The Prince of Tennis: The Quincy of Rikkai University.

Chapter 172: Tannhäuser Serves, Unable to Survive a Round

"I wonder how much higher Yuki is now than it was then?"

Seiichi Yukimura looked at Maya Yuuki's back on the court and muttered to himself.

In fact, he had always vaguely understood that his opponent had not used his full strength in the battle with him until the very end.

Now, another year has passed, and he can no longer imagine how strong Yuuki Maya is now.

Outside the court, it was not just Seiichi Yukimura who was concerned. Maya Yuuki's appearance also touched the nerves of countless people.

All kinds of ambiguous glances from all directions were fixed on him.

But Mayo Yuuki seemed to be oblivious to all this. He threw the tennis ball expressionlessly, then swung the racket and dunked it gracefully.

砰

Silver light flashed and the sound of the ball hitting the ball was heard.

At the same time, the afterimage of a tennis ball passed by Keigo Atobe's feet and flew straight out of bounds without the latter reacting or moving his body.

"Yuuki scores, 15-0."

The referee announced the score within 2 seconds of the start of the game.

"What?!!!"

Atobe Keigo's pupils shrank belatedly and he turned his head stiffly to look behind him.

A tennis ball was lying quietly on the ground, silently telling him that the opponent's serve was over.

It was too fast, and he couldn't even catch the shadow of the tennis ball in his sight!

Although he knew that this game would be difficult, Tomokazu didn't expect that the first serve would make him feel tremendous pressure.

"How can the serve be so fast? It's much faster than Feng's instant serve!"

In Hyotei's team, almost everyone had a look of astonishment on their faces; Maya Yuuki's serve was so fast that it was beyond their comprehension.

On the court, Keigo Atobe lowered his center of gravity even lower. His eyes were cold. He had mobilized all his attention and stared at Maya Yuuki's every move.

Seeing Keigo Atobe's look as if he was facing a formidable enemy, Maya Yuuki didn't care.

It was still the same level of serving as before, and the second serve was immediately smashed out.

砰

30 is better than 0
砰

40 is better than 0
砰

"Game, Yuuki scores, the score is 1-0."

The first game took only 3 minutes in total, and with four aces, Maya Yuuki easily won the serve.

After the venue was changed, it was Keigo Atobe's turn to serve.

"Is this all your strength? If so, I'm so disappointed, Atobe." Yuuki Maya said in a teasing tone.

"Tsk, don't think you're the only one who's good at serving. Come and try my serve!"

Keigo Atobe was not shaken by the opponent's serve. Next, he wanted to show the results of his special training in the UK.

Maya Yuuki put too much pressure on him, and only by using his full strength at the moment could he feel a little safe.

"Oh? Then I'll wait and see." Upon hearing what Atobe said, Yuuki Mayo smiled calmly. He really wanted to see what the other party could do.

clap clap clap...

After Keigo Atobe hit the tennis ball a few times to get a feel for it, he grabbed the ball in his hand. His eyes focused, and then he threw the tennis ball and swung the racket to hit it immediately.

The speed of the hit tennis ball was very normal, but Maya Yuuki could see at a glance that the rotation of the tennis ball was abnormal, and it was not just an ordinary tennis ball.

He quietly watched the tennis ball fall beside him, and the next second something strange happened.

The tennis ball should have bounced, but it strangely flew along the ground until it flew out of bounds.

"This is not Tezuka's..." Upon seeing this scene, Fuji Shusuke immediately exclaimed in surprise and turned to look at Tezuka Kunimitsu.

"No, it's not a zero serve."

Tezuka Kunimitsu still had an icy expression on his face and immediately denied Fuji Shusuke's speculation.

"Atobe scores, the score is 15-0."

On the court, the referee announced the score. After serving, Atobe Keigo seemed to have regained his confidence and a smug smile appeared on his face.

"How's it going? My serve is pretty good, isn't it?"

Ever since seeing Tezuka Kunimitsu's Type Zero serve last year, Atobe Keigo has, during his special training period in the UK, tried continuously and finally figured out his own unique serve.

He named this serving technique the Tannhauser serve.

“It was a really good serve.”

Maya Yuuki was quite surprised. What was surprising was that she didn't expect that Keigo Atobe would complete the Tanner serve earlier than the original timeline.

This skill was originally supposed to have been developed with inspiration from Ryoma Echizen's cool smash, but now he has mastered it earlier because he has seen Tezuka's Zero serve in advance.

However, it would be too naive to think that you could win the game with just this level of serve.

Looking at the confident expression of Atobe on the opposite side, Yuuki Maya smiled indifferently and casually assumed a posture to receive the ball.

On the other side, the first round of serving began, and Atobe Keigo took advantage of the victory and hit Tannhauser's serve again.

The tennis ball fell at Maya Yuuki's feet, flying close to the ground with almost no bounce.

However, the next second, Atobe Keigo's pupils shook.

Maya Yuuki swung the racket and hit the ball with the edge of the racket.

The tennis ball shot off the ground and returned to Keigo Atobe's half of the court, exploding at the opponent's diagonal position at a rapid speed.

"It's just a Yan Hui Dodge. You are not so naive as to think that this kind of serve can really have any effect on me, Atobe."

Maya Yuuki easily retracted the action of hitting the ball. This kind of serve, letting Atobe win a point, was already the greatest kindness to him.

"..."

After seeing that his Tanner's serve was immediately broken, the smile on Atobe Keigo's face immediately disappeared, and his expression became extremely solemn again.

After forcing himself to remain calm, Atobe Keigo continued to serve without saying a word.

After taking a look at the starting action, Maya Yuuki knew that it was still Tang Huaiser who served.

"You haven't given up yet? Well..."

In the face of Atobe's actions, Yuuki Maya shook her head secretly, thinking that the other party still wanted to continue trying.

He leisurely stretched out his racket and once again grabbed the tennis ball that was sliding on the ground, hitting it back without any pressure.

But this time, with his mental preparation, Keigo Atobe caught up with the place where the tennis ball landed in the first possible moment.

He raised his racket and rushed forward, as if he wanted to start a tug-of-war with Maya Yuuki.

咻

He adjusted the angle and hit the tennis ball with his backhand. The next moment, a dark light with a light yellow afterimage quickly fell on the front court of Tobe.

Without having time to pay attention to the changes on the tennis ball, Atobe hurriedly caught up and intercepted the return ball.

However, the unexpected force on the tennis ball almost made him lose his grip on the racket, and he could only temporarily adjust the angle and barely hit the tennis ball back.

The tennis ball that was hit back was of very poor quality. Just as it flew over the net, a figure was seen jumping from the front court and flying behind the tennis ball.

咚

The smash, like an arrow of light, flashed past Atobe's sight and landed on the baseline of the backcourt. After hitting the white line, it flew out of the court and hit the wall with a loud bang.

"Yuuki scores, the score is 15-30."

(End of this chapter)