The Way of the Blind Girl Chess Saint

Ji Tuntao gently bit her lower lip with her cute little tiger teeth; she understood deeply...

The woman before me was unlike any other player I had ever seen before; she was a true player who had one foot in the Honinbo Hall of Fame.

Ji Tuntao originally thought the referee would be surprised by her move, but everyone was already used to it... used to Ji Heiyu's strength.

The semifinals of the Three Lives Cup are still a match between Ji Heiyu and the Ji family, and this match has attracted even more attention than the match between the Luo family.

As a professional Go player, Ji Tuntao's desire to defeat Ji Heiyu in an official match is something many of his peers can understand.

Tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock. At the same time, bloody tears flowed from the corners of Ji Heiyu's mouth and eyes.

Blood stained the chess pieces and the chessboard. With a loud crash, a sound like flesh being torn apart echoed across the chessboard, and a blood-red line bloomed from the back of Ji Heiyu's Taoist robe.

Terrifying, yet glamorous... This is the professional Go player known as the Ghost Beauty, Hime Kuroyu.

Chapter 474: The Bloodstained Butterfly, the Wrathful Tiger

A tearing sound, like flesh being ripped apart, echoed across the chessboard as a blood-red pattern bloomed from the back of Ji Heiyu's Taoist robe. The blood-red pattern was dense and numerous, resembling an eerie, oil painting-like butterfly wing.

【Chess Game: Kashinfu's Ghostly Beauty Butterfly】

"Get lost in my world..."

Black hair obscured her eyes, and a hint of indifference appeared in Ji Heiyu's blood-red pupils. The chess piece transformed into a blood butterfly, fluttering and falling onto the chessboard with a soft thud.

five years ago……

Amidst her parents' arguing, the girl with long black hair silently arranged the chess pieces. Tap, tap, tap…

Her long, jet-black hair cascaded down to her waist, and her delicate features resembled those of a doll. However… she stood there blankly, arranging the chess pieces, the chessboard, and the chess manual.

This was a birthday gift from the professional Go player next door. Although she had only been learning Go for a short time, she unexpectedly possessed talent.

At least……

She had carefully studied the game records of professional Go players on TV. Surprisingly, she was able to gradually understand basic life-and-death problems, even though she had never been to a Go academy.

Day after day, her parents' arguments grew louder and louder. She felt her birth was a mistake, that her parents were ugly and despicable. Their constant bickering and fighting was endless, a dark and relentless cycle of trivial matters.

but……

Her silent nature terrified her parents, and even when they argued fiercely, they rarely bothered Ji Heiyu. In this era, impoverished families like theirs were rare. But... in her eyes, none of those things mattered.

For the first time, a light shone in her eyes as she touched the chess piece. For the first time, she understood... why she was born, and why she breathes.

Unfortunately, one night it turned blood red.

In Go, there are only black and white colors, but no red... So Ji Heiyu couldn't understand why her mother would kill her father and then jump off a building to commit suicide.

But she was finally free. With the help of other relatives, she enrolled in a Go academy to formally study Go, instead of studying it alone in her room.

On the day of her parents' funeral, Ji Heiyu smiled for the first time. She smiled happily, and her smile was... beautiful.

Her upturned smile was like a heavenly hymn, but to outsiders attending the funeral, it was a terrifying demon.

The butterfly will eventually be able to dance gracefully, but its wings will be permanently stained with blood, a color that can never be washed away or faded.

A beautiful and captivating creature... the king of butterflies, the Kashinf Ghost Beauty Swallowtail.

This creature has a beautiful woman pattern on one half of its wing and a skull pattern on the other. Those who have seen this creature... have vanished forever.

At the same moment, Ji Tuntao's golden eyes seemed to lose focus, staring blankly as Ji Heiyu raised his sleeves... The oil painting grew larger and larger in her eyes, flames, blood, butterfly wings, and the captivating power of the chess pieces almost devoured her mind.

On the chessboard, Ji Heiyu's black pieces were tightly entangled with the white pieces. Under these circumstances, it was wishful thinking for Ji Tuntao to try to break free.

