Chapter 155

"Damn! 12:16, Vitality still couldn't take Map 1. nexa and hunter combined for 50 kills and forcefully took this map." Ma Xixi glanced at the stats again, "Well, actually, Xu and the Fatty on Vitality's side even got 47 kills in total, but they still couldn't win."

"But in a BO3, it's normal not to win on the opponent's map pick, especially since the Frenchmen have never been good at this Mirage. Now I just hope they can adjust their state to play well on their own map."

The time on Mirage passed in a flash. Facing the constipation-style default set up by nexa, Xu Beifang was quite helpless. The opponent used a one-wave map control playstyle that forcefully stifled his performance.

In this match, he finally spent most of his time defending on the bomb sites, but the structure of Mirage limited him.

He actually did quite well; even when forced to face enemies on the bomb sites, he was always able to get some good kills.

But once the opponents chose to retake B, the number of trades between NBK and RpK became a bit of a headache.

Xu Beifang took a long breath and began to adjust his emotions.

"My performance on this map was too poor. In the first half, we should have relied more on you to entry," Apex was very dissatisfied with his own performance.

The bald coach reminded them in time from behind: "Since Map 1 is already lost, let's put it behind us now. How to win the next two maps is the top priority."

"This is much harder than it was in Asia before," Xu Beifang sighed. The European shark pool was indeed well-deserved.

Fortunately, Map 2 was Inferno, which they had chosen themselves, and they all had confidence in this map.

Having just reached Top 9 in 2018, Xu Beifang didn't want to fail to even participate in the Major main event, so he began to quickly adjust his emotions.

Inferno was Vitality's own map pick, so they started on the T-side.

"Come on, come on, everyone get enthusiastic. If we win a few rounds, everything will get better," Apex took the initiative to rally the team, then explained the pistol round tactics, "They might make moves near the Stone Slab on B in the pistol round. We'll do a fake attack on B in the second timing."

"Zywoo, you buy a smoke and an incendiary. When we actually hit A later, use the utility to suppress the Pit."

"Nice, I'll throw you a P250. You get information at T-spawn and Mid."

With the initial instructions given, everyone set off.

……

"Alright, welcome back to the stream. Let's look at the pistol round of Map 2."

"Nice has picked up a P250 here. At the first timing, letn1 intends to go towards A1, jump to VIP to get information... WHOA!!!"

A storm rose on flat ground. Originally, both sides were still in a state of setting up their formations.

The main perspective letn1 was also playing the conventional Inferno style, going from Connector to A1, getting Mid information, and then going to VIP to play a jump-peek to get information on the Side Path.

This playstyle has a high fault tolerance. Most importantly, it allows the CTs to know the information on the Side Path during the pistol round, avoiding being rushed from the Second Floor at the start.

But they just watched letn1 jump from Mid towards A1—while he was in mid-air, he was directly shot down by a single bullet.

【Nice used a P250 to headshot letn1】

Ma Xixi laughed as he looked at the UI showing only 4 players left on the CT side: "This Xu was really angered by the previous Mirage. In the pistol round, he's like an automatic trigger. It's truly exaggerated; letn1 doesn't even want to play anymore, haha."

He knew very well the process of holding A1 from T-spawn. He estimated there would only be a fraction of a second. Jumping across like that, even with a sniper rifle in the ladder, many people wouldn't be able to hold it, yet Xu Beifang used a P250 at the start and even one-tapped letn1 directly.

Ma Xixi expressed that he couldn't understand it at all.

Xu Beifang also raised his eyebrows, a bit surprised that he could react to that shot.

He had operated that shot using a sniper's holding method; his first priority was to hold for anyone jumping across.

If no one came out next, he would pull his crosshair down.

He didn't expect the opponent to actually jump, and he actually caught him.

Good news suddenly came from Xu Beifang, which surprised Apex, so he immediately gave the next instruction: "NBK, let's move forward, do a fake attack. You three go straight to A and speed up."

The two moved directly, preparing to exert pressure on B.

And on the near point of Banana, the CTs had prepared a 3B package.

nexa gave hunter a CZ at the start, and then bought an HE grenade.

hunter stood near the Stone Slab with the CZ, while another teammate baited at the Yellow Wall. As soon as the opponent appeared, he would throw the HE grenade, which could coordinate with hunter to instantly clear anyone at the near point.

It's just that the teammate being suddenly killed at the start still disrupted his opportunity somewhat.

espiranto asked with some concern: "Should I rotate back?"

The teammate had suddenly given up the first kill, and now there was only one person left on A. ottond couldn't withstand the pressure at all.

"Don't rotate," nexa had his own thoughts, "If you rotate now, the initial design will have been for nothing... but you can go to the Wood Pile and peek, get some information or something."

Hearing this, espiranto immediately came to the Wood Pile to peek, and was instantly gunned down by Apex and NBK.

"Apex didn't stop after getting the kill, but continued to push forward. But how many can hunter's CZ kill??"

"hunter stood at the front point, CZ-ed one down, pulled over and killed the second one too. Banana was cleared in one wave!!"

