Darkening Guardian Knight

This time, Kate took the white first. She learned her opponent's layout method in the first game, intending to seize the opportunity, but fell into a hard fight in the middle game.

This time, her opponent is impeccable. Every time Kate makes a move that leads her to victory, she will be blocked and interrupted by the opponent, making Kate unable to use her hands and feet and making it difficult to move an inch on the board.

In desperation, she could only keep looking for opportunities to exchange, dragging the battle to the end, and then relying on her powerful calculation power to grind her opponent to death.

Although this approach ensured victory, it was extremely brain-intensive and more tiring than in the first round.

But this time, there is no such good thing as a bye.And because the final duel took a lot of time, Kate had no chance to recover after the match. She could only enter the fifth round of the selection stage in a panic and haste with her overworked mind.

After reaching the fifth round of selection, it is almost certain that those who stay are masters of war chess games, and no one is a fuel-efficient lamp.

It's just that considering that everyone has undergone three to four rounds of elimination before this, the state at the moment must not be perfect, and it's hard to say how much they can play.

At this point, the competition is no longer just about the strength of war chess, but more about the endurance and luck.

And Kate has the latter.

Her opponent in the fifth round made a big mistake at the beginning of the game.Ordinary chess players may not be able to see it, but Kate's intuition and analysis and calculation ability are extraordinary. She can see at a glance that there is a strong sense of violation in the opponent's move, and then find out the loopholes in the opponent's formation.

After calculating the winning formula with her brain that was about to be overloaded, Kate won the round without any suspense and won the challenge.

The moment she won, the gigantic doll sent another announcement: "Congratulations on passing the fifth round of selection, and you will enter the sixth round soon, please be prepared."

When Kate heard this, her face turned pale as if she had received a notice of her critical illness.

"And?! How many rounds are there in this screening?!" She was about to collapse after duels with masters one after another.

As soon as Kate finished speaking, the space opposite the chessboard suddenly became distorted, and unconsciously, a white human figure slowly formed.

Unlike the previously blurred figures, this figure has a solid color, which is really different!

When Kate looked at the white figure carefully with shocked eyes, the white figure suddenly spoke, as if joking, and said playfully: "I have good news and bad news, which one do you want to hear first?"

No.18 final screening

The voice of the white figure is inexplicably bright and handsome, which is very attractive to people.

But Kate is not a nympho girl, she is not interested in the sound of the voice, she first pays attention to the fact that the white figure can speak: "You are different from those guys before, you can actually talk normally here."

Because in the previous rounds, all the opponents Kate encountered were black, invisible, and completely silent, and her opponents seemed to be unable to hear her voice.

So she deduced that in this spiritual world, the challengers could not communicate with each other.

But this white human figure that suddenly appeared can talk to himself like a normal person.

Obviously he is unusual, probably closely related to the builder of this spiritual world!

"I realized this problem soon... You are very perceptive, little girl." Seeing that Kate didn't answer her own question first, but she spoke brightly as soon as she came up, the white figure not only didn't show any anger, but said appreciatively, "As you think, I am one of the organizers of this challenge, and I am also your opponent in the sixth round of screening—the White King!"

"White King? Are you unwilling to reveal your true identity... It seems that you, like that huge humanoid projection, don't intend to tell me anything related to this auction of the right to challenge the peerless law."

Kate vaguely guessed that "White King" might not be the real name of the white figure, but a code name at most.

Because she had never heard of a famous person on the mainland with this name.

However, she also understood the other party's feeling that she didn't want what happened here to be exposed, and her real life would be affected.

"Huge human form? Oh, you said that guy. That guy's tongue is really tight, and he is a good guy who does his duty."

After listening to Kate's description, the white figure who claimed to be the White King understood who she was referring to, but changed the subject and said, "But I'm different from him. I don't have so many worries. As long as it doesn't affect our plan, I don't mind revealing some small things."

"Oh? Then can you tell me what this "Peerless Law Challenge" is for? Kate heard the words and asked bluntly, "I want to know your purpose!" "

"Hehe, are you so eager to know the truth?" The White King smiled, raised his hand and said, "Actually, it's okay for me to tell you the truth behind this auction of the right to challenge. But that would be too unchallenging, very boring, and lose the original meaning of the screening stage. Besides, doing this kind of thing is not good for me, so I don't do it, pass!"

"Hey... you mean, if things are in your favor, you can leak the secret?" Kate said meaningfully.

"That's right." The White King nodded without hesitation, and asked curiously, "Can you give me a reason enough to reveal the truth?"

"No." Kate narrowed her eyes and let out a long sigh, as if she was a little regretful.

