Just as Han Tianyu was thinking about how many steps he should take to defeat Lin Yun … Lin Yun suddenly took out ten pieces from the pile of blue pieces and threw them away.
"What … What are you trying to do?" Han Tianyu was completely dumbfounded. He didn't understand what Lin Yun was trying to do.
Lin Yun held the ten pieces in his hand and calmly said, "I'm only using ten pieces."
Hearing Lin Yun's words, Han Tianyu's eyes widened in disbelief, as if he had heard the most inconceivable thing in the world, "You're saying that you want to defeat me within ten steps?"
Everyone present was dumbfounded, and they even wondered if they had misheard.
Even people who didn't understand chess knew that to play a complete game, it would take at least tens to hundreds of steps, and at most hundreds to thousands of steps. In fact, if one was evenly matched, it would be normal to play thousands of steps.
Finishing a chess game in ten steps was simply unheard of!
Moreover, the person he was playing against was a master strategist who was proficient in the art of chess.
Not to mention winning within ten steps, even losing within ten steps was not an easy task.
And yet, this youth had only taken out ten pieces. Just what was he trying to do?
"Southern Summer King, you're the one who decided to only use ten pieces. If there's no result within ten steps, then it can only be considered your loss, and you can't blame anyone else. " The Great Qin King didn't care about Lin Yun's youthful arrogance. He only wanted Lin Yun to lose and shut up so that he could take command of the allied army.
"Don't worry, if I can't win within ten steps, I'll admit that I'm useless and willingly give up command of the allied army," Lin Yun said calmly, as if he was talking about a trivial matter.
"Alright, that's what you said. Let's begin," the Great Qin King said impatiently. Originally, he had been a bit worried that Lin Yun's talent in chess was extraordinary, and that Han Tianyu would fail miserably.
However, after Lin Yun said that he would win within ten steps, his worries disappeared without a trace. Because this kind of impossible thing, in his opinion, was just a daydream. No matter how talented Lin Yun was in chess, it was impossible for him to accomplish such a feat.
Lin Yun didn't say anything else. He took out one of the ten chess pieces and threw it on the chessboard as if he was throwing trash.
This scene made everyone shudder with fear. He clearly only had a total of ten chess pieces, but he didn't know how to use them sparingly. Instead, he used them so casually, as if he had an inexhaustible supply of chess pieces.
Han Tianyu was naturally displeased to be looked down upon by a youth who was still wet behind his ears. However, since even the Great Qin Emperor had agreed, there was nothing else he could say. He could only thicken his face and play against Lin Yun.
Han Tianyu placed down a chess piece. In his heart, he was determined to crush Lin Yun on the chessboard. He would thoroughly humiliate him and let him know the consequences of looking down on him.
Lin Yun threw down a second chess piece. He still wasn't stingy at all, and he still casually threw it around like it was trash.
Seeing Lin Yun's actions, everyone sneered in disdain. They seemed to think that Lin Yun didn't know anything about chess and was just putting on an act.
Han Tianyu also thought that Lin Yun didn't know anything about chess, so he also became more casual, not taking Lin Yun seriously at all.
The two of them continued to casually play, and in just two breaths of time, they had completed more than half of the chessboard.
"Hahaha, if we continue like this, we'll probably be able to complete it within ten steps." Han Tianyu took his seventh step. He had already seen through the next three steps, and it was as if he could see the light at the end of the tunnel.
Against someone who knew a bit about chess, defeating them within ten steps was indeed impossible. Even the most heaven-defying of chess masters wouldn't be able to do it.
However, if he encountered someone who didn't know anything about chess, it was entirely possible for him to defeat his opponent within ten moves.
In Han Tianyu's view, the Lin Yun he was playing against was someone who didn't know anything about chess at all.
"Is that so?" Lin Yun casually placed down a chess piece, his face expressionless the entire time, as if he didn't care about winning or losing.
Han Tianyu took his eighth step, the smile on his face growing wider.
Lin Yun continued to casually play, throwing his chess pieces as if it didn't matter even if he threw them in the wrong position.
Han Tianyu took his ninth step and then began to laugh loudly. "Hahaha, the outcome has been decided. You've lost for sure! You've already reached a dead end. No matter what you do next, you won't be able to come back from the dead!
"I did it, I did it! I won a game within ten steps! I've set a new record in the chess world! Hahaha! "
Han Tianyu became more and more excited as he spoke, and he almost jumped up from where he stood. After all, to be able to win a game within ten steps was something that had never happened before. And yet, he had become the number one person in the chess world.
"What are you laughing about?" Lin Yun casually tossed down his last chess piece and then expressionlessly asked Han Tianyu.
"I've set a new record in the chess world! I'm the first person to ever do this!" Han Tianyu was still intoxicated by his own glory, unable to extricate himself for a long time.
"Is that so? Take a good look at the chessboard. "Lin Yun pointed at the chessboard and said indifferently.
Only then did Han Tianyu return to his senses. Following the direction of Lin Yun's finger, his gaze fell on the last chess piece that Lin Yun had tossed down. His entire body froze, as if he had been petrified.
Lin Yun's last chess piece was like the center of a resplendent river of stars. It connected the originally scattered blue chess pieces into a single whole, forming a complex formation.
This formation activated the chessboard's formation. All the blue chess pieces instantly lit up, breaking through the layers of red chess pieces and defeating them one by one.
Ten steps.
Lin Yun had said he only needed ten chess pieces. At this time, he had completed all ten steps. His calculations had been precise and precise, not a single step more, not a single step less.
"This …"
Han Tianyu's eyes were as wide as a cow's as he stared at the chessboard in disbelief. It was like he had fallen from heaven into hell. His mind buzzed, and his entire body felt unwell.
He didn't dare believe his eyes. No matter what angle he looked at it from, the blue chess pieces that had seemed doomed had been one step behind. But just a single step had completely reversed the situation, overturning the final result.
And his red chess pieces had clearly been one step away from victory. But because of Lin Yun's one step, they had lost the entire game.
All of this was too inconceivable. He found it hard to accept.
Everyone else also had expressions of disbelief. None of them had imagined that the game would end like this. And none of them had imagined that Lin Yun would really only need ten steps to defeat a chess expert like Han Tianyu.
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