The Way of the Blind Girl Chess Saint

That... dream of being with the orange-haired girl.

Her blue-green eyes narrowed slightly, and the icy blue mist around Ji Yingting continued to surge. Her expression at this moment gave everyone an unusual feeling, and the icy blue mask condensed into cold water droplets, covering her face again.

I know very well who I am... and I know very well what I am doing. This regretful reality is exactly what I want!

A glimmer of light gradually appeared in Ji Yingting's pitch-black vision, and the starry chessboard was unfolded again.

She... woke up, and Ji Yingting was freed from the shackles of her dream...

Ji Yingting tousled her long, light green Hime-style hair into several curls and closed her blue-green eyes.

After organizing her thoughts, Ji Yingting's memories all came flooding back.

That dreamlike space is not a real dream, but a place where chess players usually cultivate their chess skills, and also the final resting place of a chess player's soul.

Therefore, Ye Xiaomi once said that as long as you meditate on the shape of the chess position while sleeping, you can make the chess position improve rapidly.

That might be true.

Generally speaking, a player's position in the game improves as their skill level increases...

However, they had absolutely no recollection of their interactions with their souls; they had no idea what they experienced or what happened in their dreams.

However... Ji Yingting's soul is special, or rather, at a certain point in time, her soul became special.

Because her soul space was actually connected to the soul of one of Shang Gongying's personalities... Therefore, Ji Yingting was certain that the orange-haired girl was one of the personalities within Shang Gongying.

And she... had met that girl in her dream a long time ago.

Her blue-green eyes reopened, and she stared intently at the orange-haired girl, Shang Jiujiu, sitting in front of her.

“Ji Yingting…” Shang Jiujiu’s expression was slightly unpleasant.

She knew very well just how terrifying Ji Yingting's full strength was; it was a chess power that could crush a professional chess player in an instant.

"call!!"

A cloud of icy blue mist spewed from Ji Yingting's cherry-like mouth, and an icy blue armored cat wearing a giant icy blue shield stood up from behind her, piercing the starry sky.

Why did Ji Yingting suddenly recover?

Shang Jiujiu stared incredulously at Ji Yingting's blue-green eyes with her orange pupils.

She was already exhausted, and even if she regained consciousness, she would find it difficult to sustain a high-intensity game. That was what Shang Jiujiu originally thought.

Splash...

A sound of shells breaking rang out, and ice-blue fragments kept falling to the ground from Ji Yingting's body.

It was like a hibernating giant beast awakening and emerging from its cocoon.

In that instant, her body and mind returned to their peak condition, and a few strands of green hair fell across her forehead.

"call!"

Another cloud of icy blue mist spewed from Ji Yingting's mouth, and her right hand slowly picked up a white chess piece.

A beam of light, bluish-green, gently shone upon Ji Yingting's white chess piece. A gentle breeze caressed her face, and the white chess piece seemed to be enveloped in a strange world, emitting a faint glow like fireflies.

As Ji Yingting's stunningly beautiful face was turned to the side, her wispy green willow branches were gently lifted by the breeze, and her long, cascading green hair cascaded down the back of her dark blue Taoist robe, swaying gently.

"Shang Jiujiu... go back, the person I want to see is not you..." Her pale green crescent-shaped eyebrows furrowed slightly.

The small mouth covered by the ice-blue mask opened slightly, and Ji Yingting spoke softly.

Two slender, jade-like fingers placed the white chess piece flat on the chessboard... Cherry blossoms drifted in the wind, and a few withered yellow maple leaves floated from outside the window onto the chessboard, covered with a few snowflakes.

The winter on the moon... is almost over, ending at the same time as this professional exam...

Two giant shields formed by ice-blue cat claws stood upright in front of Ji Yingting, her awakening... was quite abrupt.

*Thud!*

With a crisp sound, Ji Yingting's right hand gently landed on the intersection of the chessboard. She moved the white piece forward a little bit, sliding it to the spot in her blue-green eyes.

The next second, her slender hand gently patted the timer located on her right side, and time began to flow again.

Ten minutes... Ji Yingting calculated the timer's duration.

The game has entered the middle stage, which is precisely when she needs to calculate the most. Wasting so much time is really a bad thing.

Shang Jiujiu slowly lowered the black chess piece between her fingers, her orange eyes slightly dark.

Regardless of whether you have recovered physically or mentally, I will never be easily defeated by you!

"Chirp!!" A huge fox roar swirled out from the black chess piece that Shang Jiujiu had picked up, and eight jade-green fox tails slowly unfolded like a peacock's tail.

*Thud*, a black piece landed right next to a white piece. Once a battle breaks out in the middle game, Ji Yingting will face an overwhelming disadvantage; her timer has less than ten minutes left!

