The work of the Go master

They held off that attack!

Its tail spine did not break through this futuristic light shield!

"So that's how it is. Is this the correct way to deal with it?" Ke Zhiguang seemed to hear such a voice.

That's right, Ke Zhiguang chose to deal with it in the orthodox way.

After all, he had just pointed at the three points, and Yagami Kunikyo had already demonstrated the wrong way to hit the target. If Ke Zhiguang were to deliberately try the wrong way again, he might suffer the same impact.

Why not just reveal our hand and let our opponent judge whether this is the correct answer?

"Put it here! Hold it in place!" Another sharp, unexpected move flowed from Ke Zhiguang's fingertips, striking the upper right corner of the board with tremendous force, continuing the entanglement of the previously unfinished local move!

While the game of chess was in progress, the wind and snow outside continued relentlessly.

Someone lit fireworks while the snow was falling, and they bloomed into beautiful and dazzling flowers in the sky. Many people were clapping, completely unaware of the unusual changes happening beneath the grand spectacle.

On a bustling street, someone suddenly collapsed to the ground as if they had lost all their strength.

A loud explosion suddenly erupted in the factory, which was already closed for the day, causing a large leak of harmful gases and triggering alarms throughout the entire site.

Only Ke Zhiguang could clearly see how it all happened...

A black dragon swooped down onto the city streets.

The moment it took off, the entire earth trembled, as if a city was floating above Tokyo. It traversed the fusion world of the Chesswood and Tokyo, stretching out its long, proud neck and opening its enormous, devouring maw towards the world below.

As it swept across the ground, countless streets and houses were destroyed, trees and branches were broken, and the black flames resembled the end of the world. Pedestrians vanished from that area.

When it rose back into the sky, Ke Zhiguang discovered that the entire group of symbolic spirits had been caught in the sharp teeth of the iron thorns, and with a single bite, all of them were swallowed whole.

Only then did Ke Zhiguang finally notice the shocking scene: beneath the black dragon's wings hung tens of thousands of withered bones. These were perhaps the fortunes that this giant dragon had once devoured, and the capital of the Night God Kingdom would ascend the throne of immortality by stepping on the steps paved with countless corpses.

"Don't worry, just like in the Dragon Throne Battle, no one will suffer serious injuries or deaths. You can play your game with peace of mind," Yagami Kunikyo suddenly said.

He continued, "Because I utterly loathe death."

As he spoke, his chess piece stomped down like an iron hoof!

In the chess academy, everyone was bewildered and astonished as they watched the game. The previous commentators had fallen silent, as the game had been unfolding in a direction that was difficult for ordinary people to understand from the very beginning.

The opening move, which defied common sense, was a small-eye attack, followed by a 3-3 point, and then another 3-3 point. Both of these 3-3 point responses were situations never seen in textbooks, as if the two of them were going to push the development of Go forward by decades or even centuries.

The last time this happened was in the mid-to-late Qing Dynasty, when Zhou Xiaosong, the top chess player of the Qing Dynasty, faced the chess manual "Ten Games of Danghu" from more than forty years ago and helplessly admitted that he could not understand it.

Harushima Kashima carefully moved the chessboard, his eyes darting around, completely absorbed in the game, as if he had simply moved a small stool and sat down next to the chessboard at Tokyo Tower.

"Hey, Harushima, we've figured out a new variation here..." A group of people manually placed the pieces on the chessboard next door and immediately came up with a clearer variation.

"Get lost! Can't you see I'm busy thinking?" Harushima Shika retorted, her eyes fixed intently on the chessboard as if she wanted to burn a hole in it.

"If you don't want to listen, then don't listen. Why make such a fuss..." The person being criticized felt very wronged and muttered under their breath.

She insists on not manually setting up the pieces because she hopes to keep up with the thought processes of both players.

Presumably, Dad is now quietly facing the chessboard, not manually setting up the pieces...

On the chessboard, streaks of lightning flashed across the sky, and the dark dragon's breath seemed to collide with the spears from the heavens!

The sky was collapsing, the earth was sinking, and the chessboard seemed to have shattered into several pieces. Ke Zhiguang and his opponent were falling endlessly, facing each other in mid-air, with the broken chessboard scattered between them like puzzle pieces.

Advantage.

That's right, he has the advantage right now.

From the very beginning, he maintained a firm grip on the advantages he had built up.

A thorny iron chain was wrapped around his arm, with the other end of the chain on the other side of the Yagami Kingdom. Either side would have to endure immense pain and pressure to exert any force.

Throughout the entire ordeal, the immense force emanating from the other end of the chain never disappeared, which is why this advantage could not be immediately converted into a victory.

With a slight breath, Ke Zhiguang gritted his teeth and continued to apply force to the thorny iron chain.

The chains were stretched even tighter, sparks flew and danced, as if they might break at any moment.

One hour!

Two hours!

Both sides are on edge, ready to win!

The number of moves on the chessboard increases sequentially, and each piece is embedded in the board like a nail, firmly blocking the opponent's progress.

However, as the battle progressed, the force from the opposing side suddenly intensified!

It was a single cut on the second line in the upper left corner of the board, which seemed to be a very well hidden point for gaining points. Although Ke Zhiguang also noticed its existence, as the countdown progressed and the pressure increased, it was inevitable that he would be able to judge the gains and losses of the whole game in the first instance.

Here it comes, that unparalleled finishing technique, as meticulous and exquisite as a machine!

In the center of Nidhogg's forehead, an eye resembling a "scale" suddenly opened, with black flames igniting at the edge of the eye—it was clearly its third eye!

