Ordinary methods naturally could not defeat False Tiger, but after the Five-Clawed Long Dragon formed by the linked white stones swallowed some of the black stones, many spaces opened up on the board.
Although the black stones on the outside had been separated, making their "liberties" difficult to connect, those empty spaces also gave Chen Yi an opportunity to lay out his position anew.
He acted decisively.
Chen Yi picked up a black stone and placed it in the middle of the board without hesitation.
"Oh?"
Chen Xuanji looked at the game in some surprise. His earlier indifference faded a little, and he said with interest, "Seeking life by placing yourself on death's ground?"
"This stone-is it you?"
In his eyes, that solitary black stone resembled nothing so much as Chen Yi's circumstances after arriving in Shuzhou.
Fighting alone, rushing here and there, sparing no effort to help the Xiao Family sweep away every enemy.
Chen Yi's eyes shone brightly. Without confirming or denying it, he said, "Senior, your move."
At that moment, he seemed to glimpse that "one" between heaven and earth. Heaven and earth were not benevolent, and all things would ultimately perish, yet there was also "the one that escaped," capable of transcending it all.
And that black stone was the "one" that broke free of False Tiger's schemes and arrangements.
Although the solitary black stone looked exceedingly out of place among the white stones, it was like a soldier deep behind enemy lines. Even surrounded, it fearlessly harried the enemy, drawing all their attention.
Chen Xuanji naturally saw this. After a brief moment of surprise, he picked up a white stone and placed it to the right of that black stone, just as before.
"What you've done in Shuzhou has indeed exceeded my expectations."
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