"Black has a huge advantage!! What's going on? Was it really the right decision for the Ke family to bring in Ji Heiyu as an outside helper? The invincible Ji Tuntao has actually been suppressed in this way."

The Full Moon Chess Academy is hosting two extremely famous professional Go players today. One is Ye Sulin, a professional 6-dan player [who previously served as the professional examiner for Crescent Moon Province], and the other is a girl with pink twin tails.

And... Xiao Zhu, a professional 8th dan player, a woman with long, light blue hair, silently watched the chessboard. She was the junior sister of the current [Tianyuan], and also the aunt of Thunder Emperor Xiao Qiyu.

"Disgusting playing style... Black stones seem to grow out of White's body. Himeko, what an annoying player."

Xiao Zhunu muttered to herself, "The most annoying thing about playing Go is when your opponent keeps entangled with you. I want to deal with this group of stones, but my opponent is so tightly entangled that I can't make a move."

Wanting to fill in a certain area, occupy a certain territory, or attach to a certain corner... none of these can be achieved. Most importantly, the restriction on the desire to play outside the box also puts enormous psychological pressure on the player.

A bead of cold sweat slid down Ji Tuntao's forehead. Damn it... Damn it, this guy, the chess pieces are too close together, it's like two rabbits mating.

Snap, snap, snap...

They're sticking so close together again! If we play like this, won't we be unable to count points?!

Ji Tuntao gritted her teeth and fell into deep thought. Even though she didn't have a strong desire to win or lose, she was still somewhat annoyed by Ji Heiyu's way of playing chess. As anger rose in her heart, her golden pupils gradually narrowed into tiger eyes, and her long golden hair with black highlights floated up inexplicably.

"What, you can't hold back anymore?" Ji Heiyu asked calmly, her small hand, adorned with black manicures, gently waving a fan. The black chess piece transformed into a crimson butterfly, hovering silently around the white chess piece.

"Xiao Tao, don't be impulsive..."

In the waiting room, Ji Beiyi frowned.

Facing a player like Ji Heiyu, rashly releasing one's position is too dangerous! Besides... Xiaotao can't even control her own position at all!!

Unfortunately... Ji Tuntao's personality ultimately came from her father. The cuter the girl, the more awe-inspiring she became when angry, and the more... unreasonable she became.

"Because I enjoy playing chess, I don't care about winning or losing, but!!! If you really want to ruin my good mood and make me feel unhappy..."

With her long golden hair dancing wildly, Ji Tuntao pinched a chess piece between two fingers, her tiger-like eyes burning with rage.

"If you dare to keep bothering me, then keep trying, Ji Heiyu!!"

Whoosh! With a horizontal slash of her right hand, she unleashed a golden, streamlined flame that sliced ​​through the distorted air. The golden flame split into hundreds of golden rivers, wailing, howling, and roaring as they covered the chessboard…

Her right hand transformed into a golden liquid tiger head formed by flames that resembled both a tiger and a demon.

Unlike her father's flamboyant personality, Ji Tuntao's temper was more like that of a quiet little lamb than an angry tiger. Her anger only erupted when she felt unhappy during a game of chess, a rare occurrence that happened only once a year.

This chess move was more like a pure destructive force, condensing anger into a single point... Hot air, like steam, spewed from between Ji Tuntao's small tiger teeth, hiss...

With a snap, a golden light blasted into the chessboard. Under the watchful eyes of many chess players, the chess pieces in Ji Tuntao's hand and the chessboard in front of him seemed to freeze for a moment.

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boom!!!!!!

Ji Heiyu's long, jet-black hair was blown away by the storm, and in the blink of an eye, the chessboard looked as if it had been bombed by a nuclear bomb, with furious ripples stirring up wave after wave of golden heat.

"Chess Strategy - Tiger's Cut"

Chapter 475: The Most Beautiful and Melodious Wailing

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As the game neared its end, drops of blood fell from the chess pieces. The fingers holding the pieces trembled slightly. Were these chess pieces, which were usually so heavy?