Yagami Kunikyo's body also began to sink down, all his focus bursting into his brain, raising his computing power to a terrifying level.

With powerful computing support, every endgame move on the chessboard became clear to him, with each move marked with its win rate. All the numbers were fluctuating between 2% and 3%.

Remove the chess piece and nail it down!

Faced with a desperate situation, Nidhogg launched a counterattack against the air!

It flapped its wings and soared into the sky once more. This time, it did not sneak up, but instead transformed its entire body into a weapon of attack!

Ke Zhiguang also spread his five fingers, and the current of data stretched out from his fingertips like silk threads, unleashing dozens of throwable weapons behind him! Forming a massive arsenal!

Hmm... this scene looks so familiar, and I seem to be the villain more... whatever!

Under the immense pressure of the countdown, a thrilling endgame battle erupted over Tokyo, with snowflakes transforming into sharp swords!

The empty knight's move in the center defends the territory, followed by a cut-off and a move to escape, then back to the bottom, and a small knight's move extends the leg to the first line! The density of the board is becoming increasingly abundant, and the number of excellent points visible to the naked eye is gradually decreasing!

Nidhogg flew at high speed, breaking through layer after layer of cloud walls and dodging oncoming spears. Occasionally, a spear would graz its scales, but none of this affected its overall sprinting speed!

One centimeter... two centimeters... three centimeters...

The chains were slowly sliding toward each other, and blood from both sides flowed out along the thorns, but both chose to push this deadly fight to a higher climax and deeper level!

The point difference on the chessboard is gradually closing...

A half-point victory or defeat!

After breaking through the final layer of the cloud wall, Nidhogg finally stood before Kozlowe, exuding an invincible aura!

But it is precisely at this moment, the closest we are to Nidhogg, that we have the best chance to assassinate it!

The last spear spun in Ke Zhiguang's hand. He leaped into the air, bringing himself and the spear together as they descended from the sky!

Seven hours and three minutes—that's how long the game has taken so far. The exact time was a little after 1 a.m., and the game, which started at 4 p.m., has continued until now.

Those who still had the energy to stay in front of the TV stared wide-eyed.

That was an extremely aggressive ko-opening tactic, using one's own large group of stones to gain a few points from the opponent's stones.

However, after completing the series of events just now, the mass production of the materials turned out to be a favorable opportunity for Ke Zhiguang.

From the visual effect, it does indeed look like Yagami Kunikyo is charging straight for Koji Hikaru's life, but is then slashed back at the closest point.

Ke Zhiguang took a moment to catch his breath.

The spear struck Nidhogg's head, its blood spurting out, its wings spreading, and it plummeted just as it was about to succeed.

The pressure from the other end of the chain also came to an abrupt end.

The chains fell to the ground with a clang, indicating that the other party had already unlocked them and left.

“You’ve won this round,” Yagami Kunikyo said, pressing the timer.

"Thank you for your guidance."

At that moment, it was as if the background music had disappeared again, and the air immediately froze.

Although it was a victory, it didn't feel very exhilarating. Instead, the thought that such a strong opponent would require two more wins to be considered a success only added to the pressure.

Nidhogg plummeted through the clouds, but its eyes, which were about to close, suddenly widened, as if it had squeezed out some strength from its body.

It spun in mid-air, tearing the spear on its forehead with its wings, and regained its imperial posture.

After a mournful cry, it turned and soared into the distance. Only when its figure completely disappeared on the distant horizon did the special effects mode of the game completely deactivate.

It has temporarily retreated.

The snow outside the window stopped, and large parts of the city were plunged into darkness, but it wasn't a power outage; it was just that the clock had already struck midnight.

A thick layer of snow covered the depression outside the observation deck, which was enough to show the amount of snow that had just fallen.

"We will meet again in two days, and then we will be on a higher level."

The observation deck at Tokyo Tower has two levels: one at 150 meters and another at 250 meters.

In a game of chess, moving up 100 meters is a much more exciting ascent than climbing stairs in the New Star Cup.

It's easy to imagine that, towards the very end, they'll likely end up fighting it out on the open-air tower top.

Unfortunately, the tallest Tokyo Tower is only 332 meters.

This is just bad timing. If we could push the timeline back another thirty years, we could have chopped each other down on the Sky Tree, which is 634 meters tall.

"Well then, I'll take my leave today," Yagami Kunikyo said briefly.

However, after he turned around and took a few steps, he suddenly seemed to remember something and said, "I advise you not to lose a single game to me. I'm sure you've already thought of that."

“That’s exactly what I think,” Ke Zhiguang nodded.

"That's good."

Then Yagami Kunikyo left, but instead of taking the elevator down, he went up, probably by taking a private helicopter or something similar.

When Ke Zhiguang took the elevator to the ground floor and walked out of Tokyo Tower, he actually saw a helicopter take off from the Tokyo Tower helipad and hover in the night sky, just like a giant dragon overlooking the city.

At 1:30 a.m., the dark streets were deserted and covered with fresh snow, so beautiful that one couldn't bear to step on it. Only the streetlights accompanied me as I walked. The cold air was incredibly refreshing. I never imagined that I could breathe such icy air in Tokyo.

I was planning to take a leisurely stroll home in the post-battle night when I noticed a taxi suddenly stop in front of me.

"Uh...excuse me, are you Mr. Ke Zhiguang? Someone called a few hours ago to schedule a ride home for you, saying you've been working overtime until now," the driver said.

this.....

This is obviously a zero-call call.

This is really a dilemma. Should we say she lacks artistic conception, or that she's being overly thoughtful?