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"Monster! This guy named Chen Anxia is a monster!!"

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Chapter 180 The Decisive Move: Chen Anxia's Guiding Move! (First Update, Please Subscribe!)

In Chen Anxia's eyes, Sheren Zhun's chess principles were clearly visible and manifested as a strange phenomenon on the black pieces on the chessboard.

This principle of chess is the limit of chess principles that Sheren Jun can currently achieve.

The reason it is called the ultimate chess principle is because Sheren Jun's high regard for Chen Anxia led him to unleash his full chess strength from the very beginning.

With Chen Anxia's current chess skills, he was fully capable of understanding Sheren Zhun's chess principles.

This fact means that Chen Anxia's chess skills at this time surpassed those of Sheren Zhun.

However, Chen Anxia was unaware of this.

Because Chen Anxia didn't know whether Sheren Zhun had used his full strength.

Therefore, Chen Anxia was still testing the waters, and gradually incorporating the chess principles he had seen into his own understanding of Sheren Zhun's chess theory.

This was not a particularly difficult task for Chen Anxia, ​​whose computing power had been amplified.

In previous games against other players, Chen Anxia had also experimented with incorporating the principles of his opponents' moves into his games.

Therefore, Chen Anxia's integration process was almost without difficulty, and progressed gradually.

However, neither Sheren Zhun, who was playing against Chen Anxia, ​​nor the players watching the game, nor most of the players watching the game in the live broadcast room noticed this process.

The only one who could truly sense the anomaly was Yamazaki Honinbo, whose skill level was at least halfway to the top, and the only one who could be certain was Judan Toneri himself.

The game continues...

At this moment, Shirenjun's strongest first fifty moves were almost finished.

However, the game remained deadlocked, with the black pieces, played by Sherenjun, only holding a slight advantage.

Sheren Jun knew that if the game continued to be so deadlocked, he would most likely lose.

Regardless of how strong Chen Anxia's Daoist strategy is, his endgame skills derived from Tianyuan Daozai alone are enough to erase this disadvantage and even surpass it.

However, Shiren Jun was unable to break the stalemate.

It should be noted that Sheren Jun had already gone through several long periods of deliberation before this.

The result of this long deliberation remains the current stalemate.

This also means that Shiren Jun's previous long deliberations have failed to help him break the current stalemate.

Under these circumstances, Sheren Zhun had no choice but to enter into another long period of contemplation.

Because if you enter a period of extended deliberation, there might still be a sliver of a chance; but if you enter a period of no extended deliberation, then you won't even have that sliver of a chance.

Sherenjun will naturally know how to make the choice.

Then, Sheren Jun looked at the chessboard in front of him and entered into a long period of contemplation once again.

For chess players, long deliberation is about figuring out how to break the deadlock.

The longer a player spends thinking, the longer it means they haven't found a way to break the deadlock. In such cases, the player's pressure will increase over time.

Currently, this is the state of affairs for Sherenjun.

Looking at Chen Anxia's white pieces on the chessboard, Sheren Zhun felt an invisible sense of pressure.

This invisible pressure transformed into heavy shackles, making Shiren Jun feel his body begin to feel heavy.

Sweat seeped from my forehead without me even realizing it.

Breathing, too, became heavy without me even realizing it.

All the spectators, whether they were present at the game or watching in the live stream of Uemura Tairyu, realized something after noticing Toneri Jun's condition.

Among them, some people couldn't help but ask questions.

"What's wrong with Sheren Jun? He seems to be facing a problem?"

"That's strange. The current situation clearly favors Sheren Jun, so why is Sheren Jun acting like this?"

"Given the current situation in the game, Sherenjun has not only recovered from a five-and-a-half-point deficit in the opening but has also gained a slight advantage. Why would Sherenjun enter a long period of contemplation at this moment? Shouldn't it be Chen Anxia who should be in a long period of contemplation?"

"Come to think of it, since the start of this game, Sheren Zhun has entered into many long periods of contemplation, but Chen Anxia hasn't entered even once. That's really strange."

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When someone asks a question, someone will naturally answer it.

Naturally, these people who answered the question were themselves quite skilled at chess, either amateur masters or professional players.

With their skill and insight, they could easily spot the problem.

"Although the current situation is favorable to Toneri Jun, Toneri Jun is actually in great danger right now."

"That's right, Toneri Jun is in real danger right now, which is why he has entered into long periods of contemplation multiple times."

"Sheren Jun's greatest strength lies in his first fifty moves. He has almost finished those moves, but the game is still in a stalemate."

"Under these circumstances, if the first fifty moves are played, do you think Chen Anxia will be able to come back and overtake us?"

"You must understand, Chen Anxia is using the Dao Strategy Flow technique, and the most terrifying aspect of the Dao Strategy Flow technique is its computational ability..."

Those puzzled and confused players suddenly understood after seeing these answers.

