous world, because here, his future is more promising.

Two hours later, the bus stopped and we finally arrived at our destination.

After getting off the car, Zhou Ran saw that the venue for the high school tennis league held in Lincheng City was really huge.

At first glance, the entire venue is filled with tennis courts.

More than 200 contestants from the entire Lincheng City have gathered here.

Including the accompanying personnel and the spectators who came to watch the fun, there were more than a thousand people in the huge venue.

This scene is so spectacular!

The fact that such a large tennis court can be opened up so close to the city center shows how much the world values ​​tennis.

Under the backdrop of this lively atmosphere, Zhou Ran, who had been somewhat calm, now became excited.

He is now looking forward to the start of the game tomorrow.

Tomorrow will be his first step towards becoming a professional tennis player in this world.

Chapter 15: All eliminated? Only one left!