Chapter 108
Chapter 108: Was It Really a Breakthrough?
Translator: Noodletown Translated Editor: Noodletown Translated
“Sh*t, this guy is too arrogant,” Zhou Liren looked at this two-meter tall giant and thought.
Cao Ronghua looked at Xie Wanjun’s aggressive posture and had the same thought.
Hao Ren raised his hand, looked at Xie Wanjun’s dark face, thought for a bit, and nodded. “Sure!” he replied.
“Bear! Go get the tape from the equipment room!” Xie Wanjun said to a team member.
The tall and sturdy guy ran to the equipment room and quickly came out with a roll of black tape.
Xie Wanjun took over the black tape and threw it to Zhou Liren as he said, “Please!”
Zhou Liren just thought that Xie Wanjun was way too arrogant. He didn’t hold back when he got the tape as he tore off a long strip of tape and fixed Xie Wanjun’s right hand firmly on the back of his shirt; it was so firm that he couldn’t even move it around for a bit.
Xie Wanjun knew that Zhou Liren stuck the tape on him firmly on purpose, but he didn’t comment on it. He dribbled the ball with his left hand and entered the basketball court.
Hao Ren unbuttoned two buttons on his shirt, swung his arms, and walked in as well.
“Go, Ren!” Zhou Liren cheered loudly. Even though Zhao Jiayi was a part of the Basketball Team, he still didn’t like this arrogant Captain of Basketball Team too much.
“Ren, you have to win now that he’s against you single-handed!” Cao Ronghua cheered too.
Zhao Jiayi looked at the court curiously because he had never seen someone play basketball with one hand. Other players also looked at those two on the court with expectancy and had their own presumptions.
Most people would think this way, “Even if the opponent is a newbie, playing with only one hand still sounded unbelievable!”
Xie Wanjun threw the basketball to Hao Ren on the court and said, “Defense, and offense; You start first.”
Hao Ren grabbed the ball and dribbled it a few times, and the echo suddenly sounded in the empty stadium.
He recalled Xie Wanjun’s moves when this man played basketball earlier and didn’t notice that he was left-handed. Yet, Xie Wanjun tied his right hand to his back just now… “Could he be ambidextrous? That’s way too good…” Hao Ren thought.
Hao Ren still had some doubts in his mind as he stared at Xie Wanjun, who’s a head taller than him.
Suddenly, he started his offensive play!
He dribbled the basketball and rushed toward the basket at the same time!
“Not bad, kid, didn’t travel!” Zhao Jiayi sat on the floor outside of the court and said in amazement.
At this moment, Xie Wanjun moved!
With one hand tied to his back, he couldn’t run as fast as before. Yet, his legs slid fast, and he cut inside immediately!
Hao Ren held up the basketball and wanted to make a shot, but Xie Wanjun raised his left hand immediately and blocked Hao Ren’s shooting route!
However, Hao Ren faked it! He drew the basketball back promptly, passed through Xie Wanjun’s right side, dribbled another two steps inwards, and raised his hand to make a shot!
Pa!
An arm came from an impossible angle and knocked away the basketball that Hao Ren just shot out!
Hao Ren looked down and saw Xie Wanjun, whose right hand was taped at his back, jumping backward and blocking with his left hand!
Dong! Xie Wanjun landed firmly and stared at Hao Ren without emotion.
Zhou Liren, Cao Ronghua, and the players including Zhao Jiayi were in astonishment.
With one hand tied to his back, Xie Wanjun could still do a back jump and block! Could a normal person do this?
Dong, dong, dong… Bear from the basketball team reacted first and rolled over another basketball.
Xie Wanjun bent over and picked up the basketball. “It’s my turn to be on the offense now,” he said.
Hao Ren panted, walked in front of Xie Wanjun, and spread his arms open in a defensive position.
“Looking good,” Xie Wanjun complimented Hao Ren and reminded him, “Here we go!”
He dribbled the ball with his left hand, and the brown basketball turned into a brown shadow due to his fast dribbling; the ball couldn’t even be seen clearly!
Also, he dribbled it behind his back from time to time to prevent Hao Ren from stealing it!
Xie Wanjun’s left leg was suddenly lifted as he made a move!
Hao Ren quickly blocked to his right!
Unexpectedly, Xie Wanjun’s dribble route was also faked! He continued and stepped his right foot out and ran forward from his own right side!
As if a goalkeeper had picked the wrong position to defend for a penalty kick, it was already too late for Hao Ren to change!
Xie Wanjun cut in from the right; he still moved smoothly despite dribbling with one hand! His body was slightly slanted due to his right hand being tied up, but it didn’t affect his speed at all!
He made a shot!
Xie Wanjun used his left hand and pushed the basketball out!
Hua…
Hao Ren ran abruptly like a rocket!
He raised both of his arms up and blocked the basketball!
Seeing that Hao Ren could still block the basketball he shot out, Xie Wanjun didn’t know how to react. “What kind of movement is this, blocking from volleyball?” he asked.
Hao Ren didn’t know how to answer as his movement was weird. However, no matter what kind of move it was, it would be a good move if it could stop the opponent from scoring without fouling.
Even though Xie Wanjun was talking, his movement didn’t slow down. He landed first, twisted his body, and hooked the ball that Hao Ren just blocked with his left hand.
He raised his hand again, and the basketball flew over Hao Ren’s head, who was dropping down from the jump.
Guang, guang, guang… the basketball bounced four to five times on the basket before falling out.
Hao Ren saw that the basketball didn’t score and jumped up immediately. Xie Wanjun also moved forward with a huge step and jumped up!
Rebound! Both of their arms went up at the same time as their back and waist bumped into each other!
Dong! Xie Wanjun, who was two meters tall, actually got knocked away by Hao Ren!
While everybody was stunned by this scene, Xie Wanjun lost his balance but grabbed the basketball to adjust his body position. After he landed on the ground, he went straight up again. He caught the basketball and followed up with the dunk.
“These two guys are both abnormal… One doesn’t look strong at all but has scary strength, and the other is two meters tall but faster than a monkey…”
The players on the Basketball Team thought of the first point about Hao Ren while Zhou Liren and Cao Ronghua thought of the second point about Xie Wanjun.
“Okay, let’s stop here,” as Hao Ren picked up the basketball and prepared to go again, Xie Wanjun said suddenly.
“Your fundamentals are pretty solid. At this rate, you can play in next week’s game,” Xie Wanjun evaluated Hao Ren.
Zhao Jiayi looked at Hao Ren, who was standing under the basket, and laughed, “This kid already learned about fake movements. A week ago, Hao Ren was still a noob who would pass the ball right away once he received it!”
“Hao Ren could play in the game against Jinghua University?” Zhou Liren found it hard to believe as he stood outside of the court.
Seeing Hao Ren standing underneath the basket with the basketball in his hand and not unmoving, Xie Wanjun took off the tape and asked at the same time, “What’s wrong? You blanking out?”
Dong, dong, dong…
The basketball fell from Hao Ren’s hand, bounced a few times, and rolled beside his feet.
Hao Ren stood still as if he was a sculpture.
“What the heck, Ren!” Cao Ronghua sensed that something was wrong and yelled.
At the same time, Hao Ren shivered suddenly and ran outside of the stadium!
“What the heck! Why is a breakthrough of the Spirit Concentration Scroll happening now? Is it possible that playing basketball could exceed my physical limit? So, I could sense the laws and rules in nature through the process of battling others?” Hao Ren thought.
His head felt heavy and his feet felt light, and the acupoints in his body kept on expanding as if they were about to explode!
The clouds in the sky outside of the stadium gathered together like a whirlpool and formed a vortex.