Chapter 163: Players vs. Echizen Ryuga!

Echizen Ryuga, about to fly out of the U17 version,

Although he didn't shout out his character's catchphrase "I'll definitely come back!", he did come back.

It was dug out by the U17 members from a large pit near the boundary of the U17 training camp base.

According to the U17 members who went to the rescue, the scene was so tragic that it was even unbearable to watch.

The cool and handsome guy with a poolside vibe who descended from the sky, the mysterious fourth man, Echizen Ryuga, successfully became a...

Fortunately, the rescue team brought enough medicine and pulled him back from the brink of death.

Although the pulled back Echizen Ryuga was still in a daze and hadn't recovered for a long time, he was generally not dead, and he had no missing limbs.

Absolutely great news!

Whether it is for the U17 members or for Echizen Ryuga himself,

And the culprit who caused all this - Jibai Cat.

That’s great. Special NPCs are quite durable and can be killed with just one hit. It seems that players’ understanding of special NPCs can be updated again.

Trembling and trembling, he sent Echizen Ryuga back onto the court.

The U17 members ran away without stopping.

- Are you kidding? With the power of this serve, even the slightest touch would result in ten buckets of juice!

They are just not afraid of death, that doesn’t mean they are not afraid of pain!

The resurrection version of Echizen Ryoma Keijuice. After the side effects of Keijuice: confusion of consciousness, he was confused for a while, but finally regained his rationality and became his wild self again.

When he came to his senses, he was holding the Byodoin Phoenix sitting on the referee's chair with both hands and biting it wildly.

Echizen Ryuga, who struggled to regain consciousness, said: "..."

The Byodoin Phoenix, whose head and face were covered in blood after being bitten, responded: "..."

His eyebrows twitched, sensing someone had stopped moving, the real victim, Byodoin Phoenix, slowly spoke:

“…Awake?”

Ryuya Echizen: "..."

“!!!”

Even if one is the most heartless, unrestrained, and suave person, facing such a loss of composure at this moment, he will be hit hard and doubt his life and himself.

Echizen Ryuga came down from the referee's chair in a state of dejection.

He was so distraught that he didn't forget to explain and apologize to Byodoin Phoenix, but after receiving a look from him that said, "This kid still wants to come?", he returned to the court in a distraught state.

He picked up the racket in a daze, and when he looked up——

Wow! Gamma rays!

He was not given a chance to breathe, without any hesitation, he was simply annihilated.

The black-haired figure, separated by a net, chased in place, grasped the ball with his palm and dropped it from the sky. The moment he swung the racket, a black ray went straight to his face.

Echizen Ryoma immediately woke up, not caring about being in despair, saving his life was the most important thing -

Twist your whole body, hold the racket with both hands, use the ground to gain the power, and gather all the power into one point.

“Buzz buzz buzz buzz——!”

The high-speed friction sound, impact sound, and sharp sound when the ball hits the racket net directly hit the eardrum.

Impacting the wrist, palm, arm, and half of the body,

He was already gritting his teeth. This level of force was completely unacceptable even if he fought back many times!

This kid——

"Ku-k-k-k-k-k--boom!"

He fought back once again - Echizen Ryuya's strength improved significantly during this continuous fight.

The naked eye can gradually catch up with the speed...

——But it is far from enough!

Because, the next ball, the faster, heavier, more violent and quicker next ball, comes suddenly!

"Buzz buzz buzz buzz—boom!"

This time, even the ground he was standing on collapsed with a loud bang, splitting open like a spider web. Echizen Ryuga caught a glimpse of him but had no chance to escape or jump away.

The whole person was pressed down by the incomparable gravity, his arms, feet, torso and limbs felt heavy, the gravity was expanded to an incomparable size, and the weight pulled him into a deeper crack!

The direction of power has changed!

He immediately realized that it was no longer heading towards the sky, but towards the ground in the opposite direction.

This means...

Echizen Ryuya tried to understand and resist, his brain working rapidly.