But in fact, she didn't care much about the truth that the White King said.

There is only one reason why she kept raising the topic of nonsense with the White King - she wants to delay!

The last round of the game was exhausting too much. If she didn't do this, she was afraid that she would fall down due to exhaustion of brainpower after taking a few steps.

You must buy time to recover, even if it is just a few minutes!

"Does your sentence mean that if I pass the challenge, you will explain your purpose?" After thinking for a while, Kate simply broke the casserole and asked the end based on the principle of continuing to procrastinate.

"I didn't say that, little girl, don't make up your own mind!" But the White King didn't take the bait, he replied cunningly and calmly, "I won't say it, but if, if you can enter the real challenge stage, you can definitely guess our intention with your wisdom."

"That is, are you hiding everything under the official challenge?"

"You can understand it this way." The White King nodded and said, "Does this make you want to start fighting a little bit?"

"Well, it's okay." Kate shrugged, pretending to be relaxed, "By the way, I remember just now you said that you had good news and bad news to tell me, what is the difference?"

Feeling that this topic was going to be overwhelmed, Kate picked up the White King's original question again, trying to delay the time.

The White King laughed lightly, and did not refuse to answer the topic raised by himself.

He said: "The good news is that this round is the last round of the screening stage. As long as you pass this round, you will get the place for the final challenge!"

"Oh, that's really great news." Kate said nonchalantly, "So, what about the bad news?"

"The bad news is...your opponent is me, me, me—ah! It's me, the King of White!" Suddenly, the King of White raised his hand arrogantly, and stretched out his thumb aggressively to flaunt himself.

Obviously, the white humanoid face has no facial features and cannot express.

But Kate seemed to see a smug and conceited laugh from that blank face.

"So, are you strong?" Kate asked seriously and cautiously.

"Strong? Hahaha!" The White King suddenly laughed, "Isn't this nonsense! I dare not say anything else, but in this war chess game, there will never be more than three people who can beat me!!"

"So strong?" Kate frowned slightly, doubting the authenticity of his words.

"Hmph, I won't brag casually!" The White King patted the corner of the chessboard proudly, and said, "If you don't believe me, just play a game and you'll understand—my White King It’s amazing, it’s not something that can be explained clearly in a few words, you have to experience it for yourself!”

"It seems...it can't be dragged on any longer." After a few minutes of rest, Kate breathed a sigh of relief.

But she still hasn't fully recovered. It should be said that she is still far from fully recovered. "However, in this state, I can barely fight him."

Looking at the chess pieces gradually emerging on the chessboard, Kate did not feel the slightest tension and pressure in her heart, but became more and more calm.

"I've reached this point, there's nothing I can do. All I can do now is try my best!"

Her extraordinarily firm gaze caused the corners of the White King's mouth to rise wildly: "Hehe, that's right, that's it...Come on, struggle, struggle!"

His cat's paw-like open fingers suddenly closed together, tightened into a fist, and made a sound of pinching the air, "It's a pity that those are useless! Because I—"White King"—will make all your efforts come to naught, and let you understand what it means to be "in the end, everything is in vain"! "

"It's really funny." Kate was not shaken, her demeanor was still calm and unhurried, "But I won't lose."

"Oh? It's a big talk, but I don't know how strong it is." The White King sat down cross-legged, looking sharply at Kate, "Don't let me down, little black-haired girl."

"Well." Kate nodded slightly in response, "I won't let you down."

As the two of them took their seats, all the chess pieces on the chessboard finally appeared!

The final screening match begins here!

No.19 Instant change

As soon as the game started, the two quickly entered the state.

The king of white plays the white chess first, the king's soldiers start the game, dispatch troops in a standardized manner, and liberate the main combat forces such as the bishop and the queen, and the offensive is fierce.

And Kate played black chess, raising the pawns in front of the bishop to deal with it.

"Hey!" Seeing Kate taking this step, the White King couldn't help whistling, "Aren't you going to play imitation chess again? It's a bit surprising."

"I'm also a little surprised, you actually watched my previous games." Kate replied, "It seems that you are not so arrogant."

"Hmph, I didn't look at it on purpose, I just happened to see your game record." The White King did not admit his concern for Kate, and argued.

"Is it a coincidence... Let's take it like this." Kate curled her lips, not believing his excuse at all, "But as you said, there is probably no way to fight you by imitation chess, so I'm going to change my way!"

"Hey, changing formation temporarily is a big taboo on the battlefield. But you don't really think you can beat me with your own strength, do you?"

The White King sneered and sent out his knights, "Is your half-baked level worthy of fighting against the ancients' chess records plus my wisdom?"

