Chapter 133: If you can knife, you must knife; if you can't, create conditions to knife

"How did you guys suddenly get cut off?" JW asked, puzzled.

The bald one adjusted his hat and replied, "We want to know that too. We were just about to rotate when someone suddenly rushed out from the back; we almost called for our moms."

"CS: GO is really a horror game."

"Maybe they pushed out from the side path." Xizt's voice sounded in fnatic's voice chat. "I just don't understand where they got that M4; they shouldn't have had money this round."

The fnatic group fell into deep thought.

JW thought of a possibility: "Could it be that they didn't buy last round and saved up for a half-armor M4... but the economy isn't quite enough. Nice had a Desert Eagle last round; could it be that Neo saved money to drop it?"

This speculation was quickly accepted by others. Calculating from an economic perspective, this was the only way Nice could get an M4 with half-armor in this third round.

It couldn't be that Nice used a payment plan to buy a half-armor M4 this round!

Thinking about this, they were speechless.

"These guys are a bit too unscrupulous to win." Xizt, as the leader, took a sip of water and complained speechlessly.

Knowing VP was the opponent, they had briefly watched VP's match recordings in this Major and knew Nice was VP's star player. Neo had also dropped a FAMAS for Nice in an eco round.

But VP didn't get many kill rewards in the pistol round, and he didn't pay attention after calculating the economy.

He didn't expect Neo to save for two consecutive rounds just to drop an M4 for Nice in this round.

What for!

But looking at their economy, which had fallen into a slump because they were turned around, they understood in their hearts—

This time, Neo's gamble succeeded!

Everyone complained about VP's lack of martial ethics and spent their remaining less than 2000 economy, trying to coordinate with flashbangs for a jump-out.

But this jump-out didn't succeed; they were all caught by Byali and Neo in A2, and finally lost the round after only trading one Byali.

After entering the eco round, VP entered a mode of crazy chasing. The consecutive points after the comeback made them feel hot.

VP quickly tied the score and even achieved a comeback.

Fortunately, after entering the long gun round again, fnatic relied on the bald one's breakthrough in A2, successfully taking A Site and winning in the clutch.

Both sides were hot and began to enter a rhythm of chasing each other.

The score spiraled upward, and before they knew it, it reached 14:13.

VP was only two rounds away from ending the match and winning this BO1.

fnatic was already trailing, and although a bit anxious, it was only a one-round difference.

"If it's Banana, why not just throw a smoke grenade? Don't let that guy on the other side push out." Xizt frowned and said.

After several rounds of games, they finally understood why a newcomer could become VP's big brother.

For several consecutive rounds on Banana, Nice used various different routines, causing those who tried to control Banana to suffer.

fnatic's control of Banana in these rounds could only be described as a disastrous performance.

So after consideration, Xizt intended to use the simplest way to make it impossible for Nice to come out of Banana.

If Nice intended to force his way out, they would let the opponent know what cruelty was.

"Others, control the side path at the start. Slow map control; the opponent will set up a combo in A2, pay attention."

The 28th round began.

fnatic started map control according to their opening plan.

The bald one, in the first position, came to Banana, pulled out a smoke grenade and threw it toward the barrel, then didn't rush in, holding a grenade at the T Spawn, and threw it after two seconds.

The smoke grenade dispersed, blocking his vision of the barrel, but also blocking the B Site CT's vision.

Xu Beifang saw this scene, retreated two steps, and then opened the scope of his sniper rifle, holding the slate double-boost position.

He specifically asked Pasha for the sniper rifle this round, just to catch the Terrorists rushing Banana off guard.

But he didn't expect the opponent to be so cautious, sealing the vision with smoke at the start.

There was no way to hold the angle, so he could only guard against the opponent's unconventional play.

But fnatic's play was still quite cautious. As the slate smoke dispersed, they threw a yellow wall fire.

Xu Beifang saw the incendiary grenade flying and could only switch to his knife and retreat, returning to CT Spawn to make other plans.

After the ZOTAC Cup ended, Neo proposed the idea of him becoming the team's secondary sniper.