There are obviously more rational, objective, and textual answers, but the first question that comes to mind is:

This kid...could it be that he thinks it's too time-consuming to knock him away?

——Bingo!

Players think so.

After all, once the special copy BOSS is knocked away, the player has to watch an attack animation and an animation of re-entering the scene after rescue.

Fly and see once, fly and see once,

There is no universal Skip yet!

——How hateful!

This is the new method that players came up with based on the above. The special copy BOSS can be stabbed into the ground, but it can never be stabbed out!

The chill that surrounded Echizen Ryuga never ceased.

In this situation, he quickly gathered his mind and responded to Yagi Kei's attack.

Faced with a ball as heavy as a black hole, coupled with the explosive properties of the ball itself, it is necessary to quickly fight back.

Even when you strike back quickly, you can't pull back and forth.

Throughout the first two rounds, Echizen Ryuga had clearly discovered the characteristics of his opponent.

This guy's return shots have double the attributes with each one!

It cannot be delayed until later, it must be resolved as soon as possible.

Echizen Ryuya was certain in his heart, but soon, a bigger problem arose -

Can he really get rid of this guy as soon as possible?

The answer—of course no.

Can resist the player's second skill, but can't resist for several rounds.

Players watched the special copy BOSS's health bar drop bit by bit, and their morale was greatly boosted.

——Then play the music and then A!

——Gate A!

The players took advantage of the situation to pursue, but for Echizen Ryuga, the situation was reversed and trending downwards, and he even felt powerless to turn the tide.

The skill ['Deprivation & Devouring'] is always activated, and Echizen Ryuga can sense the skill completion.

Whether it is the first or second skill, it is very smooth to perform, but the problem lies precisely here.

['Deprivation & Devouring'],

The instinct and obligation to 'deprive and devour' has been completely failed!

He was "depriving and devouring" the current skill, but Yagi Kei immediately took out a stronger plus version!

——How can this be justified?

This was the first time that Echizen Ryuga encountered such a difficult situation. It had never happened before.

Even he himself was confused and didn't know how to deal with it.

——The situation was already extremely clear. With the resounding whistle of the Phoenix of Byodoin Temple, it pierced the air and reached my ears.

“3-0!”

"Yagi - lead!"

The opponent's serve was not broken, and my own serve was not defended.

Now it's Echizen Ryuga's turn to serve again.

All eyes on and off the court were focused on him.

Holding a tennis ball in his hand, the young man slowly and deeply looked at the figure across the net.

The other party was holding the racket at the moment, with a relaxed expression, without any extra expression, just watching calmly,

——Although the answer had already been obtained from the previous goal, he insisted on getting a different result!

The sphere was grasped tightly, thrown from top to bottom, and suddenly solidified into a black dot.

An incomparable huge pressure penetrated it, and a deep and empty black hole fell from the sky.

“Th-That’s…”

The hesitation and trance that sounded again reflected the different moods of everyone on and off the court.

Echizen Ryuga once again displayed a unique skill that everyone knew only belonged to Yagi Kei—

[——'Thomas's 365-degree spin, 100% chance of catching a knife with bare hands, the scheming frog touches your belly again, and the invincible Big Bang attack' ball!]

The black hole falls, carrying the net to meet it. The moment it touches the net, a vortex and imbalance are born.

“Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle—!”

In public, everyone is shocked, but it is true.

"——Surely, actually appeared!"

——Echizen Ryuga released a black hole ball!

Black rays shot out from his camera - directly at the dark-haired figure on the other side of the net!

Fast, heavy, and oppressive, it was exactly the same as what came out of Yagi Kei's hands.

Echizen Ryuga slowly curled up the corners of his lips.

He was hit hard by the ball and flew out, so let him see——

How will Kei Yagi choose to deal with this ball?

Use your own spear to attack your own shield!

"--hateful!"

He realized this and used it to fight back, and others also realized this.

"To use this method... This guy's basketball IQ is really abominable."

There was nothing else to do except to say "damn it" angrily. After all, what Echizen Ryuga did was completely normal. Even if they were faced with such a situation, they would definitely do the same.

