With an acceleration and power dribble, Loki mercilessly left Karasu behind. The difference in their levels was simply too great. Karasu's weapons were of no use against Loki.
Loki did not let his guard down because of this. He had already noticed Tendou, who was crazily charging towards him.
At this moment, the contempt in Loki's eyes had disappeared. This place, Blue Lock, was not so simple. At least, this genius of the same age in front of him was not so simple.
Swoosh!
Loki advanced instead of retreating. With a second acceleration, it was as if lasers were shooting from behind him. His speed was terrifyingly fast.
"He can accelerate a second time?!"
Anri, Ego, Reo, Chigiri, Otoya, and Karasu all took a sharp breath. With this kind of speed, you could really do whatever you wanted.
Swish!
Tendou was not to be outdone. Surging lightning bloomed from under his feet, and he rapidly approached Loki.
Too fast.
It was really too fast.
This was like a collision between light and electricity. The two great geniuses clashed in the blink of an eye. The maxed-out special effects made this scene incredibly cool, dazzling the audience. Anri placed her hands on her chest as if praying, holding her breath as she watched the screen.
In the span of a single breath, Tendou and Loki had crossed more than ten meters to come face to face.
Loki's footwork wasn't flashy, but it was far from bad. In fact, with his kind of explosive power and speed, he indeed didn't need too many fancy dribbles. With just one change of direction and a third acceleration, he could leave people in his dust.
But Tendou's Six Eyes told him that Loki's footwork couldn't keep up with his explosive power and sprint speed. This was also a problem that the real-world Mbappé faced; his footwork indeed couldn't control his overly heaven-defying physical talent. Loki was the same. Like Tendou, his technical attributes couldn't unleash the full potential of his body.
"Their physical talent is too outstanding. In terms of individual technique, they can't yet control the bodies God has given them," Adam Blake and the others were experienced players. At this moment, they all envied the physical talent that the two 17-year-old geniuses possessed. Because these things are innate; you can't obtain them no matter how hard you work later in life. And technique can be accumulated through hard work and time. Once the two's technique is sufficient to control their bodies, then the two prodigies in front of them will soar to the heavens.
Both of them had flaws in their technique. But Tendou was less affected because he also had the two great abilities of the Six Eyes and Big Data Statistics.
Tap!
Loki didn't hesitate at all, changing direction in an instant and flashing past Tendou. Seeing this, Tendou stomped his foot hard on the turf and quickly stuck to him. The image he had stolen from the future allowed him to respond in advance.
At this time, Loki could have completely passed the ball to a teammate. With the abilities of Reo and the others, there was no way they could stop the other four from scoring.
However, at this stage, Loki was still that egomaniacal European prodigy. He was the favored son of France, the master of the Parc des Princes, the future of PSG. If he were facing a world-class defender like Van Dijk, it would be one thing, but how could he back down against a mere peer?
His teammates were already waving for the ball, but he acted as if he couldn't see them.
It made sense. You have to know, even when Neymar and Messi later joined PSG, Loki only regarded them as his helpers. The boss of the team was still himself.
Luna and the others were helpless. They also understood. Young geniuses, which one of them isn't overflowing with confidence?
João Félix. This man was a genius player from Portugal, who beat out Sancho and Havertz to become the European Golden Boy, his transfer fee breaking club records. He was hailed by the media as C-Ronaldo's successor. During the European Championship, he even made the famous statement, "C-Ronaldo being on the bench has no effect on Portugal. I have no obligation to pass to him." The implication was that he had the strength to replace C-Ronaldo's position. But in the end, it was proven that even a 40-year-old C-Ronaldo was more useful than him. In the end, at only 25 years old, he had already transferred to several European clubs, his value plummeting from 100 million euros to 30 million, and still, no one was interested.
Loki was different. He was a player who had already proven himself in major competitions. The Champions League, the World Cup—he had shown his ability and talent to the world. Of course, Félix couldn't compare to him.
The contest between the two was extremely violent, with light and electricity constantly intertwining. Loki could feel that in terms of speed, he was superior. And so, he kicked the ball forward with force. The ball, under the force, quickly surpassed both of them, rolling along the ground. This was to pass the ball to himself three seconds in the future.
Tendou's Six Eyes rotated; he had already seen this scene from the future. The moment Loki started, he crashed into him with an "Iron Mountain Leaning." He thought this would be enough to disrupt Loki's sprint, but who would have known that Loki would directly overtake him from the "outside lane," forcefully getting past. This scene was extremely similar to the Copa del Rey match where Bale ate Bartra alive. An absolute classic moment.
"Monster!"
A person who can even be eaten alive for speed by Tendou... is such a guy really human? Cold sweat dripped down Chigiri's back. This kind of duel was too intense, the level too high.
However, Tendou was not Bartra. The moment Loki passed him, Tendou quickly twisted his body. He stomped both his feet on the turf at the same time, his legs instantly completing a power-up.
"Pīlì Yīshǎn! (Thunder Breathing, First Form!)"
Blue and white lightning erupted again. Tendou took a step and once again rushed forward to fight with Loki.
...
In the super-high-speed duel, the pupils of the two were invisible, only the whites of their eyes remained. This expressive performance made the audience's hearts pound with excitement, and at the same time, cold sweat broke out in their palms.
They crossed the line one after another, charging from the midfield all the way into the penalty area. At this moment, Luna and the others had already made their forward runs. If Loki just tapped the ball out, it would be a golden scoring opportunity. After all, the goalkeeper of Blue Lock... it seemed to make no difference whether he was there or not.
But who was Loki? He would absolutely not bow his head to anyone, not even the world's number one Tendou. This goal, he would score it himself.
He aimed his eyes at the far corner of the goal, but Tendou's brain and eyes were simultaneously issuing a warning. This was a feint.
"Big Data Statistics: Loki direct shot probability 100%. Far corner probability 20%. Near corner probability 80%..."
As expected of you, turtle. A classic aim-far-shoot-near!
At this moment, Loki was still half a body length ahead of Tendou. This distance was enough for him to take a shot. Without any hesitation, Loki met the ball with a furious shot.
And Tendou... his eyes suddenly erupted with azure flames. It was just like when Isagi had entered the Flow before. No one could have imagined that Tendou would enter the realm of Flow at a time like this.
In that instant, Tendou dove to the ground and slid forward, extending his leg, his arm swung back to its maximum extent, fully committing to block this certain goal.
BAM!
Tap!
Success. Tendou had stopped Loki's certain goal with his long leg.
"You bastard!" Loki, seeing that even this didn't go in, was stunned. His voice became gritted.
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