White, Dragon Slaying Victory

Tap!

Facing Black's reverse move, White finally responded!

Ninth column, seventeenth row—wedge!

"Wedge!"

Someone couldn't help sucking in a sharp breath. "Facing Black's reverse move, White actually chose such a restrained wedge?!"

"I can't quite understand this wedge. If White plays this way without a follow-up, he'll suffer badly. So could White have a follow-up? But I can't see it!"

"I can't see it either. But since that kid played there, he should have been confident. And yet I can't see it at all. This is... really making my hair stand on end!"

The entire room was captivated by the tense, murderous game, everyone staring fixedly at the Go Board and waiting for Black's response.

Soon, Black played again.

Tap!

Fourth column, nineteenth row—hit!

White immediately played as well!

Before long, both sides had played another ten moves. Only then did everyone belatedly understand why White had chosen to wedge after Black's reverse move!

White had anticipated that Black would choose to invade afterward. By wedging, White could directly make an extremely tricky knight's move from above, threatening Black's outer influence. No one had noticed this at all!

It was like an utterly composed lion. Even after being wrapped around by a venomous snake, its first reaction wasn't to panic and shake it off, but to bite down on the snake's vital spot!

"Too strong! If it were me, I probably would've panicked after Black's reverse move. But White immediately calmed down and played the best move, delivering the sharpest possible counterattack!"

Someone shook his head in awe. He had sensed an enormous gap unlike anything he had ever experienced before.

A gap like this could probably no longer be made up for through hard work.

A gap that hard work could not erase was enough to make anyone despair!

The Go Stones continued to fall. Everyone was now completely absorbed in the game, their emotions rising and falling with every change on the board!

At this moment, the black and white stones on the Go Board had already crossed blades, revealing a ferocious aspect. On this small board, they fought until heaven and earth seemed to dim!

Black began its counterattack from the Mokuhou, launching a fierce assault on White's three great dragons. White showed no fear at all, gripping Black's fangs tightly and preparing to snap them off!

Tap!

Tap!

Tap!

The sound of Go Stones landing rang out continuously. As everyone watched the game, cold sweat unknowingly seeped from their foreheads.

Time passed bit by bit. As the game progressed, everyone's expressions gradually began to change.

"Something's wrong. How... how could this happen?!"

Someone stared fixedly at the Go Board, his face covered in cold sweat and filled with confusion.

After Black played that reverse move, the position became extraordinarily complex and fierce, revealing a path to survival for Black. Everyone had thought that Black and White would engage in a Dragon-Tiger Fight.

But the game's development was completely different from what they had expected—in fact, it was the exact opposite!

Black had clearly played a Brilliant move capable of overturning the entire position, so why—

Why was Black now in an even worse situation than before? Black was even being completely crushed by White!

Just then, Yu Shao played again.

Second column, thirteenth row—pincer attack!

"Pincer attack?"

Seeing this move, everyone couldn't help inhaling sharply, their eyes filled with shock. "He didn't choose to hane and connect, but chose a pincer attack?!"

"White sacrificed another stone! He launched an all-out assault, intending to invade Black's heart and win by Dragon Slaying Victory!"

"This is the fiercest move! If he wanted stability, he could choose to hane and connect. If he wanted an all-out assault, a tiger's mouth would also be a good choice. But White deliberately chose the pincer attack that left himself no room at all!"

"But is he really confident? Even though Black's position is unfavorable now, after White sacrifices a stone, Black will surely have a counterattack!"

Whether White was confident or not, everyone realized at that moment—

White truly intended to fight Black to the death!

White had left himself not the slightest retreat. He was Burning the Boats, even willing to sacrifice a stone, seeking only a fiercer, denser attack as he advanced on Black with a drawn blade!

Therefore, since this blade had been drawn, it was bound to draw blood.

Either Black's—

Or White's own.

This would be a battle for life and death!

Zheng Qin looked at this pincer attack and felt a mountain of pressure. His back had been thoroughly soaked with sweat before he even realized it.

