Wu Shuheng slowly calmed himself. He lowered his head to study the Go Board, and only after pondering for a long while did he finally use the Stone Box to pick up a Go Stone.
Clack.
The Go Stone landed on the Go Board.
After the black stones finished their move, Xu Ziqin immediately followed with a Go Stone of her own, her expression focused and serious.
Wu Shuheng furrowed his brow. After thinking for a moment, he again picked up a Go Stone and placed it.
Clack.
Clack.
Clack.
The successive clacking sounds of Go Stones landing on the Go Board rang out without pause.
The students below the stage watched the two players intently. Some even swallowed involuntarily.
"Brother, don't you feel like... Xu Ziqin becomes a completely different person when she plays Go?" someone asked the student beside him in a low voice, covering his mouth with the back of his hand.
"You feel that way too?"
The student who had been asked stared at Xu Ziqin on the stage in shock and nodded. He said softly, "Her aura is too strong. I can't really understand this game, but somehow, her aura is making me feel oppressed."
"Yeah... When Xu Ziqin plays Go, it's as if everything else has nothing to do with her. She only cares about this game and doesn't care about anything else."
Another student nearby clearly felt the same way. He looked at Xu Ziqin and said uneasily, "Even just watching her makes me feel pressured. Compared with before, she feels even harder to approach!"
If the former Xu Ziqin had merely seemed distant, keeping people a thousand miles away while still making some want to draw closer, then the current Xu Ziqin felt simply cold and indifferent.
On the big screen, the game continued!
Wu Shuheng stared at the Go Board. Before he realized it, sweat had quietly appeared on his forehead.
At this moment, the two sides had already crossed swords in earnest. The fiercest Capturing Race had unfolded in the center, and neither side showed the slightest mercy. Both wanted to put the other to death!
Although some of Xu Ziqin's moves still seemed somewhat immature to Wu Shuheng, and she occasionally played a soft move, every move made by the black stones was filled with spiritual energy, putting enormous pressure on him.
"Wu—"
The photographer standing behind Wu Shuheng had wanted to remind him that he had spent a little too long at this table.
However, when he saw the beads of sweat on Wu Shuheng's forehead, he hesitated. In the end, he swallowed the rest of his words.
Finally, after another seven or eight moves, Xu Ziqin did not continue placing stones. Instead, she began thinking for a long time again.
Wu Shuheng let out a sigh of relief, wiped the sweat from his face, and walked toward the next table.
Wu Shuheng merely glanced at the Go Board before immediately placing a stone.
Eighth column, seventeenth row—Pincer attack!
"She played there?"
Below the stage, Wu Zhixuan was somewhat surprised when she saw the move on the big screen. "This... doesn't look like the way a Professional Go Player would play against an amateur."
As a Professional Go Player facing an amateur, after seeing the position on the board, he should have played openly in the center instead of choosing such a tricky move as a Pincer attack.
This Pincer attack was certainly a good move, but it was a sharp and ruthless move that abandoned all scruples for the sake of victory!
The opponent was clearly very weak. So why had Wu Shuheng, a Professional Go Player, chosen to play this way?
"Brother has felt the pressure. He wants to finish the game quickly..."
Wu Zhixuan saw through her brother's intentions.
Wu Shuheng had already felt the pressure from Xu Ziqin and Yu Shao. He needed to settle the other games as quickly as possible so he could free up time and focus more carefully on these two boards!
"Brother no longer has... the confidence that he can win every game..."
The two sides played their moves rapidly. Before long, the student at this table stared at the board with a flushed expression. Clearly, the situation had become rather unfavorable.
Wu Shuheng continued toward the next table.
Just as before, Wu Shuheng completely changed his style. He relentlessly attacked every opponent, making each move exceptionally fierce and striving to surround and crush them as quickly as possible.
Finally, not long afterward, Wu Shuheng returned to Yu Shao's table.
"An Extend?"
Wu Shuheng raised an eyebrow, feeling slightly surprised.
Yu Shao had been deep in thought just now, so Wu Shuheng had wondered what move he would make when he returned. He had not expected the black stones to simply Extend outward.
Of course, there was nothing wrong with this Extend. It was an entirely reasonable move.
Wu Shuheng quickly picked up a Go Stone and placed it.
Clack.
Fifth column, fourteenth row—Block.
After Yu Shao saw Wu Shuheng finish his move, he immediately picked up a Go Stone and placed it on the Go Board.
Wu Shuheng thought for a moment before placing another stone.
Yu Shao once again began playing his moves rapidly, at a speed almost matching that of the game's opening.
But Wu Shuheng no longer dared to play as quickly as Yu Shao. He certainly did not dare to rely solely on his Go sense.
Because of the Ko fight, the position had already become incredibly complicated. He had to think deeply and repeatedly assess the local value before he could continue placing stones.
Clack.
Clack.
Soon, after both sides had played seven or eight moves, it was Yu Shao's turn again.
"Click."
Yu Shao calmly gazed at the Go Board. He reached his right hand into the Stone Box, and the collision of the Go Stones produced a crisp sound.
He slowly picked up a Go Stone.
The next moment, his hand came crashing down!
Smack!
Eighth column, fifteenth row—Throw-in!
The Go Stone landed. Although the sound of the move was not especially loud, to Wu Shuheng's ears, it was like thunder crashing down!
"This..."
"This is..."
Wu Shuheng's pupils instantly shrank to pinpoints. He stared at the lone black Go Stone that had charged into the white formation in disbelief!
He had never imagined that at this position, this black Go Stone would charge alone into the white formation once again.
As long as the next white Go Stone were placed beside it, this black Go Stone would immediately die!
But...
This black Go Stone had entered the formation fully prepared to die, like a righteous warrior singing a heroic song as he marched calmly toward his death!
For the sake of ultimate victory, it had offered up its own head!
"If I capture it, my shape will have a problem. The black stones will immediately launch an attack on the right wing, and the assault will be so fierce that I won't be able to withstand it. I'll inevitably collapse!"
"But if I don't capture it..."
Before he realized it, Wu Shuheng's back was already drenched in sweat. He stared fixedly at the Go Board without even blinking.
"Then the black stones will probably Initiate Ko here again. This game will have two local Ko fights at the same time! The situation will become mysterious and complicated beyond imagination!"
"My white stones... can no longer move!"
Below the stage.
Zhou De stared at the game on the big screen, dumbfounded. For a long time, he could not say a word.
He had been paying attention to Yu Shao's game all along. He had felt that Yu Shao's reckless decision to Initiate Ko earlier was practically a joke, since there clearly were not enough Ko threats.
But Yu Shao's Throw-in struck him like a heavy hammer, making his head buzz.
If two Ko fights formed a double-ko cycle in the game, then the final result could generally only be that each side removed one Ko.
The problem was that no matter which of the two Kos disappeared, the result would be difficult for the white stones to accept!
Zhou De stared at the Go Board. In a daze, he actually felt as if the black Go Stone were truly glowing.
"So... playing Go really... really can make a stone glow?"
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