With her cherry-like lips silent, Ji Yingting's dark blue sleeves fluttered gently, and a slender, fair hand emerged from her right sleeve—an icy blue cat's paw.

A pair of adorable, icy blue cat paws gently picked up a white chess piece, and in an instant… a pair of pale green eyes widened slightly, and Ji Yingting, tilting her long, bluish-green hair, whispered, “I’ll defeat you within one minute.”

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Chapter 261: Shang Shishi, the True Form of Chess - Nine-Tailed Jade Face [4000]

"I'll crush you within one minute."

With her pale green eyes widening slightly, Ji Yingting tilted her long, bluish-green hair and whispered, her eyes filled with an undeniable sense of pressure.

"pat~"

The white chess piece in Ji Yingting's hand crashed onto the chessboard like a shooting star falling from the sky, and a wisp of steam rose from where she placed the piece.

The next moment, her right hand was already on the timer button, and she slammed it down.

"..."

!!!

Shang Jiujiu's orange eyes widened slightly. The last ten minutes were also the most precious time for Jiji Yingting.

She must have been very anxious.

However, she placed that white piece without hesitation! Had she given up thinking...? No, even the world's strongest professional Go player would not give up thinking in the middle game.

Or perhaps her calculation speed... has surpassed the time that can be observed with the naked eye.

However, even artificial intelligence needs about a minute to determine the placement of a piece.

A meteor's fall is faster, more frantic, and more unstoppable than lightning.

pat, pat, pat.

In the blink of an eye, countless white pieces fell onto the chessboard, like beams of light.

In the starry sky, a dazzling meteorite, incredibly beautiful, fell from Ji Yingting's icy blue cat paws with a destructive force, with a soft thud.

Boom! The icy blue cat's claws kept striking the jade-colored fox, which curled up in pain as the icy blue cat pinned it down, its strength to resist gradually fading away.

The number of chess pieces continued to increase, but Shang Jiujiu still did not give up the fight. Her eight jade-green fox tails kept striking the ice shield cat.

However, the ice-blue cat's body was covered with a layer of ice-blue armor, and even its weakest part, its head, resembled that of an ice tyrannosaurus, making its defense incredibly strong.

With a flick of her dark blue sleeves, Ji Yingting's blue-green eyes narrowed as she stared intently at Shang Jiujiu sitting in front of her.

"It's been half a minute..." Ji Yingting said in a low voice. Just as Shang Jiujiu was about to make her next move, it was blocked by the icy blue water shield. The water formed a barrier that gradually spread out, and the icy mist wrapped around Ji Yingting's body like a long ribbon.

Hmm? Her orange eyes widened slightly.

Shang Jiujiu understood... this was Ji Yingting's advice to dissuade her.

Not only Ji Yingting, but also her own body and mind have reached their limits.

She's just barely holding on these days; she's exhausted.

Shang Jiujiu is finding it increasingly difficult to continue.

Her orange princess hairstyle was slightly disheveled, with a few strands of orange hair tucked into the corners of her mouth, and her orange eyes were filled with resentment.

"Damn it... I... can't beat her?"

pat, pat.

With her fists slightly clenched, the black chess piece that Shang Jiujiu was holding finally fell to the ground... and spun around in the chess box a few times.

She understood that if she resisted to the death, there would truly be no hope of victory.

If you want to beat her, now's the time... Sisters.

I... don't want to admit it.

I...do not want to lose.

Her orange eyes slowly closed, and she helplessly let down her long orange hair, a few strands of which drifted down in the wind.

"Shang Jiujiu...you're already very strong, but I'm even stronger!"

Thud! A white chess piece fell onto the chessboard, and Ji Yingting slowly opened her blue-green eyes.

Ji Yingting had never felt so excited before. Right now, she was like a wild beast that had just awakened from hibernation, ready to devour any prey that came her way.

The two ice-blue cat ears twitched slightly, and Ji Yingting withdrew her slender hands into her dark blue sleeves.

We won...

Did we win?

Just as the mid-game battle on the chessboard was reaching its climax and even the others could no longer see the situation clearly, Shang Jiujiu suddenly let down her long orange hair.

"Ji Yingting...won?"

Ma Gongling's gray eyes widened slightly. Shang Jiujiu looked like she had given up resisting, her head lowered, and a few tears dripped from the corners of her eyes, falling onto the chessboard with a soft, rhythmic sound.

Ji Yingting... defeated Shang Gongying?

In that instant, all the chess players in the entire venue looked toward Ji Yingting's position, where her long, light green, Hime-style hair swayed gently.

With a whoosh, a cloud of icy blue mist spewed from Ji Yingting's mouth, and she gently narrowed her blue-green eyes.

Although many people had a premonition that Ji Yingting was stronger than Shang Gongying.

But you should know... Ji Yingting only participated in one provincial Go tournament! Her strength might just be luck.