The Way of the Blind Girl Chess Saint

Several transparent threads appeared in the air, closely connected to her fingers.

No… it wasn’t just her right hand; there were also several faint, transparent threads on her back and on her small, bluish-green head…

At the very top of the transparent silk thread, floating in the sky, is a completely black wooden puppet. The puppet is dressed in a purple dress like a little girl, with a blank expression, and long black, her-hair style hair trailing down her back.

Its ten jet-black fingers each grasped several white threads connected to Ji Yingting's body. The puppet twisted its stiff body as if it were dancing, and its wooden, curved lips looked at Ji Yingting's green head with an extremely happy smile.

It was as if... Ji Yingting was her puppet...

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"Sister Qinghe, what exactly is this dark chess formation you mentioned earlier? Is it that black mist?"

On a sofa not far from the professional examination room, in front of the beautiful woman in light green sat a young girl with long pink hair. Her pink bangs covered her eyebrows, and she looked to be no more than 20 years old.

The pink-haired girl's name is Ye Sulin. She is a professional Go player who came from Yuewang City and is also the referee who came to Yongyue City to assist Ji Qinghe. She is a professional fifth-dan player.

Her pink eyes glanced into the hall and she frowned slightly. When a chess player used a move... the aura emanating from her was transparent and colorless.

However, even those familiar with the game can sense when she uses a particular move, even without playing against her.

This is why the referees watching the game can instantly sense when a player uses a strategic position.

However... what is that pitch-black vortex?

"Xiao Su, what year did you become a professional Go player...?" Ji Qinghe asked casually.

"Oh, about four years ago, when I was fifteen."

The girl with long, pink, wispy bangs tilted her head and thought to herself.

"Oh, back then, players with that kind of ability were still banned from competition... It's normal that you don't know."

Ji Qinghe nodded, his long, bluish-green hair swaying.

That was a rather distant event... The difference between dark chess formations and ordinary chess formations is that they can exceed the control of a chess player's soul and thus directly affect the physical bodies of other chess players, hence the name dark chess formations.

From the perspective of the game's dynamics, this is an extremely dangerous thing. There was an incident where a player with a dark strategy manipulated an ordinary player to jump off a building and die. As a result, all players with dark strategies have been banned from competition by the Go Association ever since.

Chapter 204: Vulgar Things

The difference between dark chess formations and ordinary chess formations is that they can exceed the control of a chess player's soul and thus directly affect the physical bodies of other chess players, hence the name dark chess formations.

From the perspective of the game's dynamics, this is an extremely dangerous thing. There was an incident where a player with a dark strategy manipulated an ordinary player to jump off a building and die. As a result, all players with dark strategies have been banned from competition by the Go Association ever since.

"Huh? I'm not too familiar with the Dark Chess Formation... but I have heard about the suicide incident..." The girl with long pink hair paused and then said hesitantly.

With a slight tap of his long, cascading, turquoise hair, Ji Qinghe looked curiously at the black vortex.

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Snap... Ji Yingting gently raised her crescent-shaped eyebrows as she slowly placed the white chess piece into the chessboard with her slender right hand.

With a soft thud, after a brief moment of thought, Quan Shihui's black piece landed next to Ji Yingting's white piece.

It's happening again...

So, she did this on purpose?

What on earth is going on...? Ever since just now, her pieces have been moving right next to me. She's been using moves like pressing, pushing, and towering all the time.

Even if Quan Shihui occasionally didn't move close to his own pieces, he almost never went out of his element.

["Discarding the initiative" is a Go term. In the context of a game of Go, it refers to temporarily ignoring the opponent's moves in order to gain the initiative elsewhere. This is generally intended to secure the initiative. Discarding the initiative may result in losses in a local situation; a comprehensive understanding of the entire game is necessary to determine its merits.]

It's as if she's been particularly eager to fight back against herself since the middle game.

Her pale purple starry eyes blinked a few times, and Ji Yingting gently shook her light green Hime-style hair, then lightly scratched the little ahoge (cowlick) on the top of her light green head.

Two fair and tender legs were curled up together on the sofa.

Of course, it's not a problem that she's playing chess so close to me... The key issue is that I've suddenly started feeling extremely uncomfortable since just now.

With a soft thud, the white chess piece fell onto the board, and her pale purple starry eyes widened slightly into a small oval circle.

Even so... in any case.

You're also a semi-professional Go player with only an amateur 5-dan skill level. Want to battle me? Then come on...

I will use my chess skills to slaughter you without leaving a single piece... before the end of the middle game.

"Well then... let's begin."

A touch of firefly light gently tinged her pale green starry eyes, and her pale green, mysterious pupils gradually appeared in Ji Yingting's eye sockets.

The middle game had just begun, and neither side had much territory. However, Ji Yingting roughly estimated that he was leading Quan Shihui by about five points, and it was his turn to make a move.

The white chess piece held in her jade-like hand seemed to freeze in mid-air, trailing a streak of blue flame, before transforming into a white meteor and plummeting wildly towards the chessboard.