Xu Beifang also actively practiced a lot in the ladder and retakes. Although his level was certainly not as good as those top-tier snipers, relying on his positioning ability and good play ideas, he could now carry in the ladder.

The yellow wall fire exploded, and then Xu Beifang heard the sound of a slate flash.

He stood where Happy held the Banana direction, waiting for the reckless Terrorist to peek.

The bald one in Banana didn't rush to push, but worried that Nice would counter-clear, so he actively added a yellow wall fire.

Xu Beifang's reckless play style had given them PTSD.

"Bald one, you stay in Banana to harass, we're preparing for A Site explosive grenades."

"Throw A1 flash and shed fire, pretend to hit A1, then rush the link and rotate to B." Xizt broke down this attack into several parts so that others could execute it better.

The bald one said "OK," indicating he understood. He also followed Xizt's idea, starting to expose gunfire, applying pressure from the front; he had to keep the B Site CTs on the site.

No one was standing at CT Spawn at first, so he looked toward the coffin direction.

——Bang!

【Nice killed Krimz with AWP】

"Nice is at B!! And there's a sniper rifle, don't come to B anymore!!" The bald one shouted frantically in the voice chat.

Nice's feel and state were on a completely different level from everyone else, and now he had a sniper rifle. If they just rushed from CT Spawn, the distance was too long, and they would likely be used as target practice by the sniper rifle.

They didn't know Nice's sniper level very well, but at least they had to respect his 21 kills, although Byali's 24 kills were the highest.

But fnatic knew that Nice was the most headache-inducing one.

"Seal the Archway and library, turn around and rush A from the link!!"

"Golden, you come over from A2 to support!"

Based on the information reported by his teammates, Xizt quickly made a tactical adjustment to the direction of attack.

In the CS: GO national server official live broadcast room.

Ma Xixi and the Old Handsome Guy were commentating passionately.

"Little Xu has once again taken the first kill for the team. After the opponent threw the second yellow wall fire, he very cleverly changed his position and took out the bald one with one shot from the sniper rifle!"

"The Terrorists want to rush A, Neo directly added an A1 smoke, so you can't get into A1. As for the link, it's completely open for you! They aren't worried about you rotating directly to B."

Ma Xixi added, "But this wave seems to have turned into a link pinch on A!! Byali in A2 grabbed the opportunity and took out Golden, and the link trio pushed forward directly."

"But why is no one watching the link for VP!! Neo's positioning was a mistake and he was directly stolen from the side by the link. How many can Pasha, who is left on the site, take?"

Pasha heard the footsteps and pre-fired, but the few people on the other side all had their muzzles aimed at this area, and his positioning control wasn't very good, so he was directly taken away by the spray.

Byali, confirming that no one was in A2, also hurriedly peeked out to help.

He saw three enemies in a split second and retreated hurriedly after spraying a burst.

But the fnatic trio directly sprayed him to death.

"Piggy got a triple kill, forcibly turning the situation back!!" Ma Xixi looked at the match UI and had some expectations again. "But now the total HP of the three fnatic people is less than 50, is there a chance?"

Xu Beifang walked to CT Spawn to retake, and he had already reached the library, but his scouting vision was completely blurred by the opponent's smoke grenade.

This is the limitation of the AWP; it's not easy to operate when retaking.

If it were a rifle, Xu Beifang could have mixed in with the smoke grenade and coordinated with Michu.

But with a sniper rifle, you couldn't just rush through the smoke to find people!

He had a defuse kit on him and Xu Beifang wanted to try, but after waiting for the second link smoke to be sealed.

He could only helplessly say in the voice chat, "No way, save the gun."

"I'll cut off the gun." Michu replied.

Previous consecutive victories made their economy quite good, so it didn't matter if the M4 he had was dropped, and if he could help Xu Beifang get an AK back, that would be even better.

As the C4 sound became more urgent, the opponent's figure finally appeared at A1.

Michu successfully got a kill, but after calculating the distance and the time of the C4 explosion, he finally didn't pick up the AK and went down from Mid to save his life.

