I Really Didn't Want to Play Go!
Chapter 19

White Piece, Dragon Slaying Victory

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Tap!

Facing Black's pounce, White finally responded!

Row nine, column seventeen, a "dig"!

"Dig!"

Someone couldn't help but gasp, "Facing Black's pounce, White's choice was to 'dig' so subtly?!"

"This 'dig' move is a bit hard to understand. If White doesn't have a follow-up, they'll suffer greatly. Does White have a follow-up? But I can't see it!"

"I can't see it either, but since that child played in this position, they should be confident. Yet, I can't figure it out… this is truly chilling when you think about it!"

The entire venue was captivated by the tense and deadly game, eyes fixed on the board, awaiting Black's response.

Soon, Black played another move.

Tap!

Row four, column nineteen, a "hit"!

Immediately after, White played their move as well!

Soon, both sides exchanged ten more moves, and only at this point did the crowd belatedly realize why White had chosen to "dig" after Black's pounce.

It was because White had predicted Black would choose to "hit" later. If White had "dug," White could directly threaten Black's external influence from above with an extremely tricky "cross-cut," a move no one had noticed!

It was like an extremely calm Mighty Lion, even when entangled by a venomous snake, its first reaction wasn't to frantically shake it off, but to bite down on the snake's most vulnerable spot!

"Too strong! If it were me, after facing Black's pounce, I probably would have panicked. But White immediately played the best move calmly, delivering the sharpest counterattack to Black!"

Someone sighed, shaking their head in admiration. He felt an immense gap he had never experienced before.

This kind of gap, perhaps, could no longer be bridged by effort alone.

A gap that cannot be leveled by effort is enough to drive one to despair!

The stones continued to fall, and everyone was now completely engrossed in the game, their emotions rising and falling with the flow of the match!

At this moment, the black and white stones on the board were like swords drawn, revealing their ferocity. On this small board, they fought a battle as fierce as heaven and earth collapsing!

Black counterattacked from a small corner opening, launching a fierce assault on White's three large dragon formations. White, however, did not flinch, firmly gripping Black's fangs, intending to break them!

Tap!

Tap!

Tap!

The sound of stones hitting the board continued to ring out. Watching the game, the crowd unconsciously felt cold sweat seeping from their foreheads.

Time ticked by, and as the game progressed, everyone's expressions began to change.

"No, how… how could this happen?!"

Someone stared intently at the board, their face covered in cold sweat, utterly bewildered.

After Black played that pouncing move, the board became exceptionally complex and fierce, revealing Black's path to survival. Everyone had expected a fierce battle between Black and White.

However, the game's development was completely different from their expectations, even opposite!

Black had played a brilliant move that could have overturned the board, but why—

Why was Black's situation now worse than before, even to the point of being completely crushed by White?!

Just then, Yu Shao played another move.

Row two, column thirteen, a "pincer"!

"Pincer?"

Seeing this move, everyone gasped, their eyes filled with shock, "He didn't choose to 'extend,' but instead chose to 'pincer'?!"

"White has sacrificed a stone again! He's launched a full-scale attack, aiming to penetrate Black's territory and ultimately achieve a dragon-slaying victory!"

"This is the most ferocious way to play! If one wanted to play safely, they could 'extend,' and if they wanted to attack, 'tiger' would also be a good move. But White chose the most uncompromising 'pincer'!"

"But is he really confident? Even though Black's situation isn't good right now, Black will surely counterattack after White sacrifices a stone!"

Regardless of whether White was confident or not, everyone suddenly realized—

White was truly going for a fight to the death with Black!

White left himself no room for retreat, having burned his bridges. He even sacrificed a stone, seeking only a more ferocious and dense offense, wielding his blade to strike at Black!

Therefore, this blade, once drawn, was bound to draw blood.

It would be either Black or White himself.

This will be a battle for survival!

Zheng Qin looked at this pincer move and felt immense pressure. His back had long since been completely soaked with sweat.

He too had thought that pounce would be his path to survival.

But in the subsequent game… he had been almost completely suppressed!

After a long period of thought, Zheng Qin gritted his teeth and played another move.

Snap!

Ten rows, one column, sharp!

Black had the initiative originally, but facing White's suicidal sacrifice play like this, it could only choose to intercept and block, unable to contend with it!

However, as long as Black could hold off this wave of White's attack, Black could be reborn from the brink of death, even having a chance to turn defeat into victory!

For a moment, everyone held their breath, a tense and anxious atmosphere filling the entire chess room.

Everyone understood that after White chose to sacrifice a piece, this game had already begun to head towards its conclusion.

This battle would decisively determine the outcome of the game!

Pieces fell one after another!

Although they were just pieces, as they landed on the board, in everyone's eyes, they seemed to transform into flashes of swords and shadows, striking fear into their hearts.

"Facing Black's sharp move, White chose to extend. Black naturally cut, but White chose... to simply split?"

Xu Ziqin looked down at the board, her beautiful eyes flickering, deeply shocked in her heart. "There's still this kind of move? It's too tricky."

At this moment, everyone else's expressions also became incredibly complex.

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

Perhaps White's offense was not as fierce as before, but White had hidden itself, sending chills down their spines.

Because Black didn't know where White would pull the trigger, and Black knew very well that once the bullet left the barrel, it would be even more deadly!

White was hunting!

And Black was fleeing in panic!

After another dozen moves, the chess room became even quieter.

"Too fierce, too brutal!"

A young man wearing glasses was covered in cold sweat. "White's last few moves were too... too decisive. After the sacrifice, White made no soft moves. Every move was extremely sharp, fully utilizing every piece and considering all possible variations!"

"Black..."

He mumbled the rest of his words, unable to finish.

But everyone knew what he was going to say.

Black was probably going to collapse!

Everyone thought that after the sacrifice, there would still be a long period of struggle and battle between the two sides, but the reality was the complete opposite of their predictions!

White had played several tricky and sharp moves in a row that were astonishing, some of which only became clear in their brilliance after they were played!

Although Black's defense was very tenacious, White had almost completely suppressed Black, and White was already about to break into Black's territory, almost unstoppable!

"Why, why is it like this?"

Someone was covered in cold sweat, unable to understand, completely unable to understand!

The script shouldn't be like this!

Even in the earlier opening and mid-game battles, White had the advantage, but Black could still exchange blows with White.

But why, after Black played that "reverse hook" move, did the situation not only fail to improve but instead take a sharp turn for the worse, being crushed by White with no room to fight back?

By now, Black's situation could even be described as precariously balanced!

Was there a problem with that "reverse hook" move?

No, there wasn't.

Everyone could see that White had not used that "reverse hook" move to set any trap; it was undeniably a good move!

So, why then?

Why, after Black's "reverse hook," was the situation on the board like this?

A ridiculous conjecture gradually emerged in everyone's minds.

"Could it be that before that 'reverse hook' move, White wasn't using their full strength at all?!"

But this conjecture was too absurd; they were unwilling to think about it, and they didn't dare to!

In this game, Zheng Qin had displayed strength far exceeding his usual level, yet he was being played like this.

If this was the case when the high school student named Yu Shao wasn't using his full strength, they could hardly imagine what level this high school student Yu Shao's chess skill truly was!

After another five or six moves, Yu Shao placed another white piece.

Click!

The sound of the piece was crisp.

Zheng Qin looked at this white move, reached into the chess box, but did not pick up another piece.

The entire venue fell silent.

Because everyone had clearly seen the current situation.

White—

Dragon Slaying Victory!

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