Realistic animation, you call this tennis!

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!

After arriving at the competition venue and confirming his qualifications, Zhou Ran stayed in the hotel that Zhao Qianguang had booked for him with the association's funds.

Because the competition quotas of each school had already been submitted, the time sequence of the competition had also been determined long ago.

Through the schedule, Zhou Ran knew that his game would be held tomorrow afternoon.

Lying on the big bed in the hotel, Zhou Ran wanted to rest early so that he would have enough energy and physical strength to compete tomorrow, but he couldn't sleep.

Although he has used special moves from anime in competitions many times before, those were all amateur competitions. Tomorrow will be his first time to compete on a real field, so he is still a little excited.

I don’t know when I fell asleep, but Zhou Ran arrived at the tennis court early the next morning.

But he didn't come to train, but to watch the game.

He wanted to see how strong the tennis players in this world were on a real court.

The match Zhou Ran chose to watch was Zhao Qianguang's match.

Although Zhao Qianguang's strength is not as good as his, after the last contest, he believes that it would not be easy for him to defeat Zhao Qianguang.

However, Zhou Ran saw that when the game between Zhao Qianguang and his opponent started, Zhao Qianguang had no ability to fight back at all. He only got one or two points occasionally in each small game, and was directly eliminated with a score of 6:0 in the whole game.

The gap in strength is too huge!

Except for Zhou Ran's match in the afternoon, Zhao Qianguang, Xia Wenlan and Zheng Feng's matches were all in the morning, and almost at the same time.

Even Zhao Qianguang, who was stronger among the players, was easily eliminated by the opponent. Xia Wenlan, Zheng Feng and others naturally lost the game without any suspense.

It was not until then that Zhou Ran realized that what Zhao Qianguang had said before was not false. Qingyun No. 2 Middle School really had no way of advancing to the next round and would be eliminated in the first round.

"Haha, Zhou Ran, No. 2 Middle School is depending on you from now on."

After the game, Zhao Qianguang, Xia Wenlan and Zhou Ran met, their faces full of embarrassment and helplessness.

It’s not that they don’t try hard, but they are not as skilled as others. Even if they try their best, they can’t break the curse that No. 2 Middle School cannot advance to the second round.

Several people placed their hopes of advancement on Zhou Ran.

When Zhou Ran and Zhao Qianguang were chatting together, some contestants from Qingyun Experimental School and No. 1 Middle School, as well as some staff from the Qingyun County Education Bureau, kept passing by them, but no one greeted them.