Chapter 25 "Net" Ball

  On the field, Zhao Dan and Li Rui have taken their positions at opposite ends, and the match is about to begin.

  I muttered softly: "Xiao Zhao, Xiao Zhao, you can't even rank in the top three of the provincial team, why humiliate yourself?"

  Su Jing looked at me and said, "I strongly agree with what he said about losing the game but not losing one's dignity! Even if the enemy is very powerful, if you don't even have the courage to draw your sword, then dying would be a pitiful thing."

  I wondered: "Have you also seen 'The Bright Sword'?" However, I believe that this spirit is not very strong in her. As the only sword god on the mainland, she must have experienced this spirit from others.

  I said: "Take a closer look, he really doesn't have my strength?"

  "It won't be wrong."

  I let out a sigh, at this moment I really wished that my little power could be given to Zhao Dan, anyway giving it to anyone would be the same, after all Zhao Dan was still not bad.

  The referee indicated the start of the game, and Zhao Dan served. Perhaps due to tension, Zhao Dan's serve was a bit too high, giving the opponent an excellent opportunity for a spike. Li Rui naturally wouldn't be polite, and with a slanting line, he directly spiked the ball down, causing the audience to let out a burst of exclamations.

  But Zhao Dan suddenly saved it back just as the ball was about to hit the ground, and the crowd erupted in cheers.

  In fact, this is just a save that is above the average person's level, and for someone like Zhao Dan, it's nothing special. It's just that the first two players were in an abnormal state, which made the audience lose confidence and think they would drop the ball again. They also knew in their hearts that this game was unwinnable, and all they could do was cheer halfway through to boost Zhao Dan's morale.

  After several rounds of fighting, Li Rui is still the first-line player of the national team. He has a stable and good-looking shot, sometimes even performing a backhand or a diving catch. Zhao Dan didn't make any major mistakes, but the quality of his returns was clearly not high. Taking advantage of a return error, Li Rui started to attack strongly again, and Zhao Dan struggled to respond, barely saving the ball. Another strong smash to the corner line, and Zhao Dan, who was on the left side of the court, was powerless to turn things around, losing the first set.

  Li Rui served the ball, and after one round of play, he already had a clear understanding of his opponent's level, with a hint of disdain in his eyes. After serving, Zhao Dan made a forehand shot, and Li Rui took advantage of the opportunity to make another spike, turning the situation into one where Zhao Dan was forced to defend passively again.

  Su Zhan: "If we continue to defend like this, we will definitely lose. If I were them, I would take the risk and use the net ball to reverse the situation."

  I gave her a white eye, I believe she has the strength, but Zhao Dan is not her, in his words, the ball speed is often two or three hundred kilometers per hour, it's good to be able to return - let alone badminton is such a small thing, imagine if a car rushes over at this speed, do you still want to think about whether to use a somersault or a black dog to dodge?

  Li Rui's logic was merciless, and he once again headed the ball towards Zhao Dan's empty space. Zhao Dan had to fly over to save the ball, but at this critical moment, he seemed to be a little distracted, his body clearly hesitating in mid-air for a moment. Li Rui sneered, waiting for the ball to hit the ground.

  However, Zhao Dan stopped for a moment and seemed to understand. With a clever flick of his wrist, he caught the ball at the last second, and it flew forward weakly, just about to hit the net. Li Rui simply stood still on the spot.

  Along the trajectory, the ball was about to hit the net, but suddenly jumped strangely in mid-air and fell onto the net cord, landing on Li Rui's half of the court - Zhao Dan scored!

  The audience was stunned at first, then began to applaud, accompanied by kind laughter. This ball was too lucky, and if anything could be said, it was that Zhao Dan's luck was just too good.

  Li Rui was frustrated on the other side, but this phenomenon often occurs in badminton matches and is unavoidable, can only admit to being unlucky.

  Zhao Dan served again, and after scoring a point, he smiled self-deprecatingly. He served the ball over the net, and Li Rui returned a high-quality shot. Zhao Dan leaned forward to hit the ball, but just as the ball and racket were about to make contact, he seemed distracted, lost in thought. The expression on his face was extremely solemn, and at the last moment, his wrist trembled almost imperceptibly...

  Su Jing suddenly sat up straight and said in a low voice: "I've got it!"

  The ball was lifted high by Zhao Dan, and fell straight down, only to hit the net again. Then it rolled into Li Rui's territory with a flip. Li Rui was originally waiting for a spike in the backcourt, but when he saw the ball fall to the ground, his eyes widened in shock: "You..."

  The audience responded with another burst of laughter.

  I clapped my hands and asked Su Jing: "What's up?"

  Su Jing looked at Zhao Dan and said: "At the moment he received the ball, I felt your power fluctuation."

  I exclaimed in surprise: "Is there such a coincidence? You're not having hallucinations from being overly suspicious, are you?"

  Su Jingdao said: "No, that feeling is very strong, but it only appears from time to time, and it seems like it's only there when he plays basketball."

  According to the rules, it was Zhao Dan's turn to serve. After several uneventful exchanges between both sides, Zhao Dan once again hit the ball into the net, but this time it grazed the net cord and passed over. Li Rui had been standing in the left half of the court, waiting for an opportunity to make a big move, but the ball suddenly changed direction and floated gently to the right half of the court...