"A quick B-to-A rotation. But knowing there are two people on B, now A only needs to face one person. Zywoo is burning the Pit with fire from the A Second Floor, using utility to clear the point. Nice is hopping into the bomb site with a P250, starting to search for the opponent's position."

"otto is standing in the kennys position, but can he really become kennys? Good heavens, Nice must have been really angered by the last map. This otto just fired one shot, and before he could turn his head, he was killed."

A smooth push onto A brought the match to a 3v2 clutch.

"Zywoo, don't come down, go watch A1. I'm at the bomb site," Xu Beifang spoke up to arrange the clutch slightly.

After planting the bomb, RpK jumped directly into the Small Pit, starting to help Xu Beifang watch the path from Connector.

With Zywoo helping to watch A1, there was no need to worry.

Vitality's clutch play became steady. hunter and nexa had no utility in this clutch and it was extremely difficult to retake. They tried to group up and pass through Connector, but RpK used the USP he picked up to tap-fire continuously, easily headshotting them.

The pistol round was successfully taken.

The slightly suppressed emotions within the team were instantly released.

"niceeeee!!!"

"Beautifully played, RpK!!"

Apex bumped fists with the two young men beside him, then said with a passionate face: "Believe in yourselves, everything will get better just like this pistol round!"

Xu Beifang shared with his teammates with a smile: "Do you know how I got that first kill just now? He jumped towards A1 and I caught him in mid-air."

"Ah! Wasn't he dueling you at A1?"

When Xu Beifang got the first kill, the round had just started. Everyone only saw the kill feed and didn't see the specific content.

"I one-tapped him while he was jumping in the air. My feel is coming back, brothers," Xu Beifang shouted, "Next, it's our turn!!"

……

On the CT side.

nexa was asking for the reason: "What's the situation? Why did you die at the start? Weren't you just supposed to go to the Side Path and get some information?"

As the IGL, he knew the seriousness of the team atmosphere and didn't want to put too much pressure on his teammates.

But once a teammate's mindset has a problem, it must be adjusted back.

letn1 was also a bit helpless: "I was just going to get Side Path information, but the moment I jumped across, I was air-shot from T-spawn."

hunter was a bit skeptical: "Is he that accurate?"

"I'd rather it be because I made a mistake; that way I'd still have a chance to adjust," letn1 replied.

Hearing this, nexa sighed: "As expected of a Top 9 player. These star players are all monsters."

Entering the second round, under nexa's command, they chose a force-buy, still setting up a package in Banana.

nexa had grabbed flashbangs early in the back, and hunter took teammates to the near point of Banana with CZs and Desert Eagles, waiting to counter-flash.

Facing the Terrorists who were rushing over with submachine guns wanting to boost their stats, hunter showed them with his strength.

Even though the CZ had been heavily nerfed, specialized players like them could still continue to use it.

【hunter used a CZ75 to headshot Apex】

【hunter used a CZ75 to headshot RpK】

Even though he was later burned to death by the spreading fire, hunter's kills in this wave were already very on-point.

"There are at least two more on B, one in the back throwing flashes, one at the Yellow Wall," Apex shouted quickly, "Two left on A, let's do a quick push!"

Xu Beifang was very fast and immediately threw a blocking smoke.

NBK, inside the A Second Floor, seized the timing of the opponent's smoke and rushed out directly to kill the enemy on the Balcony.

It's just that otto, at the back of Connector, headshot him with a Scout.

"Plant a safe bomb, I'll hold the angle," Xu Beifang said to Zywoo.

"Mm." Zywoo, while inputting the wealth code, also explained his thoughts, "3v2 clutch, there might be a few people coming from Mid. They want to pick up guns. How about we just catch them at A1 later."

"Sure."

Although it was a 3v2 clutch, the teammates beside him were reassuring.

After the bomb was planted, the two Terrorists grouped up and came towards A1.

Xu Beifang leaned against the wall near the Grass Car, peeking bit by bit to actively find people.

Zywoo, carrying a Galil, was hugging the wall on the right. Although they didn't communicate specifically, they had a hint of tacit understanding.

"The two Terrorists grouped up and came from Mid. Vitality's choice in this clutch is relatively aggressive, pushing directly to A1 to defend... one could even say it's an offense, actively looking for people to kill," Ma Xixi commented on this decision, "In a 3v2 clutch, actively looking for people to duel is indeed a very good choice."

"But at this close range at A1, the opponent has two submachine guns. Is this decision really going to be good?"

Actively peeking A1 is actually a disadvantageous angle, but as the bait, Xu Beifang still had to actively peek.

espiranto was successfully baited by him, aimed and fired with his CZ.

But Xu Beifang pulled back a body-width, then wide-peeked and sprayed.

【Nice used an SG553 to headshot espiranto】

Xu Beifang had just gotten the kill when he discovered someone jumping out from behind the wall on the right to trade.

【nexa used a MAC-10 to headshot Nice】

【Zywoo used a Galil to kill nexa】

Xu Beifang was caught off guard by the opponent, but fortunately, Zywoo's trade speed was fast enough, not giving the opponent time to adjust.

After getting this kill, Zywoo picked up Xu Beifang's 553 and immediately returned to A1.

