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but.

Regardless, Elder Li Chi-nian is still the top figure in the chess academy, and his [Chess Way] characteristics have already reached the fifth level.

He was very familiar with all the musical scores and found a way to deal with them immediately.

The clashes between the two sides were particularly fierce, with all sorts of battles taking place at various river crossings!

They exchanged four or five pieces of strength...

The game remains very close, with neither side able to determine who has the advantage.

at this time.

Many members of the chess academy had already gathered around to watch the game.

"This battle is so intense!"

"As expected of Elder Li Chinian, his methods have not been broken much so far, and even the sect leader sometimes cannot beat him."

"Ah, so Elder Li Chinian is this strong? He can even defeat the sect leader?"

"Outer sect members, you don't really know about inner sect matters. Elder Li Chi-nian is practically one of the five best chess players in our chess academy."

"But his opponent must have just been a novice spectator; he couldn't possibly be that strong!"

"Judging from these moves, the opponent's strength is quite remarkable. To be able to force Elder Li Chinian to such a level, he is definitely not an ordinary person!"

At this moment, everyone watching from the sidelines clenched their fists involuntarily.

The battle between the two sides was so spectacular that only words could describe it!
Although Li Chinian was able to successfully stabilize the formation.

However, judging from the initial board position, they are already two moves behind!
This made Li Chi-nian's chess game time even slower.

His brows furrowed, completely baffled as to where Chen Ye came from, a master who could push him to this level.

but.

At this moment, Li Chi Nian's heavenly soldiers and generals had completely opened up the situation, found a certain weakness in Chen Ye's formation, and had deployed their forces to launch an offensive against Chen Ye!

Chen Ye set up his formation, not giving Li Chinian many offensive options at all. He successfully reinforced his defensive formation, quickly and completely blocking Li Chinian's offensive points.

Feeling the pressure from Chen Ye's attacks, Li Chinian is becoming increasingly passive. His brows are furrowed, and he simply can't find a better way to resolve the situation before him.

over time……

The game is getting increasingly intense, and the situation is constantly shrinking!
The situation is no longer one of suppression.

They began exchanging many pieces, but all of it was for the purpose of completely defeating the opponent, rather than for the sake of maintaining the overall situation.

Soon, the market began to contract and narrow...

The exchange of pieces resulted in Chen Ye gaining the upper hand and completely sealing off the game.

Left with no other choice, Li Chinian had to sacrifice one of the defending generals in order to hold the line.

But this approach is merely a way to prolong life.

There's simply no way to compare with someone as powerful as Chen Ye.

At this moment.

Everyone watching couldn't help but gasp.

Both players felt that the two opponents possessed extremely strong chess skills, which were far beyond their own capabilities.

"These two are playing chess way too fast, they've made so many moves so quickly."

"I swear, this is absolutely the most brilliant game of chess I've ever seen in my life, it can only be described as outrageous."

"This piece exchange is too extreme, and there's even a formation like this. I've never seen anything like it before."

"That unfamiliar face can't be a novice, right? If he were a novice, he wouldn't be able to reach this level with Elder Li Chinian at all!"

"That's right. Every move he made seemed to have calculated the situation perfectly. I didn't expect that even Elder Li Chinian had no room to resist."

"Yes... I've never even seen this kind of chess before; I can only describe it as awe-inspiring!"

"I feel like I learned a lot from this game!"

"My eyes seem to understand, but my brain doesn't comprehend anything."

"Hahahaha, what you said is absolutely true. This kind of chess is so difficult to even learn, let alone understand!"

The battle between the two sides has reached the endgame stage. However, the more this is the case, the more it tests their endgame skills and whether they have the greater strength.

Chen Ye played a more stable game.

By only having a lead of one guardian general, but by constantly compressing the situation, leaving the other riders with no pieces to move, Li Chinian was running out of moves as the situation continued to compress.

Finally, Elder Li Chi-nian began to lose money.

From cavalry to celestial soldiers and generals, and even guardian commanders, all had to make sacrifices, engaging in trades that didn't yield any profit—either losing pieces or moves. In short, they were in an increasingly passive situation.

"There are still such masters in the world!"

After making his final move, Elder Li Chinian shook his head, utterly despairing of the current situation.

Chen Ye's pace was so exaggerated that it completely locked down the final situation, leaving no piece available for maneuver. Under this intense pressure, he felt suffocated and had absolutely no chance.

In Li Chi-nian's eyes, Chen Ye was like a sophisticated machine that had completely locked down all his moves. This level of terror was comparable to comparing human brainpower to an electronic AI.

"We've lost completely."

Elder Li Chinian put down his last chess piece. At this moment, the king general had nowhere to escape and was forced into a corner with no chance left.

"Accepted."

After finishing the game, Chen Ye smiled slightly, feeling quite satisfied.

really!

No matter what, it's always more interesting to play chess with a master.

After spending so much time researching and planning, it's really enjoyable to come to the chess academy and play chess occasionally.

After all, this chess academy is indeed very advanced, and developing various chess strategies and moves would be a very interesting endeavor.

Chen Ye had never played such an interesting game of chess before.

It has to be said that the player's thinking is quite broad. After absorbing the special effects, he was able to come up with such an interesting way of playing chess, which completely exceeded Chen Ye's expectations!

Even using his exclusive talent of infinite deduction, Chen Ye felt he was in grave danger before he managed to kill his opponent.

Even with an infinite number of calculation steps, the opponent has already developed the game to its fullest potential, and winning is not such a simple matter.

"He is indeed a master."

Elder Li Chi-nian finally understood why Chen Ye could kill Xiao Rong so easily. After all, Xiao Rong was an inner sect chess player, and theoretically, his strength was by no means weak. Yet Chen Ye could still eliminate him so easily, proving he was no ordinary person.

however.

