Chapter 157: Remember this 553!

When it was confirmed that the low-health AWP wouldn't come to cause trouble, and a tactical timeout appeared on the screen.

"Niceeeee!!!"

"nice's solo play was too good."

Cheers exploded in the room, then Apex did a chopping motion with his left hand and a fist bump with his right.

After celebrating with his teammates, he let out a celebratory shout, then kept patting his mouth with his other hand, instantly making the rest of Vitality laugh.

Everyone could clearly feel that Vitality's morale was constantly warming up.

In offline matches, a comeback from adversity could bring many possibilities to the entire team.

And Apex had also figured it out: since the opponent liked to gamble on sites, every time they attacked, he would just let Xu Beifang go to one area to scout. If he didn't feel much pressure, they would follow Xu Beifang to hit the bomb site.

Letting Xu Beifang go out alone to get information would minimize the possibility of the opponent having four or five people set up a combo for an attack.

Moreover, Zywoo's feel for the game on the front line was gradually emerging, and the difference in their frontal firefight capabilities was becoming increasingly obvious.

When Nexa's "site gambling" trick didn't work, their defense began to show holes. Even though hunter managed to get a few 1-for-2 trades on the front line, Zywoo's three-kill and four-kill rounds directly crushed their economy.

After entering the second half, although the pistol round was successfully won by Nexa with a three-kill.

But immediately after, Zywoo and Xu Beifang dominated Banana Road with Desert Eagles, playing so well that hunter even complained in the public chat.

After finally entering the full-buy round, because their economy wasn't great, they didn't fight for control of Banana Road.

Then Xu Beifang took Apex and used two pieces of utility to directly gain control of Banana Road, making the commentators exclaim that it was exaggerated.

At 1:40, he had already reached the Banana Road tree position.

The heavy site gambling on this map was finally done by Vitality for once.

Nexa took the main force to probe A Site, was hit by Zywoo's AWP for two kills, and chose to turn around to control Banana Road on B.

Under high pressure, hunter also began to make mistakes—knowing there were many people on A Site, he subconsciously assumed the B Site CTs would be defending inside the bomb site, ignoring the IDs.

Xu Beifang watched hunter walk past him but didn't fire.

When he saw the two bomb-planters switching to knives, he sprayed them down from behind.

Only the cousin, who had already reached the stone slab, remained. Facing this 1 vs 5 scenario, he couldn't create a miracle either.

In the end, Vitality won Map 2, Inferno, with a huge score of 16:5.

"Woohoo~~" The moment Map 2 ended, Xu Beifang smiled and high-fived and fist-bumped his teammates.

Inferno could now be considered their strongest map. Apart from being annoyed by Nexa's site gambling a few times in the first half, the rest of the rounds they should have won, the extra clutches they won, and the comebacks all made them very satisfied.

"Well played, guys." The bald coach walked over, patted Xu Beifang, and said, "I thought the final score on this map would be 16:10. It seems everyone performed better on this map than I imagined."

He had just recalled that, in fact, if analyzed according to paper strength, his thought was indeed correct, and one could even say it wasn't far off.

But the 2 vs 4 clutch by the two young players on the team and that eco comeback changed the rhythm on the field, ultimately leading to the opponent only getting 5 rounds.

"It seems the coach is very lenient with us." Having successfully chased back one map, Zywoo's face was also full of smiles.

The bald coach didn't get angry upon hearing this, but his tone became slightly more severe: "Then I'll give you a goal: get me 10 points in the first half of Map 3."

"That's a bit difficult..."

Having chased back one map, their mood was very good.

Although both sides were now tied 1-1, Map 3, Dust II, was an AWP map. Vitality had two snipers with very good levels, while the opponent's Otto was just some trash fish; in Inferno, that sniper rifle just kept firing blanks, so they weren't particularly worried.

The 4-minute halftime break passed, and both sides entered the match server to begin knife rounds for side selection.

The Frenchmen's knife round didn't go ideally, and they still ended up on the offensive side to start.

Both sides warmed up quickly and officially started the match.

……

"Alright, during our chat, the final map of this BO3 has finally started!"

"Dust II is the Frenchmen's strong map, but nice doesn't need to be discouraged; he just needs to bring the 'Desert-Gray' into it," Ma Xixi joked.

【What 300 million people's gunfight dream?】

【It's over, Ma Xixi just milked them, they're doomed now】

【Vitality feels like milk is starting to leak from their keyboards】

【Ten-year veteran rushing onto the CS stage, right】

The old handsome guy looked at the match screen and began to commentate quickly. "Here it comes, the match has started. Apex has equipped a flashbang and a smoke grenade; this direction should be a direct hit on B. The team's only P250 was given to Little Xu."

Ma Xixi felt only pride seeing this scene. "Even the FPL No. 1 doesn't have this treatment; you can see Little Xu's current status within the team."

"NBK harassed in the middle briefly and traded a few shots with Nexa. Vitality still intends to get some information. They were truly a bit PTSD-ed from being hit in the last round; this team on the other side loves gambling sites too much."

