The Prince of Tennis: The Quincy of Rikkai University.

Chapter 174 5-0, Ice Emperor OUT
A roar suddenly rang out the moment Yuuki Maya hit the ball.

The tennis ball turned into a dark beam of light and rushed towards Keigo Atobe with astonishing force.

Although Keigo Atobe could feel the huge threat brought by this ball from a distance, he did not choose to avoid it because of his self-esteem. Instead, he gritted his teeth and faced it head-on.

boom!
The moment the racket and the tennis ball touched, a loud collision sound spread throughout the venue.

Then, in the Ice Emperor's half, a figure was seen flying out of the court, along with a racket. It spun countless times in the air before crashing into the audience seats behind the court.

"Atobe! Are you okay?"

In Hyotei's preparation area, Yuushi Oshitari saw this scene and immediately ran to the edge of the preparation area and shouted with concern.

He really wanted to go in and check the situation, but his mind told him that he couldn't do that yet.

As for the other regular players of Hyotei besides him, they all had expressions of extreme shock on their faces.

They had never seen a serve with such terrifying power before.

"Ugh..."

Atobe Keigo struggled to stand up and grasped his right arm with his left hand.

At this moment, a tearing pain came from the muscle gaps in his right arm.

"Do you understand now? You are not even qualified to catch my serve seriously now."

Looking at the miserable appearance of Keigo Atobe at this moment, Maya Yuuki's expression showed neither sadness nor joy.

This shot did not even use 60% of his strength, he was already holding back.

Otherwise, Tezuka would not be standing here, but would be immediately taken to the hospital for emergency treatment.

On the other side, feeling the tingling pain in his arm, cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

Even though he had been mentally prepared just now, after catching the ball, he felt as if the racket in his hand was hit hard by a sledgehammer.

The arm was unable to resist the sudden pressure, and instead, the arm muscles were forcibly pulled because of the failure to let go in time.

"Are you kidding me? I won't give in just like that." Even though things had turned out like this, Keigo Atobe's proud self-esteem wouldn't allow him to admit defeat and surrender.

Ignoring the racket that had flown away to who knows where, Atobe Keigo took out another tennis racket from his tennis bag, endured the pain and walked into the court again.

"Are you still not giving up?"

Looking at what Keigo Atobe did, Maya Yuuki shook her head slightly and prepared to attack again.

The will is good, but it has nothing to do with him.

However, just as Yuki was about to throw the tennis ball, Taro Sakaki from Hyotei's team suddenly stood up and walked to the referee.

"Ice Emperor forfeits this match."

Taro Sakaki made the decision for Keigo Atobe with an expressionless face.

"Hey, stop meddling in other people's business! I'm not the kind of person who backs down from a fight!
Seeing what Taro Sakaki did, Keigo Atobe was very excited and he was unwilling to give up just like that.

"That's enough, Atobe, stop being so willful. Hyotei... has already lost." Sakaki Taro said bluntly with an expressionless face.

He had already seen the situation clearly. Rikkai University's victory was unstoppable. Atobe's actions were undoubtedly a futile attempt.

As the coach of Hyotei, what he needs to do now is to retain the last bit of face for Hyotei's ministers.

"..."

After the two of them stared at each other for a long time, Atobe Keigo fell silent for a while. His eyes revealed an unwilling expression, and the arm holding the racket slowly dropped.

"Hyotei gives up, the winner is Rikkai University Yuuki." With Hyotei's third singles giving up, Rikkai University has secured the qualification to advance to the second round with the current total score of 3-0.

However, even if victory has been confirmed, the rule of mandatory five games in the first round still needs to be followed.

"Game, Rikkai Oyanagi wins, score 6 to 1."

……

"Game, Rikkai University Sanada wins, score 6-0."

……

"The competition is over. The qualifier for the first round of the Kanto Tournament is Rikkai University Affiliated Middle School."

The referee's loud announcement of the match results and the subsequent two singles matches did not exceed the expectations of everyone present.

They were completely crushed and had no chance to fight back. At the end of the game, Rikkai University defeated Hyotei with a score of 5-0.

"Hyoei, he was eliminated just like that, what a pity..."

In a corner outside the stadium, Mamoru Inoue put down the camera in his hand with a regretful expression.

As a native resident of Tokyo, he naturally favored Hyotei. However, the gap in strength between the two sides was too great, and he had already guessed the outcome halfway through the game.

The reason why he felt sorry was that the Ice Emperor, who clearly had national-level strength, would stop here this year and lose the opportunity to go to the national conference.

In Hyotei's preparation area, indescribable emotions grew in the hearts of every player.

Oshitari Yuushi and Mukai Taketo looked at each other in bewilderment, and saw negative emotions such as powerlessness, unwillingness and despair in each other's eyes.

Rikkai University is too strong.

And the summer that belonged to their tennis team's regular season seemed to be over.

After all, they don’t know yet that Bingdi will be able to get a recommendation spot to go directly to the national conference later.

Outside the stadium, Hyotei was not the only one who was silent. The atmosphere within the team of Seigaku who came to watch the game was not much better.

Echizen Ryoma and others who watched most of the process, from the beginning just had the same viewing mentality as ordinary spectators, but in the end they stood from Hyotei's perspective and felt the abyss of despair that was powerless to resist.

"Hyodei, you lost miserably..."

Even though Takeshi Momoshiro had a simple mind, he couldn't help but feel a chill down his spine when he saw the bloody scores of the five games on the scoreboard.

"This is Rikkai University. All the regular players are top players in the country. They are also the biggest obstacle for us to win the championship." Fuji Shusuke whispered in a deep voice.

"Although saying these things now may be a bit demoralizing, I still want to remind you that if we are unlucky enough to make it to the finals this year, we will be facing the complete form of Rikkai University." Inui Sadaharu said at an inappropriate time.

"The complete Rikkai University..."

This sentence was like an invisible mountain, pressing down on the heads of every student in Qingxue.

The return of Seiichi Yukimura was indeed bad news for them, adding insult to injury.

They had difficulty defeating the incomplete Rikkai University last year, and now they may be facing a complete Rikkai University, so their chances of revenge are even slimmer.

Ryoma Echizen remained silent in the crowd, but his expression was no longer as calm as before after watching the game.

He showed a rare serious expression, his eyes fixed on the Rikkai players who were already lined up on the court.

The arrogant mentality that still remained in Echizen Ryoma's mind when he just returned to his country has completely disappeared.

(End of this chapter)