The score reached 14:14, and both sides were only two rounds away from killing the match!

"My fault, didn't notice the link coming so fast." Neo said self-blamingly.

They didn't communicate well this time, and the exchange details weren't in place.

He knew Pasha was watching the link, so he thought the link was safe, not expecting Pasha to be holding the link crossing on the site.

After throwing the A1 smoke grenade, he thought the link was safe and directly wanted to retreat to the pit.

The result was a momentary negligence, leading to being stolen from the side by the link, and subsequent Pasha and Byali couldn't trade effective kills.

This clutch couldn't rely on the B Site duo either.

"I'll play with a rifle." Xu Beifang threw the sniper rifle in his hand to Pasha. "The opponent doesn't dare to find trouble on Banana, so the rifle is easier to use whether retaking or fighting at the front."

"Can Neo come to Banana to help at the beginning?" Xu Beifang asked. "We can control Banana first, otherwise your A Site won't be able to handle the opponent's A-pinch speed."

In today's match, Byali defended A Site very beautifully.

But as opponents, they also had to praise that fnatic's offensive rhythm was good, and many pinches put them in a very passive situation.

Neo thought for a while and asked, "What do you want to do?"

"I'll throw a tree fire at the start, and then throw a middle smoke. You help throw a flash, and we'll take the close angle directly." Xu Beifang continued, "If it goes well, you add a T Spawn smoke to take control of the area near the recess."

"You mainly help us throw flashes from behind, assisting Byali and me in taking control of Banana."

"Can't we just throw a T Spawn smoke at the start?" Neo thought this was a bit strange.

Generally speaking, throwing a T Spawn smoke on Banana is enough; there's no need to throw extra smoke grenades.

In his view, Xu Beifang's set of utility was a bit extravagant.

"The opponent will throw a barrel smoke at the first moment, which means we lose information. Even with the help of flashbangs, if someone is hiding in the tree or recess, it's still the opponent's advantage."

"But throwing a middle smoke is equivalent to exchanging utility with the opponent, blurring the opponent's vision and winning us some safe areas."

Neo nodded to show he knew. Since the teammate had a plan in mind, the next step was to try actively.

The countdown ended, and Xu Beifang stepped out and came to the Banana area.

"Michu, hold for a bit, I'll throw the utility."

A tree fire was thrown, followed by a smoke grenade toward the middle.

The middle smoke blocked the vision, and the incendiary grenade caused his HP to drop sharply, so JW hurriedly jumped to the right into the safe area of the recess.

He was originally playing according to the bald one's control mode from the previous round, but suddenly found that the opponent's play had changed.

Accompanied by a flashbang from the opponent exploding in Banana, JW's mind was in a storm of ideas, and he silently stuck into the smoke grenade, having some thoughts.

"Nice and Michu topped out from Banana and took control of the close angle. Nice even stepped directly on the tree wood pile to get information and is carefully observing the dynamics of the T Spawn."

"But a flashbang came, blinding them both. But JW, at this time, mixed out from the smoke grenade!! It's over!!" Ma Xixi wailed. "Piggy is too good at playing; now two big backs are placed in front of him. Seeing the flying smoke grenade, fnatic's teammates are gathering toward Banana. This is top-tier timing!"

JW looked at the two big backs in front of him, and his reason told him to use the M4 to aim at the head for a spray transfer.

But his inner instinct still made him pull out his butterfly knife.

He gave a backstab to the fly-head in front of him!

【JW killed Michu with a butterfly knife】

"But Piggy didn't choose 600, he chose 1500!! He directly pulled out the knife to backstab Michu, rushed up to find trouble with Nice, and was counter-killed!! Almost!!" Ma Xixi watched with a pounding heart.

【Nice killed JW with M4A4 headshot】

"Throw a T Spawn smoke!! Another flash!! Quickly!!" After the lingering fear, Xu Beifang also shouted loudly.

This knife from the Swedish Axe King almost split his VP jersey.