  This time even the audience couldn't laugh, three consecutive net hits, this kind of thing is probably unprecedented in the past. Professional athletes practice tens of thousands of balls every day, and the probability of such a thing is not high either.

  Li Rui was furious, demanding a ball change, suspecting that the deformed ball had affected its flight speed and landing point. After changing the ball, Zhao Dan served again, and Li Rui became cautious, hitting every shot carefully. The situation turned in his favor once more, and after over a dozen intense rallies, he finally evened the score. Li Rui felt somewhat relieved, thinking that it was just a coincidence earlier. However, his relief was short-lived, as when it was his turn to serve again, Zhao Dan approached the net once more, and the ball flew severely off course during its flight, landing in an unreachable spot for Li Rui...

  It was like this, back and forth, the score soaring, finally reaching 19-19. At 10-10, Li Rui no longer mentioned the rule of 10 points. Throughout the process, Zhao Dan scored 15 points using net shots!

  The last two crucial points, Li Rui once again used his rich experience to force Zhao Dan to only defend with a high ball. After a precise spike at the corner line, Zhao Dan was forced to make a desperate save, and after the ball was saved, it drew a very full parabola towards Zhao Dan's own front court. At this time, Li Rui was originally highly vigilant, seeing that the ball had no chance of going out of bounds, finally slowed down his pace - in the game, saving physical strength and avoiding unnecessary running is also one of their training topics. He was now in the backcourt, habitually stopping his footsteps, but the ball seemed to understand his psychology as well. Originally supposed to fall within Zhao Dan's boundary, seeing him not moving, it suddenly made a sly move, and actually crossed the net at the last moment...

  Another web hit, 20-19!

  Li Rui's face turned iron-green, not saying a word, holding the racket and waiting for Zhao Dan to serve. Serve, return, return again, after three or four rounds, Zhao Dan found an opportunity to hit the ball towards Li Rui's mid-court. The ball flew low in the air, seemingly another net-ball, but this time Li Rui didn't dare to slow down, running to the right half of the court beforehand. As a result, the ball seemed to have almost grazed the net and fell directly into the left half of the court with only a few micrometers of clearance. This time, Li Rui lost due to overcautiousness, as the opponent's shot hadn't even touched the net.

  Zhao Dan won 21-19. The audience stood up and applauded, cheering.

  Li Rui slammed the racket to the ground in anger, with a belly full of resentment and nowhere to vent it. Finally, he shouted at Coach Zhao Dan: "What kind of team member is this? Is this how you play ball?"

  At this time, Sun Ning stood up from the stands: "I'll fight him."

  The team leader nodded to Li Rui to leave, tacitly approving Sun Ning's entry, then left his seat and stood behind Zhao Dan with his arms around him, watching carefully.

  As a national team player, Sun Ning's strength is obviously much stronger than Li Rui. He is the most promising candidate to win the Super Grand Slam, and his world ranking has never been lower than third.

  Two people came on stage, and the audience immediately became lively. This time, however, it was a one-sided cheer for Zhao Dan. The right to serve this time was obtained by guessing the coin toss in accordance with the rules, and Sun Ning served first.

  Then we enjoyed a thrilling match - Sun Ning served, Zhao Dan returned the ball and brushed the net, changed direction, scored. Zhao Dan served, Sun Ning returned the ball, Zhao Dan again returned the ball and brushed the net, changed direction, scored. After scoring 10 points in a row, Sun Ning finally found an opportunity to counterattack when Zhao Dan made a serving error and directly spiked the ball to score one point back.

  Zhao Dan beat the national team's seeded player 10-1! When it was 16-2, Zhao Dan hit a high ball that made the ball hover above the net and refused to fall. The audience started an unusual countdown, shouting together: "One, two, three, four..."

  The last ball stayed on the net for a full 7 seconds before falling down, Sun Ning watched helplessly as the ball fell, unable to catch it. The ball dropped straight down from the net, and even if he had caught it, he wouldn't have been able to get it over the net. Sun Ning was left frustrated and helpless...

  Finally, Zhao Dan won the game 21-5. The sparse audience in the gymnasium cheered loudly, while Sun Ning sat on the floor holding his racket with a dazed expression. Coach Wang didn't know whether to be happy or worried and could only cautiously glance at the national team leader.

  The team leader maintained a posture from start to finish and watched Zhao Dan's game. He suppressed his excitement and walked up to Zhao Dan, saying: "Young man, what's your name?"

  Zhao Dan

  "Oh, this kind of trick shot, did you practice it on purpose before?"

  Zhao Dan said: "No, it was just now listening to a friend joking around, suddenly wanted to give it a try."

  Li Rui muttered on one side: "What a clever trick!"

  The team leader glared at him, and with a smile, said to Zhao Dan: "If misjudging is part of football, then netting is part of badminton. Are you interested in joining the national team?"

  "Am I okay?" Zhao Dan asked excitedly.

  The team leader said: "In that case, I'll arrange a formal match for you in a few days. If you can still win then - I welcome you on behalf of the national team!"

  Su Jing followed others, clapping his hands and quietly telling me: "This surname Zhao little brother took away an important power from you - skill."

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  Each power attribute is different, and the temporary master's experience is also different. Do you agree that I continue writing like this? I can write an ultra-long version of "The Incredibles", conservatively estimated at 1 billion 275 million 563 thousand characters, which is just the outline...

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