Only after personally fighting Chen Ye did he realize that the other party's strength was like the deep sea beneath the tip of an iceberg—unfathomable and incredibly terrifying.

"Elder Li Chi Nian, even you can't beat him?" The fox-tailed girl walked over, her face full of doubt, completely unable to understand why even Elder Li Chi Nian couldn't beat Chen Ye.

"Yes." Elder Li Chinian smiled bitterly, "Indeed, Chen Ye's strength is really too great. I have never seen his way of walking before."

"In that case, I'll have to play against him again."

The fox-tailed girl's eyes revealed excitement, clearly indicating that she had already noticed Chen Ye.

The fox-tailed girl had witnessed Chen Ye's technique before, but she never expected that Chen Ye's strength would be so great that he could directly defeat Elder Li Chinian!
To be honest, as the head of Longhu Chess Academy, the fox-tailed girl has not encountered many opponents.

Even if Elder Li Chi Nian occasionally managed to defeat the fox-tailed girl, it was only because she deliberately used some innovative footwork, wanting to try out new tactics.

If she were truly rigid and inflexible, leaving no room for maneuver, playing a game where no one could compete, then the fox-tailed girl would find no rivals in the entire chess academy.

however.

The fox-tailed girl suddenly realized that Chen Ye's chess skills were arguably the strongest in the entire chess academy, without exception, and no elder could compare to him.

As a result, the fox-tailed girl's interest in Chen Ye was extremely high!
"Come on, let's play another round! I want to see some expert matches!"

"Great! Matches between top players are so exhilarating!"

"Yes, Sect Master, we also want to see you play against this expert. It would be so interesting."

"I never expected the sect leader to choose to take action personally!"

"Looks like there's going to be a good show!"

All the chess players present showed excited expressions.

Just watching Chen Ye fight Elder Li Chinian made my blood boil.

However, unexpectedly, we then saw the sect leader playing chess with Chen Ye.

This was completely beyond everyone's expectations!
"How are you? You've just been through such an intense battle, you must be exhausted, right? I recommend you rest for a while, or perhaps fight another day?"

However, to everyone's surprise, the fox-tailed girl still cared about Chen Ye and did not immediately allow him to continue participating in the competition.

after all……

Fighting against a master of this caliber, even just one game of chess, is extremely mentally taxing!

Therefore, the fox-tailed girl also hoped that Chen Ye would rest for a while and fight again another day.

But Chen Ye shook his head and smiled:
"If I leave, my friends will be disappointed. The previous game gave me a deep understanding of the way of chess, and I'm eager to play another game."

"However... I still need to rest for a while."

"Could I order another lemon tea?"

Chen Ye drank the hand-whipped lemon tea in his hand, which was still very delicious. After playing such a game of chess, he had completely finished the drink.

But for some reason, this lemon tea is incredibly intoxicating!

Even after finishing it, I still wanted to drink some more!
Upon hearing this, the fox-tailed girl immediately understood and hurriedly went to the kitchen herself, saying as she went:

"When you come to our chess academy in the future, you can drink lemon tea for free. You won't have to pay a penny more."

"Then I'll accept it without hesitation!" Chen Ye smiled and accepted the offer without refusing it.

Sitting cross-legged, Chen Ye began to rapidly recover his mental energy.

To be honest…

Playing a game of chess with Elder Li Chinian has indeed taken a toll on my mental energy.

It seems like it's gone weak...

After all, Chen Ye was constantly using his exclusive talent [Infinite Deduction], which consumed a lot of energy.

It will take some time to recover.

"I didn't expect that just playing chess would consume so much of the [Infinite Deduction] skill. There are too many variables in one move, so there are infinitely many possible moves that can be deduced."

"Because deduction can be done step by step, there is no need to directly deduce to the extreme. However, you can quickly play many games with your opponent and find the best route to play the moves that your opponent is not good at."

“Every chess player has their own unique playing style, and [Infinite Deduction] can help me find the opponent's weak points, so I can defeat them one by one. In this way, I can find the moves that make it easy to win against the opponent.”

Chen Ye smiled slightly. After several deductions, he felt that he could become more and more proficient in using deduction in chess!

In this way, one's deduction speed can become faster and faster in actual combat.

That's equivalent to increasing your strength!

I never expected that the exclusive talent for [Infinite Deduction] could be improved through playing chess!
This was something Chen Ye hadn't considered before.

now.

After resting for a while, Chen Ye felt that his spirituality had almost recovered.

He walked to the chessboard, took a sip of his hand-squeezed lemon tea, and said to the fox-tailed girl:
"I'm almost ready, we can start the game now."

The fox-tailed girl immediately leaped to the front of the chessboard, eager to try her hand at it:

"When I watched you play chess before, I felt that your chess skills were already very strong. I want to try it myself and see how good you really are."

"Your chess skills are simply amazing!" Chen Ye couldn't help but exclaim.

In fact, Chen Ye almost always failed in his simulations.

The fox-tailed girl's understanding of various chess scores is so profound that she often comes up with unexpected moves. If it comes to deducing the entire game, it is very difficult to defeat her.

Even with Chen Ye's profound spiritual attainments and deep computational abilities, he was defeated in no time by an opponent of the fox-tailed girl's caliber.

Therefore, Chen Ye also learned just how powerful the fox-tailed girl's chess skills were through her exclusive talent of [Infinite Deduction].

But even when facing such a powerful opponent...

This was enough to completely excite Chen Ye.

He was looking forward to it. He had no chance of winning against the fox-tailed girl in the entire game, but if he only analyzed each move, he might have a better chance.

After several rounds of simulation, Chen Ye felt that he still hadn't fully probed the fox-tailed girl's true strength.

Next.

This battle will reveal my true strength! (End of Chapter)