A fierce battle taking place high in the air near the center point of the board tests not only a player's judgment and calculation skills, but also their composure and control over their game sense.

boom…………

A loud thud as a piece was placed reverberated a few times, and the spiraling white-blue mist gradually dissipated.

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Hey?

Her light green eyebrows furrowed together, and in the next instant...

Under Quan Shihui's calm gaze, Ji Yingting suddenly widened her pale green pupils, her previously narrow eyes now fully formed into round and adorable pupils.

Of course... at this point, it's no longer important to consider whether she can open her eyes wide.

Most importantly, Ji Yingting is facing the biggest crisis since she took the professional exam!

Her emerald green crescent-shaped eyebrows twitched wildly, and Ji Yingting's pale green moonlight eyes narrowed into slits so small that her eyeballs were barely visible. She stared at the spot where she had placed her piece and shook her long emerald green hair.

"How could this be... Did she place the wrong piece again? Is her chess strategy some kind of illusion ability? Can it change the way I see the pieces placed?"

No...impossible.

My eyes can't see the chessboard at all; the starry chessboard in my eyes is the true nature of the chessboard... It's impossible to be deceived by illusions!!

Ji Yingting originally intended to use that white chess piece to pierce a black chess piece's eye... but she never expected that she would walk into the black chess piece's tiger's mouth, filling the tiger's mouth between three black chess pieces herself...

Just one level difference...

White's chances of survival are over.

pat...

The black kimono sleeves fluttered gently.

Quan Shihui never looked at Ji Yingting from beginning to end. She calmly placed a black chess piece with a blank expression. The crisp sound was like a death knell to Ji Yingting's ears.

She took out the white chess piece that Ji Yingting had just placed and put it inside the chessboard cover. Her black pupils seemed to be endless vortexes, staring intently at the chessboard.

"What... I deliberately gave her a key move, and she didn't react at all? It's like... it's perfectly normal for her to make this move."

Her pale green moonlight eyes observed Quan Shihui's expression. A drop of cold sweat slid down Ji Yingting's long, bluish-green hair and dripped onto her earlobe. She gently shook her bluish-green head to shake off the drop of sweat.

[A key piece is one or more pieces that are crucial to the life and death of the board and the outcome of the game. Capturing a key piece leads to defeat; capturing a key piece brings the board to life.]

In the very early stages of the game... Ji Yingting had a piece taken from her near the center point (the center of the board), so what kind of battle could they possibly have?

10 points... no, around 20 points. I should be 20 points behind Black right now!!!

Ji Yingting's light green eyebrows trembled violently, and her right hand, which was holding a white chess piece, trembled slightly.

The severe consequences of her actions are beyond calculation.

[Go terminology: "Capturing a flower" refers to capturing one of the opponent's stones with four of your own. There's a Go proverb: "Capturing a flower in the center is worth thirty points." The lower the position of the captured flower, the less valuable it is. The closer the captured flower is to the center (tengen), the greater its value!]

If a flower appears at the center point, it will have a radiating effect on all the surrounding pieces. This game is very dangerous for Ji Yingting.

If that were all, it would be fine; Ji Yingting was confident that she could do her best to catch up.

But... this isn't the first time she's made a mistake in this game. Can she really focus on playing properly?

Her fair legs were already a little numb from curling up, so Ji Yingting changed to a more comfortable position and leaned back on the sofa with her long, curly, light green hair.

"Damn it, she really did use a chess move, how could she do such a despicable thing to the person who treated her to dinner?"

Ji Yingting pursed her pink lips, and her pale green pupils gradually radiated a furious fire. *Snap!* Her fair right hand forcefully gripped a white chess piece.

"Chess Position·Forgive Cat!"

With a slight parting of her lips, Ji Yingting's pale green moonlight eyes emitted a dazzling, eerie light, and the firefly-like pale green moonlight instantly illuminated the starry chessboard.

Chapter 205: The Blue Cat Devours the Moon, Reappears

"Damn it! She really did use a chess move! How could she do such a despicable thing to the person who treated her to dinner? Unforgivable!!"

Ji Yingting pursed her pink lips, and her pale green pupils gradually radiated a furious fire. *Snap!* Her fair right hand forcefully gripped a white chess piece.

"Chess Position·Forgive Cat!"

With a slight parting of her lips, Ji Yingting's pale green moonlight eyes emitted a dazzling, eerie light, and the firefly-like pale green moonlight instantly illuminated the starry chessboard.

Greenish-blue smoke gradually seeped out from the ends of her long greenish-blue hair, and wisps of mist swirling around her arms emitted a cool sensation.

But... um?

Ji Yingting frowned, her green eyebrows furrowing and her green pupils shrinking several times. Her forgiveness cat hadn't come out at all...

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"Meow, woof woof woof woof"

Slightly puzzled, Ji Yingting gently tilted her long, bluish-green hair, because the starry chessboard in front of her showed no reaction whatsoever...

That's not right...