The player's world, Yamazaki Honinbo's dojo.

Yamazaki Honinbo, Yamazaki Sanjiro, and Nakata Kaoru all noticed the problem with the comments in the live stream, but none of them offered any answers.

It's not that they can't answer the questions, but rather that, in their view, these questions don't even need to be answered.

Because they all knew that Chen Anxia had not used his full strength in this game.

Chen Anxia has yet to demonstrate Wu Qingyuan's Six Harmonies Chess, Tengen Dosai's chess principles, and those other strange and unpredictable chess principles.

The world of "Hikaru no Go", Zishui Go Club.

Time passed slowly, and finally, after a long period of deliberation and under immense pressure, Sheren Jun made his move.

Upon seeing Toneri Jun's move, the amateur masters, professional players, Yamazaki Honinbo, and Judan Toneri among the spectators were all stunned for a moment.

The reason they were stunned for a moment was not because Sheren Zhun's move was particularly profound, but because, in their eyes, it was a very common move.

In other words, She Renjun's move, which seemed to benefit his own side, was actually more advantageous to Chen Anxia.

They all knew that with Chen Anxia's current chess skills, he could completely overtake her by taking advantage of Sheren Zhun's unorthodox move.

At the same time, they also speculated as to why Shiren Zhun would suddenly make such a vulgar move.

Simply put, it's because of excessive pressure that one's mind becomes unstable, which blinds them and leads them to commit this vulgar act.

In the player's world, at the home of Shidan Toneri.

Judan Toneri stared at the unsophisticated hand, his eyes, hidden behind his glasses, seemingly lost in thought, muttering "Jun..."

After making this move, Sheren Jun seemed to have discovered something, and his expression suddenly changed.

Then, a look of gloom appeared on Sherenjun's face.

Sheren Zhun knew that the game was over after he made that cliché move.

Just as Sheren Zhun was about to concede defeat by discarding a piece, Chen Anxia made his move.

Snapped!

As a crisp, clear sound rang out, Sheren Zhun's gaze was involuntarily drawn to Chen Anxia's move.

Upon seeing this, Sheren Jun couldn't help but pause in surprise. Then, as if realizing something, a look of shock appeared on his face, and he muttered to himself, "This move isn't the best move, nor is it the worst move..."

"This move... Chen Anxia is instructing me on this move!?"

As he spoke, Sheren Jun couldn't help but look at Chen Anxia, ​​his pupils shimmering violently, and he continued to mutter, "Could it be that from the very beginning, Chen Anxia has been giving me pointers?!"

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Chapter 181 The Opportunity for a Tenth Dan, The Guiding Game Controversy! (Second Update, Please Subscribe!)

In the end, Sheren Jun abandoned his piece and conceded defeat.

Sheren Jun, who was already under immense pressure, collapsed instantly after seeing Chen Anxia's move.

Along with his mental state, She Renjun's confidence and his courage to continue playing against Chen Anxia also collapsed.

After conceding defeat, under the watchful eyes of everyone, Sheren Jun left the Zishui Go Club looking utterly dejected.

Afterwards, Sherenjun found a secluded corner and chose to return to the player world.

After Toneri Jun returned, he saw Judan Toneri who had been waiting for him.

Shidan Toneri looked at Toneri Jun's current disheveled state, his expression unchanged, but a look of heartache flashed in his eyes.

As the father of Toshihito Jun, Judan Toshihito naturally knew about Toshihito Jun's pride and confidence in Go.

Even when he lost to Yamazaki Sanjiro, who was the same age, Toneri Jun still maintained his pride and confidence, and was not as pathetic as he is now.

It can be said that the game against Chen Anxia really had a great impact on Sheren Zhun.

Sheren Jun also noticed his father's presence and instinctively looked at him, saying, "Father, is Chen Anxia really giving me pointers?"

Upon hearing this, Ten-Dan Toneri replied, "Yes and no."

Shi Duan Sheren's words startled Sheren Zhun, a look of confusion flashing across his face.

Before Shiren could think further, Shiren continued, "At the beginning, Chen Anxia was not playing instructional moves, but rather testing your skill level."

"Only when I've tested you sufficiently will I begin to offer you guidance."

Upon hearing this, the attendant Zhun understood the meaning of "yes" and "no".

However, Sheren Zhun also knew that regardless of whether Chen Anxia had been giving him guidance from the beginning, as long as Chen Anxia was giving him guidance, it proved that Chen Anxia's chess skills had surpassed his own, and by a great deal.

Only in this way can Chen Anxia give himself guidance.

This fact undoubtedly dealt a huge blow to Sheren Zhun, leaving him absent-minded and lost in thought.

Upon seeing this, Shi Duan Sheren couldn't help but say, "Zhun, don't overthink it. Chen Anxia is ultimately a game NPC, not a real person."