Invincibility Begins with a Super Fairy Manny novel Chapter 994

Chapter 994: Chapter 994: The Competition Begins, Strategizing (1st Update)

This was also the common thought among many Tian Zhao chess masters present.

In the eyes of these ever-arrogant and self-important Tian Zhao chess masters, apart from the Zhuge Family, there simply was no entity capable of competing with them.

As for Xue An, he was merely lucky, having fortuitously defeated the Ghost Chess Grandmaster Zhu Fei.

Moreover, many people believed that Xue An had already expended too much energy in his previous ascension to the ninth rank, so it was unlikely he would be able to accomplish much in the upcoming match.

In the face of these unusual gazes, Xue An just smiled indifferently and couldn’t be bothered to pay them any attention.

The competition finally officially began.

This chess tournament employed a single-elimination system, meaning that losing one game would result in direct elimination.

This extremely ruthless rule compelled the participating chess players not to dare slacken in the slightest.

For each of them, every game was a battle of life and death.

Thus, the atmosphere of the entire venue became solemn.

Countless people widened their eyes to watch the giant screen set up in the sky by the powers of Divine Sense.

It was divided into several small squares, each depicting the live situation of the chess games of the various competitors.

Since it was a single-elimination tournament, everyone’s opponent was random.

Xue An’s opponent was a middle-aged woman with a proper appearance.

The woman showed delight on her face upon seeing that her opponent was Xue An.

Because she too felt that Xue An was already at the end of his tether, she thought her first match was in the bag.

In response, Xue An just smiled faintly and, without wasting words, began the match.

The chessboards used in this chess tournament were specially made, stacked with as many as one hundred and seventy layers, and each was a gigantic chessboard measuring 72 by 72.

Such chessboards would make an ordinary person dizzy with just one glance, not to mention playing on them, due to their intricate complexity that was simply astonishing.

Although this middle-aged woman was not famous, anyone who could reach the ninth rank of chess mastery was no pushover.

At the start of the game, she revealed her strong chess cultivation level, and her style of play was extremely steady, with each move resembling a textbook standard.

This kind of steady and methodical approach, though lacking in spectacle, was the most secure and the most headache-inducing style of play.

Unless the discrepancy in chess skill between the players was substantial, it would be difficult to break through such tactics in a short period of time.

Because of Xue An’s previous astonishing performance, many people turned their attention to his match, but after seeing the opening, many of them couldn’t help but shake their heads, thinking that Xue An’s chances of winning were very slim.

Because it was clear that the middle-aged woman had set her sights firmly on Xue An’s currently overtaxed energy, planning to wear him down bit by bit with this methodical approach.

It might sound somewhat boring, but it was the most effective.

However, to everyone’s surprise,

Xue An did not show any signs of impatience or restlessness in the face of this situation, but calmly began to tangle with the middle-aged woman.

She was methodical step by step, and Xue An also mounted his defenses layer by layer.

As a result, the style of this chess game began to deviate once more.

Both sides seemed overly cautious, like generals who had secured all their soldiers without making any actual attacks.

As time dragged on, the game became so dull that it almost made people want to yawn.

Many of the spectating chess masters felt somewhat stupefied.

"This Xue An is quite clever, probably thinking of using this tactic to prolong the game and recover his energy quickly!" someone guessed.

Others, however, shook their heads, "This is just a temporary measure, I don’t believe the two of them can continue this stalemate indefinitely."

But the reality was just as this person had said, the situation remained at a standstill.

Even when other matches had reached the mid-game, with some fast players having already ended the fight and eliminated their opponents,

Xue An was still defending unhurriedly.

This led many chess masters to unavoidably show a look of disdain.

Such a style of chess, although not wrong, seemed to many that Xue An had clearly lost his nerve.

"It’s really unexpected to win over an opponent in this manner!" 𝗳𝗿𝐞𝕖𝘄𝗲𝕓𝗻𝚘𝚟𝕖𝐥.𝚌𝕠𝕞

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