“I’m laughing proudly~ I’m laughing proudly~♪”
Humming a cheerful tune, Ye Changfeng was in a great mood after hitting the jackpot earlier.
In the afternoon, he decided to head to a nearby tennis court to practice.
Over the past month, he had visited the court many times.
At first he was pathetically weak — so bad that everyone bullied him.
But gradually he started to look somewhat decent.
Now that his strength had broken ten thousand and he had reached Tennis King, he couldn’t wait to test out his new skills and strength.
Sitting on the rapid transit train, Ye Changfeng’s thoughts drifted as he imagined what tomorrow at Seigaku would be like.
Right at that moment…
“Idiots!
You don’t even know how to grip the racket properly!
If you want to hit topspin, you should use the Western grip!
Like this — hold the racket straight and swing like you’re shaking hands.
Watch carefully!” A high school student started swinging his racket on the train.
The racket whooshed loudly, nearly hitting Ye Changfeng in the nose.
“Wow, as expected of the ace of Hokoku Tennis Club!
Sasabe, you’re amazing!” his lackeys flattered him.
“Hahaha, of course I am!
Again!” Sasabe laughed and continued swinging wildly.
“Hey, you bunch of noobs who can’t even tell the difference between Western and Eastern grips, can you shut up?
I’m trying to think.
And you, tall guy — be careful.
If that racket hits me, you’re finished,” Ye Changfeng said calmly.
Sasabe turned around and saw it was just a middle school kid talking.
He immediately got annoyed.
“Brat!
What did you say?
You dare say we’re noisy and call us noobs?
I’ll have you know I’m a seeded player in the 16-and-under division and the favorite to win!
I could take on ten brats like you!”
Ding!
Random Quest Triggered!
[Quest: Defeat Sasabe!]
[Quest Rank: White Quest] (Quests are divided into White, Green, Blue, Purple, Orange, Legendary, and Epic.
Difficulty increases significantly with each rank.)
[Failure Penalty: Deduct 100 Exchange Points.]
[Success Reward: 1,000 Exchange Points]
[Quest Evaluation: This is the user’s first step on the road to becoming a god.
Please take it seriously.
Your opponent is a chicken with single-digit combat power.
Crush him thoroughly!]
A random quest finally appeared after grinding so many daily tasks.
Ye Changfeng smiled faintly.
The reward was pretty low, but the opponent was indeed a complete noob.
Still, even a mosquito is meat.
He decided to reluctantly complete this ridiculously easy task.
“Brat, what are you smiling at?” Sasabe took Ye Changfeng’s smile as mockery and flew into a rage.
“Hah, noob.
This young master is in a good mood today, so I’ll teach you how to play tennis.”
The train arrived at the station.
Ye Changfeng got off without looking back.
“You bastard!
Today I, Sasabe, will show you the huge gap between high schoolers and middle schoolers!
Let’s go!” Sasabe was furious that a middle schooler dared to mock him.
They arrived at the tennis court.
“Sasabe, you still have a match later.
Is this really okay?” one lackey asked.
“No problem.
Beating this kid won’t even count as a warm-up!” Sasabe said confidently.
“Hey, are you guys done talking?
My time is very valuable,” Ye Changfeng said impatiently.
Sasabe laughed loudly.
“Brat, you’re in such a hurry to die?
Bring it on!”
The two stood on opposite sides of the court.
“System, show me the opponent’s info.” Even though he knew the opponent was weak, Ye Changfeng still checked — an old habit from playing games.
“Yes, Master!”
Ding!
[Name: Sasabe]
[Affiliation: Hokoku Tennis Club]
[Dominant Hand: Right]
[Combat Power: 7 (Tennis Apprentice)]
[Signature Moves: Bullet Serve – Intermediate, Trash Talk – Intermediate]
[System Evaluation: A somewhat frequent background character who only knows how to run his mouth.
Even his trash-talking is garbage.]
“As expected, total trash,” Ye Changfeng thought.
“Though getting my first blood as the user might come with a special reward…”
The match began.
Sasabe arrogantly let Ye Changfeng serve first.
Ye Changfeng didn’t hold back — he wanted to test out the Scud Serve skill he had just acquired.
The name Scud Serve felt incredibly cool to him.
It reminded him of One Punch Man.
This was Chotaro Ootori signature move — the one he used to become a regular at Hyotei.
It had once completely overwhelmed Kaoru Kaidoh and Sadaharu Inui.
It was theoretically a powerful skill, and Ye Changfeng was looking forward to using it.
He tossed the ball high into the air, focused all his spirit into a single point, and swung.
“Scud Serve!”
The tennis ball instantly turned into a blazing fireball, shooting toward Sasabe’s side of the court at terrifying speed.
Sasabe’s jersey fluttered violently, but he himself didn’t react at all.
If not for the deep mark left on the court in front of him, Sasabe would have thought he was hallucinating.
“10… 15-0!” The referee finally snapped out of it and announced the score.
“So fast!” Sasabe was inwardly shocked.
‘This kid can actually hit a ball like that?!
Am I dreaming?’
The onlookers were equally stunned.
“Did you see the trajectory of that ball just now?”
“I didn’t see it at all!”
“Way too fast…”
“How can a ball be that quick?!”
“What’s wrong, ‘great expert’?
I only used one-tenth of my strength~” Ye Changfeng taunted.
Sasabe was furious.
“Brat, that was just luck!
I’ll let you have that point!”
“Really?
Then I won’t hold back!”
Another Scud Serve, this time at full power — 100% of the Advanced level!
The ball was so fast it was almost invisible to the naked eye.
A fiery trail with hints of lightning shot across the court and smashed straight into Sasabe’s face.
“Ah!” Sasabe tried to dodge, but the speed was too much.
He only managed to turn his head slightly before the ball slammed into his face.
His last thought was: ‘Damn it… hitting the face?
This kid is too ruthless!’
Sasabe collapsed instantly, knocked out cold by the brutal face shot.
“No way… Sasabe got knocked out by a middle schooler?!” His lackeys were dumbfounded.
“30-0!
Hey, stop pretending to be dead and get up!” Ye Changfeng called out.
“Huh?
Did I actually knock him unconscious?”
He felt a bit disappointed.
The opponent really was just a single-digit combat power chicken.
He wanted to test more skills, but it looked like there was no need.
Ding!
[Quest Completed!
Gained 1,000 Exchange Points!]
Ding!
[Bonus Quest Completed: First Blood!
Reward: +1 Lottery Draw Chance!]
Hearing he got another lottery chance, Ye Changfeng got excited.
This was way more fun than regular points — the system really gave him a nice newbie gift package!
“Hahaha, thanks a lot, noobs!
See you later!” Ye Changfeng said cheerfully and left.
Sasabe’s lackeys were furious, thinking he was provoking them, but they couldn’t say anything after their leader got crushed so badly.
They could only carry the unconscious Sasabe to the hospital.
“Tomorrow is going to be fun,” Ye Changfeng murmured to himself while sitting on the train home, gazing at the scenery outside the window…