"However, we can see from the god's eye view that the CTs are in a 2-1-2 base setup this round. The two CTs on B Site are standing at the big box and the fake door, doing a hook-and-bait routine. That makes this round a bit hard to say."

NBK traded shots with the opponent in the middle and confirmed there were people holding it. After that, Apex began to issue attack orders, a fast push to B with explosive grenades.

B-door smoke, B-push flash thrown, the main force moved forward.

RPK charged at the very front of the team and was instantly killed by a CT at the big box at the start.

Xu Beifang had already adjusted his pre-aim and strafed over, but out of the corner of his eye, he saw someone pull out from behind the fake door on the left, so he immediately shifted his aim.

"Pa!"

【nice used P250 to headshot kill Ottond】

"What is Otto doing?" The old handsome guy was a bit dumbfounded. Although they were fans of Xu Beifang, they still wouldn't be too biased. At this moment, seeing Ottond, who was hiding in the dark, actively come out and get one-tapped, he was stunned.

"Why did you say he came out? Can any of you understand this operation?" The old handsome guy's tone was full of confusion.

And in the match, Letn1, standing at the big box, was completely dumbfounded.

He had already secured a kill, and his hook buff was fully stacked. As long as the opponent didn't look at the fake door more than necessary, Ottond could have at least stolen one more.

As a result, he just came out to feed. Apart from having a mental breakdown, he had no other evaluation.

Without teammate help, he was quickly tapped in the head by the Terrorists in the B-tunnel, and after trying to find an opportunity, he was still traded out with one shot.

【Zywoo used Glock to headshot kill Letn1】

A smooth offensive wave brought the player count to 4 vs 3, and they had taken the nightmare-level B Site. After planting the bomb, the four of them each found their own gun positions, waiting for the CT retake.

"The CT retake has arrived at the door, with defuse kits and flashbangs; this wave still needs to be attempted." Ma Xixi began simultaneous interpretation. "Two flashbangs above the dog hole, hunter rushed in directly, his pre-aim was very good, instantly killing Apex at the car position, then turned and killed Zywoo at the bomb site!!"

"Little Xu behind the big box hurriedly strafed out to trade, but in a local 1 vs 2, hunter's aim is so accurate, getting a triple kill!!"

"Only NBK is left facing this 1 vs 3. Can he handle it?"

"Instantly killed by the holding CT. There's no way to deal with this wave; the cousin's pistol aim is truly a bit exaggerated."

The cousin cleared the screen in one wave, turning this round that was already in their hands back around. Vitality was quite helpless about this.

This wave they had assigned their holding positions and didn't stack them or have a mental breakdown, but the opponent rushed in and killed their three-man bomb site group with three bullets.

It was just like that sentence Qiezi loved to say—I stood up, got one-tapped, what else is there to say?

However, usually, this kind of emotion was transmitted by Xu Beifang to the opponent; being cleared by the opponent in one wave was relatively rare.

"As expected of NiKo's cousin." Xu Beifang said. "This pistol aim is exactly the same."

After losing the pistol round, because they had planted the bomb, the team had an economy of around 2800.

Apex considered it for a moment, then asked: "nice, do you want to buy full armor, and I'll get you a Galil?"

As an IGL, he hadn't done this kind of "feeding the carry" playstyle.

But in the London Major, the reason VP was able to reach the top eight, besides a good group draw, was largely because they were willing to let nice find opportunities.

"Why don't you just buy me an SG553? I'll buy full armor and add a few pieces of utility. If the opponent isn't stubborn this round, they only have one or two long guns available, so there's still some room to work with."

"You really are a vampire." Apex shook his head with emotion, but an SG553 was still thrown in front of Xu Beifang.

"I'll definitely find you some opportunities, alright." Xu Beifang still had some confidence in this.

After completing his full armor, he also threw a Desert Eagle to Zywoo.

"You take it, half armor with a Desert Eagle can still have some combat power."

"So my SG553 was just thrown down the drain!" Apex said with a smile.

But it was just a joke. Even if this Desert Eagle were thrown to himself, it wouldn't be able to play a big role, after all, he had no armor.

The countdown ended. With only one hero 553, they definitely couldn't fight for A Long.

So they coincidentally placed their gunfight space in the A Short area.

"Both sides are constantly probing in the middle. Oh! Ottond got tapped in the head by an SG553 and was so scared he quickly ran away, not daring to probe A Long anymore."

"Vitality has gathered at A Short; it looks like they intend to do a fast A Short push, but they only have one smoke grenade and one flashbang. How will they use them this wave?"

"The CTs are in a 3-A 2-B setup, but two are doing a combo at A Long, still one hook and one hit. The only one at A Short is Ottond with a half-health scout. That means they can at least plant the C4 this wave. Let's see how Vitality handles it."

As the team's hero 553, after Xu Beifang arrived at A Short, he carefully peeked, guarding against possible direct holding positions on the platform and sniper spots.

But after searching once, he didn't see any trace of the enemy.

"Zywoo, can you and Dou Dou do a runboost? Launch Dou Dou directly." Xu Beifang became the temporary combat commander.