He had also thought that his reverse move would be his path to survival.

But in the game afterward, he had been... almost completely suppressed!

After thinking for a long time, Zheng Qin gritted his teeth and played again.

Smack!

First column, tenth row—sharp point!

Black had originally possessed attacking potential as well. But now, facing White's desperate, stone-sacrificing style, Black could only choose to intercept and block, unable to contend with White head-on!

However, as long as Black could withstand this wave of White's attack, Black would be reborn from the desperate situation and might even turn defeat into victory!

For a moment, everyone held their breath. A tense, anxious atmosphere filled the entire Go room.

Everyone understood that after White chose to sacrifice a stone, the game had already begun heading toward its conclusion.

This battle would decide the winner in one final blow!

The Go Stones continued to fall one after another!

Though they were only stones, once they landed on the Go Board, they seemed to transform in everyone's eyes into flashes of blades and swords, making their hearts tremble.

"Facing Black's sharp point, White chose to extend outward. Black naturally cut him off, but White chose to... split directly?"

Xu Ziqin lowered her head toward the Go Board, her beautiful eyes flashing with shock. There really is a move like this? How devious.

At this moment, everyone else's expressions had also grown extremely complicated.

They suddenly realized that if White had been a mighty lion before, then White now seemed to have transformed into a cold-blooded hunter, hiding in the jungle and relentlessly pulling the trigger.

Perhaps White's attack was not as ferocious as before, but White had hidden himself, making people shudder with fear.

Because Black did not know where White would pull the trigger, while Black also understood very clearly that once the bullet left the chamber, it would be even more lethal!

White was hunting!

And Black was fleeing in panic!

Another dozen or so moves were played, and the Go room became even quieter.

"Too fierce, too brutal!"

A bespectacled young man was covered in cold sweat. "These few moves by White are too... too ruthless. After sacrificing a stone, White hasn't played a single soft move. Every move has been razor-sharp, making full use of every stone's strength and accounting for every possible variation!"

"Black..."

He mouthed the rest of his words twice, unable to say them.

But everyone knew what he wanted to say.

Black probably couldn't hold on any longer!

Everyone had thought that after the sacrifice, the two sides would continue fighting for a long time. But once again, reality was completely contrary to their expectations!

White played several consecutive moves so cunning and sharp that they left everyone speechless. Some of them were so subtle that people only suddenly realized their brilliance after the moves had been played!

Black's defense was extremely tenacious, but White still almost completely suppressed Black. Moreover, White was about to invade Black's heart, nearly unstoppable!

"Why, why is this happening?"

Someone was covered in cold sweat. He couldn't understand it—he truly couldn't!

The script wasn't supposed to go like this!

Even though White had held the advantage during the opening and middle-game battle, Black had still been able to fight White evenly.

But why, after Black played that reverse move, had the situation not improved, but instead immediately taken a sharp turn for the worse, leaving Black completely unable to fight back against White's crushing pressure?

By now, Black's position was so dangerous that it was practically on the verge of collapse!

Was there something wrong with that reverse move?

No, there wasn't.

Everyone could see that White had not used that reverse move to set some kind of trap. That reverse move had unquestionably been a good one!

Then why?

Why had the position now turned out like this after Black's reverse move?

A ridiculous conjecture gradually surfaced in everyone's hearts.

"Could it be that before Black's reverse move, White hadn't been using his full strength at all?!"

But this conjecture was too absurd. They didn't want to consider it, and they didn't dare to!

In this game, Zheng Qin had displayed strength far beyond his usual level, yet the game had still reached this state.

If that was what had happened while this high school student named Yu Shao still hadn't used his full strength, then they simply could not imagine how terrifying Yu Shao's Go strength truly was!

Another five or six moves passed before Yu Shao placed another white stone.

Tap!

The sound of the stone was crisp.

Zheng Qin stared at the white stone. His hand reached into the Stone Box, but he did not take out another stone.

The entire room fell silent.

Because everyone had already seen the position clearly.

White—

Dragon Slaying Victory!