The players moved rapidly in this match, and Wei Yuan found himself struggling to keep up. After nearly three hundred moves, at the stage of endgame, the Seventh Elder finally admitted defeat, just a hair's breadth away from victory.
"Let's play another round!" The Seventh Elder grit his teeth, sweeping his sleeve to reset the chessboard to its original state.
Wei Yuan once again placed a piece at the 3-3 point.
This time, Wei Yuan's responses were much smoother. The Mortals had already discovered some of the Seventh Elder's common plays, which greatly reduced the number of moves Wei Yuan needed to calculate, allowing him to barely manage a response.
Wei Yuan placed one piece in the east, another in the west—his moves seemed to lack any clear pattern, but after just sixty to seventy moves from both sides, the Seventh Elder's position had already collapsed.
After the match ended, the Seventh Elder stared at the chessboard, silent for a long time.