But at this moment, everyone's mood naturally leaned towards Yagi Kei, and they began to murmur in their hearts.

The players themselves,

Silently watching the ball enter his own half of the court, from the black ray of the serve animation, to the moment it crossed the net, it turned into a yellow tennis ball.

Then it flutters in front of the player, with words written on its face like "Come and hit me!", "It's so easy to hit me!", "Hit me back!"

No matter what fancy things are, treat all players equally——

Go away!

——Let’s get started!

Waiting to see the scene of himself on Yagi Kei again, Echizen Ryuya was even ready to see him pulling and struggling.

There are too many cases where someone who can hit the ball may not be able to hit it back. Even Yagi Kei may not be immune...

"Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle—!"

The sound of ultra-high-speed friction was heard in just one frame. In the instant before anyone could react, the black ray was directed directly towards the opponent's racket, rushing to the center of the racket face.

Then, in front of everyone's eyes, he suddenly fought back with a loud 'bang'!

This time, not only did the sphere 'bang',

Everyone's brains and rationality suddenly went blank, almost exploding on the spot.

Hey... does this really exist?

This move by Yagi Kei made Echizen Ryuga, who had struggled several times, climbed up with great difficulty and was knocked to the ground, look like a joke.

The black ray shot straight at Echizen Ryuga on the other side of the net. The black sphere almost reflected Echizen Ryuga's surprised face and eyes.

He had thought about the possibility of being beaten back, but he had never imagined that it would be so fast, so swift, and so violent, completely beyond all his expectations.

This guy, this guy——

What level of strength is he at?

Echizen Ryuga was shocked.

The U17 team was also shocked.

Especially when compared with the effect of Ryuga Echizen's attack, it is obvious and extremely clear.

The black-haired figure's decisiveness and the struggle of Echizen Ryuga,

Now, Echizen Ryuga will once again face the ball that was hit back.

Black black hole, a black hole condensed at one point,

High quality, high gravity, high impact,

It swept over with unparalleled force and crushing power, directly hitting the only figure standing in the storm!

The hair on the side of Echizen Ryuya's face was blown by the wind and almost cut off.

The wind blade almost materialized, leaving a faint bloody mark when it brushed against his cheek.

Echizen Ryuya's face darkened. The power of this serve... was even higher than the previous one.

It was far more than the extent of being cut by him using ['Deprivation & Devour'],

Just as I had guessed before, his strength has been rising...

Wait, this level is really rising, not something else...

Echizen Ryuya's mind was full of thoughts, but the only way at this moment was to face the ball head-on.

He did not retreat, nor could he retreat,

There is absolutely no room for retreat at this point.

Holding the racket tightly with both hands, he directly attacked head-on—Echizen Ryuga concentrated all his strength on one point, focusing on the black ball.

Aim and attack!

Echizen Ryuya clenched his jaw, and the ball condensed to the extreme. The strong wind pressure and high gravity caused by it seemed to evaporate and boil the blood in his body.

The bones all over the body make a creaking sound that makes your teeth ache. The skin and cells are compressed, and even the exposed surface of the body is visible with faint bloodstains.

The bloodstains are ambiguous, overflowing faintly like mist,

This super heavy ball has clearly exceeded the limit that Ryuya Echizen can bear.

The U17 players who saw this scene outside the field watched helplessly.

It was really hard to bear to look at the miserable state that Echizen Ryuya was in.

But my understanding of Yagi Kei's strength has reached a new level.

Continuously evolving, continuously improving, and continuously showing a new look,

This is the legendary Field No. 1, dominating the entire U17 training camp base, the true master of everything—

"Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle—!"

The racket in Echizen Ryuya's hand touched and pulled the ball, and his whole condition was in a very bad state.

It can even be said that he was overdrawing his vitality to receive this ball!

If it were any other U17 players, they would still be worried, but if it was overdrawing their vitality - it seemed there was nothing to be afraid of at all.