"Just try it out and you'll know?" Kate replied honestly, transporting the soldiers in front of the queen up to resist White's offensive, "I didn't choose to change randomly. , I have been studying hard! I have carefully analyzed every game, including the opening of Wang Bing like you. So I understand, facing your opening, how to move is the best solution!"

"Is it the best hand..." The White King glanced at the chessboard and murmured, "Indeed, the current trend is exactly the same as that recorded in the chess records of the seniors, which means that she has made no mistakes in every step, yes the best solution."

But so what, then?

"Then can you be so precise in every move? You are walking a tightrope, and if you miss a step, you will be finished!"

The White King confidently played d4 and attacked Kate with his soldiers.

"I don't know, but I'll try my best!"

As Kate said, she did not refuse the white king's provocation, and picked up her own soldiers to attack the white king.As a result, after a simple exchange between the two sides, a stalemate and an inextricable situation were formed.

However, relatively speaking, white's mobilization speed is slightly faster, and it has the upper hand;

The black chess is curled up into a ball, although it is organized, it is not offensive, it only has the power to resist, it looks inferior.

"Starting from here, it's the real game." White King and Kate are very aware of this, "The operation of the middle game will determine who can win the favorable position in the later stage."

Considering that this is the last round of screening, Kate is no longer stingy with her brainpower, she goes all out, and constantly calculates the possibility of changes in the chess game in her mind.

Enter the bishop, enter the knight, charge the soldiers, confront the knights, change the position of the king's chariot...

Everything, everything, she has to count!Five steps, ten steps, fifteen steps... sixteen steps!She literally saw the future after that!

but……

"No, it's not enough!"

There is no way to find victory.

"This White King, he didn't miss any step." Kate's face turned blue, and the continuous calculations had pushed her brain to the limit. "This guy...he is not bragging, but really has enough strength to make him proud!"

However, I don't want to lose.

Kate gritted her teeth and drove the knight's pieces to occupy the front line.

"Do you want to attack at this time? It's a bit naive." Seeing Kate taking this step, the White King shook his index finger at her and made a teasing sound of "tsk tsk tsk".

"What's wrong?" Kate frowned, not knowing why.

"Really, so you haven't seen that "future". "White King said self-consciously, "Well, this is normal, after all, not everyone is born with that talent. "

"Hey! What do you mean? Say it clearly!" Kate asked in a rare yell.

The White King's words really made her very concerned.

"Do you have to tell me the truth?" The White King replied helplessly, "Then I'll just say it straight, the step you took just now was a failed move."

"Huh? How is it possible!" Kate hurriedly checked the situation, making checks and calculations in her head.

In her previous calculations, she didn't find that this move would lead to black's defeat.

Although this might be a trap used by the White King to bluff people, her intuition tells Kate that with such an arrogant personality, the White King doesn't bother to lie.

"Sure enough, you can't see it." The White King sighed regretfully, and nudged the white soldiers forward, "If you can't figure it out, keep going and you will understand."

"It's as good as my calculation!" The white king's chess made Kate feel at ease, "Does this mean that I didn't make a mistake in my calculation, but I didn't calculate deeply enough?"

At this time, Kate realized that there was still a gap between her calculation depth and that of the White King!

"I can only foresee everything that happened in sixteen steps. But this white person seems to be able to see the scenery farther away..." She gritted her teeth unwillingly, and almost burst into tears from the bottom of her heart. impulse.

Kate knew that even if she continued to calculate hard, she would not be able to see more...

Sixteen steps, this is her limit!

She who relied on calculation power to fight against each other actually lost to the opponent in calculation.A spontaneous sense of frustration pressed on Kate like a flood, about to submerge her.

"Oh, it looks like you're about to give up?" Sensing Kate's sense of despair escaping from her body, she sneered, "I thought you could hold on longer, but unexpectedly you didn't even try. Just do it and it's over."

"An attempt without a plan will not have a good result in the end." Kate's words were full of frustration, "It's not that I don't want to try to struggle, but I still can't see the way to struggle..."

Now she is like a blind person, but the White King is a sighted person.People with discerning eyes point out a pit to the blind man. Even if the blind man knows about it, he still cannot see the real situation. He does not know how big and deep the pit is, so he has no way of walking.

So she stopped, not daring to move forward.She was afraid, afraid that there was an abyss in front of her, and she would be lost if she stepped on it casually.

"The lack of computing power is actually because you are not devoted enough."

And just when the wave of fear and failure was about to swallow Kate's heart, a word suddenly sounded from the deepest part of Kate's heart, saving her from frustration!