In Ji Tuntao's shaky vision, the other person's image was very blurry.

The illusory liquid golden tiger was covered in torn and bleeding skin, with blood-red thorn flowers and butterflies fluttering from the cracks.

Her black hair, styled in a Hime cut, cascaded to the ground, yet Ji Heiyu's eyes remained as indifferent as ever...

The difference in skill level was truly enormous. Even giving it her all, she couldn't elicit the slightest change in her expression. Ji Tuntao bit her lip tightly; perhaps it was just as she said… “Ordinary geniuses, or even monsters from aristocratic families, couldn't pique her interest.”

That power was a fear that could be etched into one's memory. This anger was something Ji Tuntao had never felt before.

For the first time, I felt angry at myself for not feeling resentful about losing the game, but for my own lack of ambition.

Her long, curly hair, a mix of gold and black, was damp with sweat, and Ji Tuntao's body trembled slightly.

With a splitting headache, like an athlete sprinting with all their might, the professional chess player, who had poured everything into the game, could no longer even tidy up the pieces.

Blood trickled from between her fingers, wetting the chess pieces. After a moment of stunned silence, Ji Tuntao silently got up and walked back to the chess room.

"Xiao Tao...you've worked hard."

Sitting in the viewing hall, the girl with long, fiery red hair recited softly.

Although both are professional sixth-dan players, Ji Beiyi is a generation higher than Ji Heiyu.

Unfortunately… after witnessing Ji Tuntao's game, no matter how confident she was, she deeply understood the gap between the two. This guy… even if a professional ninth-dan player from the Ji family were to play, he probably wouldn't win easily.

"Auntie, please! No matter what, let me watch one more game, to see Ji Heiyu's moves clearly..."

Ji Hongying took a deep breath. This way of playing, which tightly entangles with the opponent's pieces, is not without its flaws.

Throughout history, there have been many professional Go players who have focused their Go skills on a single point and possessed exceptional local combat abilities.

If you can gain an advantage in the opening phase, or have a superior calculation ability, you can easily defeat the Black Fish's playing style.

Unfortunately... facing a professional Go player like her, the first requirement is unlikely to be met, and the second requirement is even more of a pipe dream.

Ji Hongying closed her eyes. "Auntie, please... just this one match. Even if it's an ugly game, even if it pushes Ji Heiyu to the brink, just accept it with that mindset. Even if you win, it doesn't matter."

Professional 6-dan player Ji Heiyu faces off against professional 6-dan player Ji Beiyi.

On the screen, the girl with long gray hair had eyes filled with deathly stillness. Wherever her small hand passed, gray rivers formed glaciers, freezing all of Ji Heiyu's butterflies within them. The little butterflies looked as if their wings had been plucked off, and the cold gray waterfall killed them instantly upon contact.

【Crown of Ice - Gray Memories】

Ji Beiyi said in a low voice. The professional chess players who were watching the game all showed their dissatisfaction. Ji Heiyu was shivering from the cold, and his lips were stiff and bluish.

Even Ji Tuntao showed a hint of shock, and the disappointment of losing the game vanished.

This was the first time she'd ever seen her aunt so shameless. Was she really a professional Go player?!

No... I should be asking, is she really playing Go?!?

From the very beginning, they played without any restraint, unleashing their full potential. The Sansheng Cup is a team competition... but this is just too much, isn't it?

That's right...

Ji Beiyi knew she couldn't defeat Ji Heiyu, but for her personally, the honor of the Ji family was more important. As long as she could see that glimmer of victory, she didn't care how despicable the means she used…

This game could be considered the bare minimum for a professional sixth dan player. Ji Beiyi didn't even consider winning; she placed her pieces wherever the game was complicated or where Ji Heiyu needed to think for a long time. This was the kind of shrewd, unpredictable play a professional sixth dan would put, and even if Ji Heiyu underestimated her, she would still take it seriously.

Boom, boom, boom!!! Layer upon layer of gray ice crashed against Ji Heiyu until her limbs were frozen stiff and she could barely move, and her breathing became rapid. Two hours later, Ji Bei finally stood up from her seat.