Neo hurriedly grabbed the T Spawn smoke and added it, then casually threw a flashbang into the sky of Banana.

Xu Beifang also hurriedly moved his position.

Sure enough, almost the moment the smoke exploded, intense gunfire rang out at the entrance of Banana.

Since the opponent had gotten this information, there was no reason not to gather at B Site.

After changing his position, Xu Beifang sprayed a burst into the T Spawn smoke.

It was just that no kill information appeared in the top right corner, which made him feel a bit sorry.

"Quack!"

The bald one broke into a cold sweat. He just wanted to help JW trade, but just as he mixed in, he was counter-shot in the head, leaving less than 10 HP.

Xizt looked at the already killed JW speechlessly.

This wave could have clearly produced more kills, and even a reversal, taking the match point first.

"Couldn't help it." JW smiled embarrassedly.

Xizt was just speechless and didn't blame his good friend.

Because he knew JW's personality very well; he was just a person who liked to play around.

As the player with the most knife kills in professional matches, this was inherently one of his personal styles.

Is JW still JW if he doesn't play around?

Besides, FNC is the famous Axe Gang.

Except for the Golden God, everyone can knife if they can.

JW and Flusha will even create conditions to knife when they can't.

Not for anything else, just for the innocent smile on their faces after knifing someone.

If G2's corporate culture is "choke," then fnatic's corporate culture might be enjoying the happiness of backstabbing.

As a club where even knife kills can make a highlight reel, what is there to blame?

Xizt shook his head; now he could only find opportunities again.

"A chaotic battle on Banana, both sides are at 4v4, but how come VP is more advantageous!" Ma Xixi suddenly discovered the point.

"A chaotic battle, Banana control is taken, then Nice is at half HP, and the bald one has only 1 HP left. No matter how you look at it, VP is in the lead. Interesting!"

Xu Beifang sprayed a burst and didn't see any kill information in the top right corner, so he hurriedly retreated to the back point.

In a half-HP state, the possibility of being killed by an inexplicable AOE is very high.

"No movement on Banana, Mid and A2 should add utility where needed." Neo said. "Nice, you go to A Site to support, Pasha, you two drag it out, I'll rotate to A as soon as there's movement."

He didn't rotate immediately, but let the half-HP Xu Beifang go back.

Because during the early map control process, Xu Beifang had used up most of his utility.

If the opponent came to hit B again, Xu Beifang, defending B alone, couldn't play any role.

He still had a fire and a flash in his hand, at least enough to delay for a certain amount of time.

Xu Beifang took his knife and went to A Site to support. Pasha threw a smoke grenade toward Mid, also giving up control of the link, and then returned to the site.

Xu Beifang's retake speed was very fast, and before he knew it, he had reached the back of the box on the site, directly helping his teammates counter-hold the link.

"fnatic has already organized the second wave of attack, a classic jump-to-second-floor tactic."

"But this time VP is already a 3A stack. Such a solid positioning really makes one doubt if they can get out of A2?"

At Xizt's command, Flusha's flashbang was thrown.

Draken rushed out from A2 first, followed by the bald one and Flusha, and Xizt followed from Mid to A1.

Their overall offensive rhythm was relatively loose because of the bald one's HP problem, so they didn't follow too closely.

But even if they consciously kept the distance of the team, in the A2 trade environment, the distance between teammates was still very close.

They understood that if someone stood in A2 and held the angle directly, the bald one, as a trade position, couldn't play much of a role.

With a flashbang thrown, fnatic launched their attack.

Byali chose a quite good position; he stood outside the railing of A2, turning his back to the opponent's flashbang.

Then he took his M4 and started a crazy spray!

Two Terrorists rushed out from A2, Byali's crosshair followed quickly, and bullets hit Draken in the air.

The bald one wanted to trade, but his HP was too low and he was instantly killed.

Taking two kills in a row, Byali didn't get greedy for more kills and retreated one step to the small pit.

At the same time, Flusha rushed out from A2, and Xu Beifang, standing on the site, looked toward A2 after the motorcycle smoke exploded.

A big side was placed right in front of him.