After all, they can be afraid of anything, but the only thing they are not afraid of is death!

Echizen Ryuga couldn't resonate with them and resisted the ball in his own way.

But it was no use, I couldn't handle it at all.

Even his own strength was gradually fading, and a faint feeling of powerlessness emanated from his hands...

Wait, overwhelmed?

How could it be possible? How could he be so overwhelmed? His power came from 'Deprivation & Devouring', and would only grow stronger. The possibility of it becoming weaker was completely out of his reach, unless -

Echizen Ryoma suddenly sensed something was wrong, and a sudden burst of cognition rushed into his brain.

This, this familiar yet strange feeling of weakness, is clearly——

[Ding!]

[Congratulations! The collection is now complete——]

Halfway through the serve return, a new prompt suddenly appeared in front of the player.

[Passive skill: 'Deprive & Devour' has been successfully loaded]

【Players can use it now! 】

The player glanced at it, and his eyes lit up instantly.

Previously, the passive exclusive skill "Phoenix Nirvana" of the special copy boss, Byodoin Phoenix, was not collected successfully.

Players ignore the possibility of collecting the special copy boss, Echizen Ryuga's passive exclusive skill, 'Deprivation & Devour'.

But unexpectedly, now there is a surprise for the players.

In this case,

Click——Use ['Deprive & Devour']!

[Ding!]

【Congratulations! Success! 】

Almost instantly, a progress bar flashed before the player's eyes, a new mode, a new pop-up window,

When I looked closely, it was the skill collection page.

Take a closer look,

[Skill: 'Thomas's 365-degree spin, 100% chance of catching a blade with bare hands, the scheming frog touches your belly again, and the universe's invincible big bang attack' (Echizen Ryuga version) is currently 'Deprive & Devour'...]

“……?”

The player slowly typed out a question mark.

Eh, does this mean... I 'deprive & devour' myself?

Although the system has kindly marked it as a special copy BOSS version,

However, the special copy boss 'Deprive & Devour' is the old version of the player,

So to round it off, players are now 'ripping off & devouring' older versions of themselves...

Am I backwards compatible with myself?

The player was stunned by the series of moves and quickly canceled the process to terminate it, but his hand slipped and the page was forked.

Chicken and cat: "..."

The process of ['Deprivation & Devouring' (Player Version)] continued and successfully took effect on Echizen Ryuga.

Echizen Ryuga, who counterattacked with the '360-degree Thomas spin, 100% bare-handed catch of the blade, the scheming frog, and then touched your belly, the invincible universe explosion attack', could only feel that his control over the ball, gained through 'Deprivation & Devouring', was becoming increasingly weak and insignificant.

It's as if the link in the middle has been completely cut off.

Not only that, even the power to return the ball seemed to be crumbling, as if it were being sheared away...

He suddenly raised his head, staring intently at the black figure on the other side of the net.

The terrifying and heart-pounding possibility finally dawned on the center of his brain.

The guy opposite,

I don't know when, I have mastered his skills,

——['Deprivation & Devouring'].

Echizen Ryoma's abnormality was the first to enter the eyes of the Byodoin Phoenix.

He intuitively sensed something was wrong, especially when he saw Echizen Ryuya staring at Yagi Kei.

What went wrong?

Despite failing to return the ball, Echizen Ryuga's attitude was like facing an insurmountable monster. His previous ease and composure were completely gone.

Byodoin Phoenix strictly followed the procedures and continued to blew the whistle to cue the score even in this unclear situation.

Then, everyone watched helplessly as Echizen Ryuga lost points against Yagi Kei.

“30:0!”

“40:0!”

And finally—"4:0!"

The serving game was completely lost, and the situation became unclear.

Echizen Ryuga, who had the strength to fight back just now, suddenly couldn't even do a basic fight back.

Although the return ball is a terrifying high-pressure black hole ball, Echizen Ryuga has been able to basically send out the same return ball through his unique ability.

Why didn't you fight back suddenly?

