Chapter 350: Strong Defeat
"Don't worry."
Ye Fan scraped Ning Xi's jade-like nose, saying: "I will do my best, remember to cheer for me in your heart, okay."
"Mm!"
Ning Xi forcefully nodded her head.
Gu Ziyi rolled her eyes, turned her gaze aside, her mood complex.
Don't know why, any random action by these two seemed like distributing dog food, the visual impact was truly too sweet!
Guo Yuan began to clear the stones from the chessboard.
Gu Yun sat further into the soft couch, making room for Ye Fan. After Ye Fan sat down, he patted his shoulder, "Play well, let Old Guo and I see what level your Weiqi strength is truly at!"
Ye Fan nodded, wasted no words, grabbed some stones with his right hand from the Go box, extended it towards Guo Yuan.
Guo Yuan unhurriedly picked up a stone from his Go box.
Guessing first move, odd, correct!
Guo Yuan takes Black and plays first. He lightly exhaled, adjusted his reading glasses, the black stone between his two fingers landed.
Ye Fan closely followed, placing his stone.
After the star points were occupied, it then meant testing the two's ability in opening layout (fuseki).
Three-seven, flying into the small corner!
This move by Guo Yuan was full of gunpowder smell, directly initiating an attack.
He still remembered Ye Fan's match against Zhou Jie last time very clearly, having a general understanding of Ye Fan's style of play.
Guo Yuan knew clearly in his heart, playing against Ye Fan, one absolutely could not follow conventional layouts. Ye Fan's attacking momentum was too strong; if he followed a conventional opening, he would definitely be led by the nose by Ye Fan.
So the best way to avoid this situation was to counter attack with attack!
Ye Fan's expression didn't change in the slightest. Under the blessing of level five intelligence, his thought processing speed was already exaggerated, far exceeding ordinary people.
Not only that, he also activated 'Fountain of Inspiration'. At this moment, the chessboard appeared in his mind, several stones emitted starlight, the super-strong calculation ability gave Guo Yuan's subsequent optimal route.
One step, two steps…
Within seconds, Ye Fan calculated Guo Yuan's next ten moves' placement route, the curve of his lips gradually appeared.
Four-nine!
This move by Ye Fan was somewhat baffling, causing the three spectators to show puzzled expressions.
According to normal circumstances, when the opponent attacks, there are only two choices.
Either defend, or counterattack.
But this move by Ye Fan neither defended nor counterattacked, it was completely a bad move (choushou)!
Guo Yuan frowned, he also didn't understand the meaning of this move by Ye Fan.
Actually, this couldn't be blamed on him, because he had only calculated the next six moves in his mind, but Ye Fan had already calculated to the tenth step.
Anticipating the enemy's moves first, inherently puts one in an invincible position.
"Pa——"
"Pa——"
…
After five moves, just as Guo Yuan had picked up a stone, he suddenly looked again at Ye Fan's seemingly wasted move from earlier, his expression abruptly changed.
Gu Yun also saw something was wrong, a trace of horror in his eyes.
This move directly cut off Guo Yuan's subsequent attack route, making his previous layout completely lose its effect.
Coincidence?
No, it couldn't possibly be a coincidence!
Calculating the opponent's path ten-plus moves in advance, this kind of ability was too scary!
For a moment, both Guo Yuan and Gu Yun couldn't help but re-evaluate Ye Fan's Weiqi level.
The stone in Guo Yuan's hand lingered without falling. After nearly a minute of deep thought, he finally calculated another route. Although it wasn't as good as the initial route, he had no other choice.
After all, if he abandoned these few black stones, the disadvantage would be too great!
In a duel between masters, a single stone can often determine victory or defeat, let alone a full six stones.
Upon seeing Guo Yuan's placement, a hidden smile flashed deep in Ye Fan's eyes.
Exactly as he predicted. Since it's like this, then he wouldn't be polite anymore!
Finishing the thought, Ye Fan picked up a white stone, his own aura instantly changed, shifting from humility to pressure.
Five-twelve, attack!
Guo Yuan frowned, thought for several seconds, defended with a move.
But starting from this move, he had already lost the right to attack.
Ye Fan launched an offensive with super-strong firepower, completely giving Guo Yuan no chance to counterattack, only allowing passive defense.
Unconsciously, half an hour passed.
The match between the two had already exceeded a hundred moves. At the Go table, Guo Yuan's eyes stared blankly, his forehead covered in sweat.
The three spectators numbly looked at the situation on the board, monstrous waves surging in their hearts.
After a brief shock, the lake in Ning Xi's almond eyes rippled, her small fists clenched tightly.
Gu Yun and Gu Ziyi, this grandfather-granddaughter pair, widened their eyes in disbelief.
Before this match began, the two would never have thought it would be this situation. Except for the very beginning when Guo Yuan attacked for a few moves, he was then suppressed and beaten by Ye Fan throughout the entire game. Now, it looked like even defending was somewhat precarious…
Gu Ziyi opened her mouth, murmured: "So… terrifying!"
Gu Yun suppressed the shock in his heart, his expression incomparably solemn.
His level and Guo Yuan's were similar; when the two played, it was basically evenly matched, such a situation had never occurred.
This was enough to prove how terrifying Ye Fan's attacking ability was, even a Weiqi 9-dan dealt with it so miserably.
What a terrifying young man!
After Guo Yuan placed his stone, the oppressive feeling from Ye Fan instantly disappeared, returning to his usual approachability. He chuckled, picked up a white stone from the Go box and placed it, "Teacher Guo, thanks for letting me win."
Seven-twelve, kill!
With the fall of this white stone, the black stones in the small corner that had just formed a rudimentary shape instantly disintegrated, without a trace of hope for a comeback.
Guo Yuan was lost in thought.
Lost?
Lost!
Lost!!!
Suppressed throughout the entire game, and finally forcefully crushed…
This way of losing, since he became famous, he had never experienced again, nor did anyone have this strength.
But today…
Moreover, the opponent was just an eighteen-year-old young man.
Ning Xi, standing behind Ye Fan, rubbed her eyes hard, repeatedly confirmed several times before realizing what had happened, so excited she almost jumped up directly.
The girl's eyes showed a dazed look. At this moment, Ye Fan's figure became incomparably tall in her eyes, admiration displayed without reservation.
At this time, Ye Fan happened to turn his head to look at Ning Xi, revealing his familiar sunny smile.
Ning Xi's face flushed red in an instant.
Such an eye-pleasing scenery made Ye Fan somewhat baffled.
What's wrong with this girl?
Why blush for no reason!
However, Ye Fan also knew now wasn't the time to ask about this. He turned his head back, stood up, bowed towards Guo Yuan, said: "Thank you Teacher Guo for letting me win. This kid was lucky to win by one and a half points. If there was any offense, please forgive me."
While speaking, he mentally turned off the 'Fountain of Inspiration'. Immediately, a sense of fatigue washed over him. This was the first time since his intelligence upgraded to level five that he felt tired using 'Fountain of Inspiration', showing how great the pressure from facing Guo Yuan was.
Guo Yuan's eyes looked desolate, his face full of bitterness, sighed lightly: "I didn't let you win by half a point. This game, you beat me by seven points. Amazing, truly amazing!"
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