You really can glow?

Wu Shuheng calmed himself slightly, looked down at the chessboard, and after a long period of thought, finally picked up a stone.

Clack.

The stone landed on the board.

After Black finished, Xu Ziqin immediately followed suit, her expression focused and serious.

Wu Shuheng's brow furrowed. After a moment of thought, he picked up another stone and placed it.

Clack.

Clack.

Clack.

The rhythmic sounds of stones landing on the board continued one after another.

The students below watched the two players intently. Some couldn't help but swallow.

"Bro, do you feel like... Xu Ziqin is like a different person when she plays Go?" someone asked a nearby classmate, covering their mouth with the back of their hand.

"You feel that way too?"

The classmate who was asked looked at Xu Ziqin on the stage, stunned. He nodded and whispered, "Her aura is too strong. I can't really understand this game, but for some reason, this aura makes me feel a bit oppressed."

"Yeah... When Xu Ziqin plays, it's like nothing else matters to her. She only focuses on the game, indifferent to everything else."

A classmate nearby, deeply in agreement, looked at Xu Ziqin with a hint of fear and said, "Even just looking at her, I feel a sense of pressure. Compared to before, she's even harder to approach!"

If the previous Xu Ziqin had given people a sense of aloofness that kept them at a distance, yet still made some want to approach her, the current Xu Ziqin gave off an aura of cold indifference.

On the big screen, the game continued!

Wu Shuheng stared at the board, a fine sheen of sweat appearing on his forehead without him realizing it.

At this point, both sides were locked in a fierce battle in the center of the board, a deadly struggle where neither showed any mercy, each intent on destroying the other!

Although Wu Shuheng felt that some of Xu Ziqin's moves were still a bit naive and occasionally soft, every move Black made was filled with a spiritual quality that put him under immense pressure.

"Wu—"

The photographer standing behind Wu Shuheng wanted to remind him that he had been sitting at this table for too long.

However, upon seeing the beads of sweat on Wu Shuheng's forehead, he hesitated and ultimately swallowed his words.

Finally, after another seven or eight moves, Xu Ziqin did not continue to place stones but entered a long thinking period again.

Wu Shuheng breathed a sigh of relief, wiped the sweat from his face, and moved to the next table.

Wu Shuheng glanced at the board and immediately placed a stone.

Eighth file, seventeenth rank, a pincer attack!

"He played here?"

Below the stage, Wu Zhixuan, watching through the big screen, looked surprised. "This... this doesn't seem like the way a professional player would play against an amateur."

As a professional player facing an amateur, seeing the state of this game, one should play directly in the center, not choose a tricky pincer attack like this.

This pincer attack was, of course, a good move, but it was a sharp tactic that spared no means to achieve victory!

The opponent was clearly weaker, so why would Wu Shuheng, a professional player, adopt such a strategy?

"My brother is feeling the pressure and wants to finish quickly..."

Wu Zhixuan saw through her brother's intentions.

Wu Shuheng felt pressured by Xu Ziqin and Yu Shao. He needed to quickly resolve the other games to free up time and concentrate on these two matches!

"My brother has lost... his confidence in winning all the games..."

The stones fell rapidly. Soon, the students at this table looked at the board with flushed faces, clearly indicating that the situation was not looking good.

Wu Shuheng continued to the next table.

Just as before, Wu Shuheng abandoned his previous style of play and launched a relentless pursuit against all his opponents, playing each move with extreme ruthlessness, aiming to corner them as quickly as possible.

Finally, not long after, Wu Shuheng returned to Yu Shao's table.

"He chose to extend?"

Wu Shuheng raised an eyebrow, slightly surprised.

Yu Shao had been in a long thinking period just now. When he came over this time, he thought Yu Shao would play somewhere significant, but he didn't expect Black to simply extend the stone.

Of course, this move to extend was impeccable and a very reasonable play.

Wu Shuheng quickly picked up a stone and placed it.

Clack.

Fifth file, fourteenth rank, sealing.

Seeing Wu Shuheng finish, Yu Shao immediately picked up a stone and placed it on the board.

Wu Shuheng thought for a moment and placed another stone.

Yu Shao, in turn, began playing rapidly again, his pace almost as fast as at the start of the game.

But Wu Shuheng no longer dared to play as quickly as Yu Shao, nor did he dare to rely solely on his intuition.

Because the game had become incredibly complex due to the Ko fight, he had to think deeply and repeatedly assess the local value before making his next move.

Tap.

Tap.

Soon, after both players made seven or eight moves, it was Yu Shao's turn again.

"Click."

Yu Shao gazed calmly at the board, reaching into the Go stone container, the pieces clinking crisply.

He slowly picked out a stone.

The next moment, his hand descended from a great height!

Snap!

Eighteen by fifteen, Pu!

As the stone fell, despite the continuous sound of pieces being placed, it sounded like a thunderclap to Wu Shuheng!

"This..."

"This is..."

Wu Shuheng's pupils instantly contracted to the size of pinpricks as he stared in disbelief at the single black stone that had ventured alone into the white formation!

He had absolutely not expected that at this position, this black stone would, single-handedly, Pu into the white formation again.

If White were to play the next move right next to the black stone, that black stone would be immediately captured!

But...

This black stone had entered the white formation with a resolve to die, like a loyal warrior singing a song of the Yan, bravely facing death!

For the ultimate victory, it had offered its head!

"If I capture it, then my shape will be problematic, and Black will immediately launch an offensive on the right wing. This offensive will be so fierce that I cannot bear it; I will inevitably collapse!"

"But, if I don't capture it..."

Wu Shuheng's back was already drenched in sweat without him realizing it, his eyes fixed on the board, unwilling to blink.

"Then, Black might initiate another Ko fight here, and this game will have two local Ko fights simultaneously! The situation will become bewildering and unimaginably complex!"

"My white stones are already... unable to move!"

Below the stage.

Zhou De stared at the game on the big screen, dumbfounded, unable to speak for a long time.

He had been following Yu Shao's game closely and thought Yu Shao's earlier hasty initiation of the Ko was a joke, as it seemed he didn't have enough Ko threats.

But Yu Shao's Pu move was like a heavy hammer, making his head buzz.

If there were two Ko fights in the game, forming a double Ko cycle, the final result would usually be that both sides lose one Ko.

But the problem was that no matter which of these two Ko fights was resolved, it would be unacceptable for White!

Zhou De looked at the board, and for a moment, he had the illusion that the black stone was actually glowing.

"So... playing Go... can actually make stones glow?"

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