Seeing it with their own eyes and feeling doubtful in their hearts, many members of the department were really unsure of the current situation.

After watching the entire game, Byodoin Phoenix, who knew Echizen Ryuga's strength and skills best, slowly and finally realized a possibility.

Echizen Ryuga suddenly stopped fighting back, not because he didn't want to fight back,

But - he was completely unable to fight back!

Just like countless players who had played against him before, after joining the team, they would be deprived of their proud skills, and even could no longer use them, and instead their skills would become Ryuga Echizen's.

The scene now...isn't it a replica of Echizen Ryuga and his opponent!

The return ball that could be used in the previous second, after a pulling attack with the opponent, suddenly lost the right to use it again in the next second without any warning.

This, this is simply deprivation!

Byodoin Phoenix is ​​worthy of being the person who knows Echizen Ryuga best in the whole audience, and his guess is completely true.

Echizen Ryuga——his pride in ['Deprivation & Devourment'] deprived him of the power to fight back.

Just a moment ago, he was still using the strategy of "using one's own spear to attack one's own shield" against Yagi Kei.

But now it has completely reversed and shot itself in the foot.

He was out of breath, deprived of the ability to fight back against the ['360-degree Thomas Spin, 100% Bare-Handed Catch of Blades, the Scheming Frog Touches Your Belly Again, the Universe Invincible Big Bang Attack'], which meant that as long as Yagi Kei used this skill, he would be helpless.

This was completely beyond his concept of ['Deprivation & Devouring'].

I'm no longer surprised by this, but when I apply it to the guy on the other side of the net...it's really terrifying that he can even do this.

The skill of depriving skills was actually upgraded to the skill of depriving abilities under his hands.

This guy's true strength - where exactly is it!

It is now completely certain that Echizen Ryuga

Yagi Kei had been suppressing his own strength in the fight against him.

His skill ['Deprivation & Devour'] will increase its power immediately afterwards, and it is completely unable to keep up.

The doubled attribute ball that was hit back and pulled can only be done unlimitedly if the opponent's basic attributes are far beyond his range. In other words, it means... Yagi Kei's real value (estimated) is far more than ten times his!

How to fight a numerical monster!

The smile on Echizen Ryuya's lips gradually turned bitter.

But the game is not over yet.

The game continues.

Byodoin Phoenix blew the whistle, and it was Yagi Kei's turn to serve again.

The player looked at the passive skill ['Deprivation & Devour'] that he had collected.

After the data collection is completed and used successfully, this gain buff will be automatically turned on.

I have to say, it is quite useful. It doesn’t bring much improvement to the player, but for the special copy BOSS standing opposite the player, this is a huge negative debuff!

Looking at the huge red lock on the status bar above the special copy BOSS's head, the player's heart strangely felt the same.

I was red-locked by a special NPC every day, but I never expected that one day I would also see a special NPC being red-locked.

The players' hearts are comforted a little.

So, don't worry!

Special copy BOSS——Players will send you off well!

[Click·Skill 3 'You think I know you don't, but I know you don't know: The scheming frog touches your belly again, super confusing kaleidoscope' is in use...]

[Ding!]

【Congratulations! Success! 】

Echizen Ryouya, who was about to look up as he gripped the racket to respond, suddenly felt a darkness.

The overwhelming black

Pouring down, sticky, heavy, thick, entangled,

It's hard to breathe, the air is compressed, the black becomes darker,

The existence of 'black' is more thorough, more obvious, and more transparent.

And within the darkness, there was only one giant eye.

Being looked at being looked at being gazed at being discovered being observed being witnessed being looked at being looked at being looked at being looked at being looked at being looked at being looked at…

Being watched being watched being watched being watched being watched being watched being watched being watched...

Up and down, left and right, in all directions,

Eyes eyes eyes eyes eyes all eyes,

Black eyes, black sight, densely packed eyes in the confined space of a kaleidoscope...

Echizen Ryuya's mind was filled with countless pairs of eyes.

And in all eyes, reflected uniformly—

My own miserable defeat.