"Can do."

The two quickly began to combine on the A Short platform, and Xu Beifang also started waiting for the timing against the wall.

"3, 2, 1, fly!"

After the two-man group ran, Apex was launched directly!

Ottond was holding a scout at the blue car and never expected anyone to fly out. The scout missed a shot in the air, and then Apex started tapping at him from a distance with a Glock.

Because he was a no-armor Glock, Apex had no burden in his heart and just kept tapping at the scout at the blue car.

【Apex used Glock to headshot kill Ottond】

"Beautiful!!" Xu Beifang also shouted from behind. "There's a chance to turn this round around. Dou Dou, quickly clear the bomb site, plant a safe A Short bomb, then hide one in the ninja spot, hold A Short, we can turn this around!"

He basically determined there was no one at the bomb site because no one stood out to trade for Ottond at the first moment, but clearing the site was still very necessary.

Vitality instantly entered a state of ecstasy after the first kill, but Xu Beifang's methodical voice made everyone quickly calm down.

Apex immediately jumped into the bomb site, confirmed there was no one in the sniper spot or on the slope, but due to a careless movement, he was tapped to death by hunter's AUG at A Long.

"Vitality's attack this wave is very smooth, their formation spread out quickly. It seems it's not just as simple as planting the C4; this is the rhythm of a comeback."

"C4 planted. Next, let's see how the CTs play this retake... They chose to push together from the CT spawn and A Long??"

Xu Beifang, who had been holding onto his smoke grenade, finally threw a one-way smoke for the bomb site after the bomb had been ticking for about 10 seconds.

This one-way smoke wasn't for playing a one-way, just to make the opponent have concerns.

There was no movement at A Short for a long time, and just at this moment, a fire was thrown from under the platform toward A Short.

"NBK, help me die, take a look at the situation at A Short, I'll pull for you immediately." Xu Beifang explained the situation.

NBK, who had no armor anyway, had no thoughts and strafed out directly, but didn't see any members at A Short.

"The opponent is retaking from the CT spawn and A Long, everyone watch out." Apex had just reminded them when he saw someone jump up at the L-position on the platform, and an MP9 directly sprayed down RPK, who had stayed at A Short after planting the bomb.

The player count was 3 vs 4. Xu Beifang still wasn't in a hurry, and NBK actively went to flank A Long.

He wanted to create a crossfire with Zywoo in the ninja spot.

But after a fire grenade flew to the ninja spot, Xu Beifang knew he couldn't sit still and wait for death.

He strafed out directly and saw a CT next to the L-position at a glance.

The crosshair was instantly pulled over, and then he sprayed and fired!

【nice used SG553 to headshot kill Letn1】

Zywoo, forced out by the fire grenade, was forced to strafe out and was collected by the CT on the slope.

"Slope is half health." After Zywoo gave feedback, he went quiet, leaving Xu Beifang to think seriously about how to handle the clutch.

It would take some time for NBK to flank A Long. Xu Beifang understood that he could only handle this frontal gunfight himself for the time being.

A flashbang struck, fully blinding Xu Beifang, who was about to peek out.

The bomb ticking sound rang out. Xu Beifang didn't dare to gamble on whether the opponent had a defuse kit, so he could only shoulder-peek out to find an opportunity.

"Da-da-da..."

【nice used SG553 to kill Espiranto】

But after a round of gunfighting, Xu Beifang himself was left with only 1 HP.

NBK had entered A Long, but after he got the information, he felt it was a bit fatal.

"Didn't see anyone on the slope; the remaining two are probably both in the bomb site."

Xu Beifang controlled his position and shoulder-peeked.

"Da-da..."

The bullets hit the wall behind him, but Xu Beifang also saw the positions where the two were holding the gun from the front—one at the haystacks, one on the A Short bomb.

"The clutch, without knowing it, has been turned into 2 vs 2 by nice, but with only 1 HP left, he is now fragile as glass. The opponent has a defuse kit and time to handle it, and NBK is still on his way."

Xu Beifang threw a flashbang to hinder the opponent's judgment.

? c〇

"Nexa is defusing again, but it's still a fake defuse, and hunter is pushing toward A Short with him, wanting to deal with nice at A Short first before defusing the bomb."

"nice peeks out again, a single tap followed by a spray transfer!!" Ma Xixi's excited voice finally didn't need to be suppressed. "Woo!!! World-class highlight!! This hero 553 killed four and a half people alone, single tap plus spray transfer, he really learned the kung fu from Ji Ge!!"

"He relied on his gunplay alone to hold this A Short bomb site. Spraying, single tapping, transferring fire—the rifleman's techniques were displayed vividly on Little Xu!"

"This guy is too fierce, brothers." The old handsome guy said. "I was already sleepy, but this wave woke me up directly."

And accompanied by the heart-wrenching spray transfer that killed Nexa, Xu Beifang excitedly let go of the mouse and gripped his fists tightly in excitement.

And his teammates Apex and his bald coach, the moment the clutch was won, raised their arms in unison, and the room was filled with Vitality's cheers.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 158 =====