The opponent entered the bomb site to tap the bomb. Zywoo waited for a full 5 seconds before starting to look at the bomb site.

The CTs were on a force-buy and even bought a Scout; it was impossible for them to have a Defuse Kit.

So Zywoo was very confident.

Then he heard footsteps, Zywoo stopped and held the angle directly.

【Zywoo used an SG553 to kill ottond】

"3v2, we almost lost," Zywoo laughed.

Xu Beifang laughed: "Looks like our coordination is still very good."

After winning the force-buy round without any danger, the opponent had no economy left and was forced to enter the ECO round.

However, Xu Beifang still gave a reminder: "Be careful, these guys on the opposite side really like to do packages."

In the last two rounds, they were crushed by the opponent's package combination, dying twice in Banana in a row.

Thanks to his reminder, this time he took the initiative to let Zywoo enter B to scout, and then Zywoo had a common topic with Electronic—how to deal with five USPs setting up a formation in an anti-ECO?

Zywoo was killed, but Apex didn't intend to let them save the AK47. Finally, they performed a weapon-clearing, winning this point without any danger.

After coming to the full-buy round, Xu Beifang looked at his position and took the initiative to suggest: "How about I take Banana this point? Any of you just help me throw two flashbangs from behind."

"They should have a sniper rifle, be careful," Apex reminded, "Someone else go help him, if there's fire, extinguish it for him immediately, don't save utility."

He knew Xu Beifang's dominance in Banana, and he also had expectations for the battle for Banana in this round.

The countdown ended, and Xu Beifang already had a plan: "I'll throw a dilemma fire later, then jump directly onto the Tree Position wood pile to get information. If he doesn't exert pressure at the near point, NBK, you throw a Stone Slab flash for me, and I'll push forward quickly."

"Okay, but don't be so fast. If I get flashed at the first timing, I might not be able to keep up with your rhythm," NBK replied.

After months of grinding, he also understood the terrifying ability of the guy in front of him and wouldn't have any doubts.

……

The countdown ended, and the CTs chose a 3B defensive start in Banana.

At the first timing, ottoed's sniper rifle didn't go directly to the Wood Pile because his position wasn't good, but came to the Yellow Wall to hold directly, intending to help a teammate catch someone crossing.

Then very quickly, he saw a figure appear on the Tree Position wood pile.

"Bang!"

Before he could flick his muzzle upward, an SG553 bullet had already hit his head.

【Nice used an SG553 to headshot ottond】

"One at Tree Position! One at Tree Position!!" ottond quickly explained the information, "He didn't even get flashed in Banana."

"That shouldn't be," nexa was confident in his flashbang. In a place like Tree Position, how could he not be flashed?

Xu Beifang retreated to the Tree Position wood pile, covering his eyes.

As an expert at playing Banana, after he entered Banana and threw the fire, he started to turn away to dodge the flash on the left. The moment he heard the flashbang explode, he stood up from the Tree Position wood pile, using the brief vision to one-tap the person holding the angle.

However, after his vision recovered, he didn't intend to stop there.

"NBK, help me throw a flash, I'm going to move forward."

The opponent's near-point fire didn't have much time left, and Xu Beifang didn't have any thoughts of extinguishing it.

"Thrown, turn away!"

"Boom!"

After the flashbang exploded, Xu Beifang stepped directly through the fire and rushed forward. hunter was still holding utility, just wanting to time the Stone Slab smoke, but now he was fully flashed and hurriedly hid behind the sandbags.

But Xu Beifang gained vision and chased forward with the SG553.

The huge red wine bottle still couldn't withstand the spray of the SG553.

"Nice! Good shot!!" The teammates' praise came from the voice chat, but Xu Beifang didn't care about that much for the time being.

Instead, he came to the near point of the Yellow Wall, quickly peeked and fired a pre-fire towards CT Spawn.

At this moment, he saw a B-Tunnel smoke fly out from CT Spawn.

"Only one left on B at CT Spawn, can you help me flash the CT Spawn?" Xu Beifang said quickly into the voice chat.

NBK responded: "No flashes left, can't help."

Xu Beifang still intended to try, actively threw a flashbang behind him, and the moment the flashbang exploded, he rushed directly out of the smoke.

"Da-da-da..."

The moment he came out of the smoke, he clearly saw nexa covering his eyes, with the barrel of the gun pointed at his forehead.

"Feels like Electronic has possessed me," Xu Beifang joked with a smile.

Although he was still killed in this wave, he got the information that there was only one person on B, leaving Vitality with a 4v3 clutch.

Vitality chose a quick push onto A, and then saw an empty A site.

……

Watching the time above turn into the C4 countdown, nexa said helplessly: "Save the guns, this Banana push didn't go well, let's think of a way."

He was a bit helpless. If it weren't for his luck just now, that guy on the opposite side would have broken through B alone at 1 minute and 30 seconds, just like a bulldozer, charging and flattening them all.

Originally, they felt quite relaxed after taking Map 1 at the start of the BO3.

But after entering Map 2, Nice's nerve-shots, the duo's delicate clutch play, and this wild Banana breakthrough made them all feel that something was wrong.

(End of chapter)