Chapter 33

"No way, what's going on? Just like that, one-tapped?"

The moment the smoke dissipated, Tserof only had time to glance at Jiao Yang in the air before becoming a fresh corpse.

He quickly realized that the smoke had been a trap; VG's brief silence was merely to set up a sudden explosion of force.

Even without being picked off in mid-air, LVG was in dire straits.

Because just as they were rushing to retake B, aumaN had quietly appeared and stolen a kill from behind.

With an attack on two fronts like this, as long as one side tore open a gap, the Terrorists had enough time to complete a desperate rotation, even with the clock running out.

With both A and B under fire, the CTs lost even the space to save their guns, and under the Terrorists' encirclement, they were sent into an ECO round once again.

Where did the problem lie?

LVG captain Xg couldn't figure it out; in such a tight situation, were they supposed to hold the back site while retaking?

He was inclined to blame the problem on A site failing to hold the pressure and stall for a bit longer; if not for Tserof's death, B site wouldn't have been so rushed.

But advent knew very clearly that the problem was that LVG shouldn't have handed the decision-making power to their opponents; overly conservative defense meant a lack of effective map control.

The correct approach at that moment might have been to let teammates get information ahead of time, just like in that dream, using movement to control the static.

Even so, Jiao Yang still surprised him; no matter the tactic, it required the teammates' aim to keep up.

Being able to open up the situation alone is the value of a star player!

advent had already faintly seen this value in Jiao Yang, and he was glad he hadn't tried to talk Jiao Yang out of it back then.

Well, the main reason might be that he didn't have the ability to talk him out of it anyway.

Taking the ECO round again, the score had become 4:0.

LVG called a tactical pause, and the players began to discuss how to defend the second full gun round.

After defending for a few rounds, they had already felt the terror of VG's newcomer, Ori—he rushed around like he had never killed anyone before, and yet he really could kill them.

Facing this kind of ladder play, LVG was actually a bit at a loss.

"I'll give the Sniper to Yvonne, you guys buy normally." Xg thought for a moment and decided to use the Sniper Rifle to limit the opponent's performance.

In CSGO, besides the ability to get consecutive kills, the performance of a Sniper Rifle is almost overwhelming compared to other guns.

Some teams with very solid aim are crazily targeted by opponents simply because they lack a suitable Sniper, to the point where they can't exert their full strength and end up losing regretfully.

This is why every team in CSGO always needs a Sniper, and why the TOP 1 player is always a Sniper.

"Don't skimp on utility, stall if you can, at least give your teammates a chance to retake." Xg urged.

The teammates nodded and set off again.

This time LVG was playing a 2A3B defense; unlike the caution of the last round, with the big Sniper in hand, Xg had the 2A defenders rush to the Balloon.

The big Sniper held the Terrorist Entrance, and after confirming the Terrorists couldn't pass through to the Amusement Park, he let another teammate go touch the Sewer.

In this way, relying on just two people, they could vaguely control the entire A zone.

Even if VG chose to rush hard, the big Sniper could quickly escape using the short distance between the Balloon and the Toilet.

And the time it took to chase from the Terrorist Entrance to the A site Police Base was enough for the B site teammates to retake.

Sure enough, VG didn't give up map control and popped a flashbang over the point.

Yvonne waited a second and fired directly, but unfortunately, he didn't hit.

Immediately after, VG's utility began to fly in.

To save their lives, the two CTs who had pushed up had to throw their self-preservation smokes and retreat once again to the Toilet and A Small.

VG once again regained potential control of the Terrorist Entrance.

LVG quickly adjusted their formation, calling the teammate placed at the Connector for emergencies back to A site.

And just as Xg was worrying about whether A da would miss the timing, the formal attack on B site began.

There was no sign of it, not even the Oil Drum fire was burned.

They didn't even care about the B Small fire; when the opponent was at their most relaxed, two simple flashbangs were thrown, and they accelerated directly from the Long Pipe.

The first to bear the brunt was naturally Jiao Yang; before the opponent could react, he directly took out the opponent holding the Long Pipe at B.

Unfortunately, the drawback of not burning the Oil Drum fire was exposed; the opponent threw a flashbang, directly blinding the three people queuing into B site from the Long Pipe.

But fortunately, the Terrorists' flashbangs were also continuous, and Xg at the Oil Drum could only blind-fire and spray based on his impression.

Because he had seen the Terrorists' positions before being blinded, he successfully killed zhokiNg and kaze.

advent pulled out from B Small after throwing his utility, but unfortunately, he was directly held and killed by Aree, who had rushed back to assist the defense.

The situation turned into a 2V4; besides aumaN, who had just arrived after harassing A and was at full health, Jiao Yang, who had been sprayed while blinded, was very lucky to survive, but he only had 7 HP left.

The only good thing was that aumaN, who was carrying the bomb, hadn't shown himself, so the opponent shouldn't have completely abandoned A site.

Which meant this was at most a local 2V3 clutch.

"What now?" The tactic had been ordered by advent, so aumaN asked directly about the follow-up.

"Wait a while, let them walk a bit more."

Learning that this required careful consideration, Jiao Yang stepped back from the Long Pipe and returned to the B Long wall.

aumaN directly made noise while retreating, giving the opponent more hints of a rotation to A.

Although this behavior wouldn't directly make the opponent choose to retake, it would strengthen the opponent's desire to get information.

Sure enough, after aumaN made noise, the opponent pushed from A site to the entrance of the A da Toilet.

"They aren't hitting A."

Without waiting for this sentence to be spoken, Jiao Yang and aumaN had already silently converged and touched into B site, directly killing the CT holding the Long Pipe.

LVG knew the opponent was hitting B, but this 2V3 clutch had turned into a 2V2 for at least a considerable amount of time because the teammates were trying to get information on A.

Jiao Yang threw the bomb-planting smoke, and for once, there were no issues.

aumaN, at full health, planted the bomb; the CT clearing the Construction Site pulled out from B Small to mix into the smoke, and the moment he fired, Jiao Yang, the bodyguard, directly wide-peeked.

Jiao Yang only needed one shot to die, but Jiao Yang, having the information, didn't give the opponent even a sliver of a chance, landing a one-tap headshot.

With the box blocking the way, Yvonne, who was sniping from B1 Level, could only try to kill the bomb planter through the smoke after throwing a grenade; failing the first shot, he quickly hid in cover, not giving Jiao Yang a chance to wide-peek.

At this time, the rotating CT had already reached the Construction Site, and the two Terrorists' positions were locked into the B bomb site.

And the Terrorists didn't know from which direction this mysterious person would appear.

Jiao Yang chose the headshot position at the Oil Drum, while aumaN began to rotate from the Long Pipe.

The former ensured an equal chance to duel despite the health disadvantage, while the latter could gain information while ensuring they could watch the bomb.

"Jiao Yang, you have a fire on you."

In a relatively safe environment, advent gave a hint.

But this hint made Jiao Yang even more panicked...

Rat-tat-tat.

A notification appeared in the top right corner: 【Aree used M4A1-S to kill aumaN】

"At the Construction Site, he should be going to B Small." aumaN's final words.

There wasn't much time left; with a beep, the defuse began...