It was because Lv Yuze and Pan Jie had suddenly discovered that Zhang Bin was an exceptional Go player.

Every single move he made was exquisitely brilliant. Each one was a hidden ambush, a heart-pounding turn, a murderous strike. What was even more terrifying was Zhang Bin's efficiency. He made no hesitant moves, slowly but surely erasing the disadvantage of playing second. He was even on the verge of overtaking his opponent.

How is this possible? they were all screaming inwardly in shock.

Given the circumstances, their expressions were perfectly normal.

In stark contrast, Zhang Bin was the picture of leisure. In fact, his eyes were even glinting with a lecherous light as they roamed the room, checking out the beautiful women. So many female stars had come tonight, all dressed to the nines and looking exceptionally charming and alluring. As a man, he naturally had to appreciate the view.

Most of the guests didn't understand Go, so they couldn't make sense of the board, but they could tell something was up from the players' expressions. They were all very surprised. Wasn't Lv Yuze supposed to be the world's number one Go master, the greatest of all time? Why had he become so grim and serious? And Pan Jie looked the same.

Could it be that Lv Yuze had met his match? And that his rival was the world's King of Gamblers, Zhang Bin? Was Zhang Bin also a Go master of the highest caliber? That seemed too absurd.

Perhaps Zhang Bin had just gotten incredibly lucky, making a few good moves that forced Lv Yuze to think for a long time. Once Lv Yuze figured things out, Zhang Bin would likely be in for a miserable time.

"Brother Haijun, can we go smash things and flip the chessboard now?"

The youths holding the bottles were not even twenty years old, so they knew nothing about Go. Impatient to rush over and cause chaos, they whispered into Zhang Haijun's ear.

"Hold on. It looks like Brother Bin is actually doing pretty well," Zhang Haijun said, his face a mask of surprise.

"Wait for what? Lv Yuze is an incredible master! There's no way Brother Bin can win."

"Yeah, Lv Yuze is probably just cooking up some evil scheme to crush Brother Bin completely."

"Just wait a little longer..."

Zhang Haijun, being a person with good instincts, was not so reckless. Even so, he also didn't think Zhang Bin could win, as that would be too incredible to believe.

The game continued, with Lv Yuze playing each move with extreme deliberation. After another dozen or so moves, he once again fell into deep thought. Zhang Bin had played an unconventional move—in reality, a brilliant move. If Lv Yuze didn't counter it properly, his first-move advantage would be completely wiped out.

It was only then that he realized Zhang Bin's terrifying skill. He was a Grandmaster of Go, just like himself—a truly top-tier expert. If he didn't play this game with his full attention, the probability of him losing was high.

Zhang Bin, meanwhile, grew even more relaxed. He even began to flirt with Feng Banmei, who was standing beside him. "Miss Feng, your legs are so long and fair, truly captivating. Hmm, I'm so handsome and charming, so tell me, how long will it take for you to fall in love with me? Hehehe..."

The crowd was speechless. What kind of scoundrel was this? How dare he flirt with one of Lv Yuze's own starlets while playing against the world's number one Go master? Did he really have no regard for Lv Yuze at all?

Feng Banmei blushed with a mix of embarrassment and indignation, shooting several sharp glares at Zhang Bin. Inside, however, a deep sadness filled her heart. She knew full well that Zhang Bin had fallen into Lv Yuze's trap this time. Zhang Bin's company would be dissolved, and the entertainment industry would remain Lv Yuze's kingdom. There was no escaping his grasp. After all, she was just a starlet with no power to protect herself.

She had only been able to preserve her innocence because Zhang Bin had arranged to have Lv Yuze castrated. Otherwise, she would have been eaten alive by him long ago.

Among the people Lv Yuze had brought, a woman wearing a veil watched Zhang Bin with a strange, intense gaze. Her lips moved, forming words too quiet to hear. It seems I've found you. Don't think you can escape from my grasp. Apparently, she had been searching for Zhang Bin for a long time and had finally found him.

"Should we make our move, Brother Haijun?" the youths urged again, getting impatient.

"We need a plan that makes it look like we disrupted the game by accident," Zhang Haijun said in a low voice. "Otherwise, they might just start over, and all our effort would be for nothing."

"Didn't you say we were going to give Lv Yuze a good thrashing?" one of the boys asked, astonished.

"I just remembered that Lv Yuze is an incredible master, and those two guys behind him look terrifying, too. We probably can't beat them," Zhang Haijun said, changing his mind.

"Then what do we do?" his buddies asked anxiously.

"Here's what we're going to do..." Zhang Haijun laid out a devious plan with a wicked grin.

Mischievous smiles soon spread across all their faces.

They split into two groups and started arguing loudly. The argument quickly escalated into a brawl. One group, pretending to be outmatched, turned and fled, with the other giving chase. Then, the pursuers launched a long-range attack, hurling the beer bottles they were holding.

The Go game was taking place right between them.

As a result, nearly all the bottles rained down toward the chessboard. Of course, a few "accidentally" flew toward Zhang Bin.

Since Feng Banmei was standing right next to him, he was so captivated by her long legs that the last thing he expected was for someone to cause trouble on his own turf. It wasn't until a bottle slammed hard into his head, making it spin, that he snapped back to reality.

As for the rest of the bottles, they had no chance of landing on the chessboard, let alone hitting Lv Yuze. Behind him stood Lv Jianben, a cultivator at the Golden Core Mid-Stage. He easily caught all the bottles with Telekinesis and flung them back with vicious force, intending to cripple the throwers.

However, Master Tianlong intervened. He also used Telekinesis to catch the bottles, placing them gently on a nearby table.

Master Tianlong was an incredibly formidable expert, just a hair's breadth from the peak of the Golden Core Realm. He had seen through Zhang Haijun's little scheme from the very beginning. Yet, he hadn't stopped them. He hoped the game would be disrupted, so Zhang Bin wouldn't have to lose. After all, he didn't want to see Zhang Bin lose, either.

"How did it hit Brother Bin?" Zhang Haijun was dumbfounded. The one who had thrown the bottle looked like he was about to cry, wishing he could chop his own hands off. The bottle he had thrown wasn't empty; it was a full, unopened bottle of beer.

If an ordinary person had taken a blow like that, their head would have been cracked open, and they would have collapsed on the spot. However, Zhang Bin was a powerful cultivator with incredible Defensive Power, so naturally, he wasn't injured. In fact, the attack was so non-threatening that his Armor didn't even activate, remaining dormant in his Dantian.

The beer bottle didn't break when it hit his head. Zhang Bin caught the rebounding bottle as it fell and cursed furiously, "Fuck! Who the hell was that? Are you looking to die?"

Zhang Haijun scrambled over and, thinking fast, said, "Brother Bin, I was just tossing a bottle of beer for you to drink." Of course, he was winking frantically at Zhang Bin all the while.

Zhang Bin understood immediately. He shot Zhang Haijun an exasperated glare before twisting open the cap, taking a swig of beer, and taunting with a sly grin, "Lv Yuze, you sure are taking your sweet time. Are you really the mentor of the world's Go champion, or are you just a fraud who bluffed his way here?"

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