"Da-da-da..."

【Nice killed Flusha with M4A4 headshot】

Teammates died one after another, and Xizt, standing at A1, instantly felt that there were enemies everywhere; he had to guard against the site and the small pit.

He finally didn't push forward, but retreated to save his AK47.

Even with the economy from JW's knife kill, the overall economy for the next round wouldn't be much, so saving the gun to play the match point was the best choice.

As time jumped to the last second, the VP group excitedly clenched their fists.

"Pick up the gun, pick up the gun!!" Michu shouted loudly. "Pasha, help me pick up an AK47 too!! I'll drop you a sniper rifle, our economy is enough."

The AK47 could greatly improve their combat ability, especially since the team's economy was enough this round.

The score reached 15:14.

The words "Match Point" appeared on the screen, making both sides' hearts pause.

"Steady!" Neo tried his best to suppress his inner excitement. "Believe in us, we can turn this around!!"

Michu said quite unhappily, "They even used a knife to kill me; today I'll let fnatic feel the feeling of being turned around!!"

Kuben, standing behind, hammered his shoulder with his fist, the meaning in his eyes self-evident—don't be careless!

"The most critical round of this match has arrived!! Whether VP completes the comeback and achieves a reversal! Or fnatic stabilizes the situation and enters overtime, it all depends on this round's game!"

"Both sides coincidentally picked up sniper rifles, but Draken here has an unarmored sniper, the overall economy is not very good, and even the riflemen are making do with Galils."

In the case of insufficient economy, fnatic's offensive strategy for B Site changed again.

The opening was still the conventional smoke grenade to block vision, but afterward, because there was no utility, the bald one just sprayed wildly at the barrel, using bullets to suppress any potential front-peeking.

Although the T Spawn was still sealed with smoke, fnatic took turns spraying, making it impossible for you to come out.

Seeing this ray constantly spraying over, Xu Beifang had to admit that the opponent persuaded him with firepower.

The idea of controlling Banana in the early stage was disrupted.

He and Byali didn't retreat, both standing at the sandbags and yellow wall, preparing to fight the opponent at the close angle.

"The bald one is very bold here, the T Spawn smoke hasn't dispersed yet and he rushed into Banana. His information is very mysterious, and he even touched the close angle of the slate alone. Once this smoke grenade disperses, he's going to find an opportunity!!"

"What about this wave?"

Xu Beifang saw the slate smoke disperse and immediately threw a fire behind the slate without exposing his position.

Eliminating potential hidden dangers at the close angle.

Xizt saw this slate fire fly over and immediately understood he couldn't hide anymore. Without waiting for his teammate's flashbang, he directly peeked out.

Michu, who was holding the gun on the sandbags, immediately engaged with him.

But Michu's pre-aim didn't keep up, and instead, he was knocked down by the Galil spray!!

【Krimz killed Michu with Galil spray】

Xu Beifang heard the gunfire and immediately peeked out to trade.

But just as he peeked out, he saw someone kneeling in the fire, dying quietly.

【Nice killed Krimz with incendiary grenade】

So bald one, after Olof left, you also became Olof, right?

Banana turned into a 1-for-1, Xu Beifang quickly entered the sandbags and picked up the smoke grenade on Michu.

Pasha saw someone drop on B Site and actively went to B Site to support.

Ma Xixi, in the God's eye view, saw this scene and couldn't help but shout, "B Site 1-for-1, no movement behind, Pasha, why are you going back!!"

"This A Site is already ready, it might be wiped out by a rain of utility next!"

As current VP fans, they really didn't want the match to enter overtime. After finally coming from behind to get the match point, if this critical round was taken by fnatic.

Then the match would directly enter overtime!

After entering overtime, the players' mindset and state would be greatly reduced, and the situation in the subsequent overtime might be very worrying.

When Xu Beifang noticed Pasha's position, he had already reached the long corridor.

However, he didn't say anything. From the overall information, Pasha was right this time. After all, someone dropped on B Site, and letting him defend B alone would definitely be stressful.

"There was no one to trade on Banana before, and no one extinguished the fire, so there might not be many people." Xu Beifang said. "If they hit the second time, they should be at the slate now. Pasha, throw a yellow wall flash, and I'll counter-clear."

Pasha nodded.

Although it was a 4v4 clutch, they didn't have an advantage and still had to play actively.

Especially for a team like fnatic that likes to give harassment information on both sides, it's hard to retake without information in the mid-game.

Xu Beifang was ready behind the slate, and Pasha threw a flashbang directly.

"Boom!"

The flashbang exploded, and Xu Beifang peeked out.

The close angle of Banana was quiet, without any signs of the opponent.

Xu Beifang even specifically controlled his position and didn't find anyone counter-peeking from behind the slate.

"Pasha, go back quickly, there should be no one on Banana. I have a smoke in my hand, even if the opponent explodes with grenades later, I can still delay time. You guys stack 3A!"

Pasha heard this and hurriedly switched to his knife to support A Site.

"Neo, you guys watch the link, don't let the link have timing!!" Pasha reminded.

"I've been peeking at the link, don't worry!" Neo said.

Pasha's support arrived quickly. After consideration, Neo chose to drill into the link recess.

And Byali stood in the pit, while Pasha held the A1 crossing with a sniper rifle.

Byali in the pit peeked, and a sniper bullet floated past his head.

"A1 has a sniper rifle!!" Byali shouted to remind his teammates while changing positions to A Small.

Although Xu Beifang heard this information, he didn't retake.

There were still 36 seconds left, enough for the opponent to rotate.

Since the Boston Major, everyone knew that the rotation time for Inferno was enough in 20 seconds, so even if he was anxious inside, he still didn't move randomly.

Neo, in the link recess, heard the utility sound in Mid and also chose to take the initiative to get information.

Half a side appeared in Mid, and he sprayed a burst with his M4.

"Awesome!! Neo took one out first, but then three Terrorists came out to trade, no way."

"But they know the last three are all in Mid, and Nice is also pushing forward from Banana. Let's look at the head-on firefight, Byali and Pasha must hold on!!"

A Site started exploding with grenades, pit fire, site flash.

Pasha, on the periphery of the site, was completely blinded, but after recovering his vision, listening to the footsteps at A1, he boldly peeked out.

——Bang!

A flick shot, Draken was directly taken out by him!

But when he repeeked, gunfire came from behind him.

"JW flanked from the link and stole Pasha, but Byali in the pit traded successfully! Knowing the last bomber is at A1, what about Byali??"

"He couldn't hold on, but the situation is now 1v1, it's hard to say, Nice is coming very fast, this is a head-on clutch!!"

Xu Beifang heard the ticking sound of the bomb and directly stopped his footsteps to find someone.

For him, head-on was far simpler than playing games.

Of course, he would stop from time to time while pushing, fearing the opponent would counter-hold.

But after the C4 sign appeared on the screen, Xu Beifang knew the opponent's position was on the site; this was a head-on game!

He stopped his footsteps, searched the point quickly, and prepared for a rapid crosshair positioning.

Golden, at half HP, heard these footsteps, and his heart was panicking!

Nice's action was equivalent to telling him to his face: "I'm here! Come out and fight me!! Where are you??"

That guy on the other side was like he had no psychological pressure at all, not afraid of taking the blame at all!

He heard the information that Nice was behind the box, and Golden was sweating all over.

He heard footsteps and pre-fired, but the more he did, the more panicked he felt.

Xu Beifang saw that the peeking was about enough, retreated a few steps, and found a wider angle.

Golden finally couldn't withstand the pressure and actively changed positions to peek out to catch him.

But Xu Beifang was already prepared.

"Da-da-da..."

【Nice killed Golden with AK47 headshot】

There were more than 20 seconds left for the C4, and Xu Beifang, who had a defuse kit, only needed 4 seconds to defuse it.

Pasha and Byali looked at the screen with smiles, sighing at the difficulty of this match.

16:14, VP narrowly defeated fnatic!

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 134 =====