Chapter 164: Good news: Zywoo is dead! Bad news: There's still a Nice!

Inside the ENCE battle room.

"Should we force buy?" Sergej asked.

allu and Nice didn't win the duel, but relying on the 4 kills from the previous point, they had about 3200 in economy this round.

Force buying for a gunfight or saving for a full-buy round were both good choices.

Aleksib thought for a while. Although the opponent won the previous point, their rifles were mostly gone. Organizing a small-scale explosive bomb attack, there was still a chance to plant the bomb at B Site.

And if they could take down more than two rifles, this point would be very profitable.

"Force buy, buy half-armor with P250 or CZ." Aleksib gave the order. "At least we must keep 1800. allu, you can only play armorless P250, you have to save money for an AWP."

The countdown ended, and their goal was quite clear: a B-site speed-up explosive bomb attack, a quick focus fire to plant the bomb.

"The Long Pipe fire went out, Aleksib sent Sergej into Construction Site with a flashbang. Sergej's details were very on point, deliberately aiming at the double-boost spot, guarding against someone stealing a kill without martial ethics."

"Vitality here, because they didn't know if the opponent was gun-fighting or half-buying, Zywoo still bought an AWP. B Site currently has three members holding angles. Xu Beifang is holding the long distance with an SG553 at the A Long Tree position this point."

After ENCE searched the Sandbags and confirmed no one was engaging at close range, they felt a bit sorry. After all, close-range engagement is where short guns shine.

Then, at Aleksib's command, they threw the utility they had aimed long ago.

B2-floor smoke, B1-layer fire, Oil Drum fire, plus a large number of flashbangs, the B Site attack began directly.

Zywoo was holding with an AWP at B2 floor, his vision was blocked at the first moment, and he couldn't help the brothers at B Site for the time being.

Apex at Water Underpass saw the opponent's utility flying over and threw a fire toward the Sandbags at the first moment, but the fire went out too quickly, making him feel a bit ominous.

NBK at B1 layer was originally holding the crossing, but was burned out by the opponent's fire, forced to hold an angle in the middle of the big road with an AUG.

Slightly affected by a flashbang from afar, his screen was half-white, but NBK still saw someone peek horizontally from Construction Site and immediately crouched and sprayed.

【NBK used AUG to headshot kill Sergej】

Getting the first kill, NBK breathed a sigh of relief. After all, the first wave was held, and no one followed up, so there shouldn't be any big problems.

Teammates at A Site were also on their way, just needing to hold on for a little while.

But the next second, he saw the trajectory of a flashbang flying from Construction Site toward the bomb site.

NBK's muscle memory made him subconsciously want to turn away from the flash, but as soon as his perspective shifted to the left, he saw someone rushing out from Construction Site.

He hurriedly pulled his crosshair back, but the screen was completely white, and he had no vision until he died.

【allu used P250 to headshot kill NBK】

"This timing." NBK hammered the table. "They pulled out of Construction, I saw two!"

Apex sealed himself with a side smoke, he was still stalling for time.

But allu knew he had no armor, so he jumped directly to Water Underpass to search the spot.

Without armor, he was quickly sprayed down by Apex.

But almost the moment he fired, two terrorists rushed out from near the Oil Drum, P250 plus CZ focus-fired and killed him in seconds!

Zywoo rotated to cover B1 layer, got the information with the AWP, and quickly flicked, but didn't hit the top of the head at the bomb site.

He could only throw a grenade forward and then scope in to hold the crossing.

But Aerial and xseven at ENCE's Water Underpass, after hearing the sniper rifle sound, communicated quickly, picked up Apex's AUG, and started rushing to catch people.

Zywoo's AWP took out the rushing Aerial with one shot, then hurriedly walked backward while switching to P250, wanting to fight back.

The opponent's footsteps were already approaching, his judgment was very wise, he couldn't have a chance to bolt, he could only rely on P250 to counter-kill.

But what made Zywoo uncomfortable was that the opponent's rushing distance was too close.

He couldn't even fire the first shot with the P250, and that AUG sprayed him to death.

After taking down Zywoo, xseven quickly switched to the AWP, scoped in, and then pushed directly into the Connector.

Xu Beifang had just arrived near B2 floor with RpK to retake. Hearing the firefight ahead, he became vigilant, but a sniper rifle peeking at a rifle naturally has an advantage.

He also didn't expect xseven's choice in the clutch to be so bold, actually taking the initiative to catch him.

As the sniper rifle sound rang out, Xu Beifang died on the way to retake, and Vitality only had RpK left on B2 floor.

RpK walked downstairs silently, intending to deal with the AWP at B1 layer first.

But a smoke grenade exploded at the entrance of B1 layer, shattering RpK's unrealistic thoughts.

After consideration, he could only pick up the SG553 and start saving the weapon.

Although there was a defuse kit at the bomb site, Aleksib's position was unknown, and if this sniper rifle at B1 layer couldn't be taken down, the clutch couldn't be won.

Better to save the effective strength for the team.

The moment the round ended, they heard a man shouting from next door: "Eco comeback!! Apex, your defense is just like paper!"

"Shut up, you were taken down by me!" Apex turned his head and shouted.

He and allu knew each other before, and the two had a pretty good relationship, having played FPL many times.

This mockery now was more of a mutual roast between friends.

It's just that what allu said was indeed impossible to refute, even if Apex really took allu down.

But Vitality being force-bought back, that was a fact.

Why is ENCE so good at Train and Nuke at this stage?

It's because their explosive bomb handling in such small structures is quite powerful. ENCE fans have calculated that in the past two months, among the top 20 teams in the world, ENCE's ability to force-buy comeback is the strongest.

Aleksib's organizational ability in such rounds is quite outstanding.

After being force-bought back by ENCE, Vitality's steamrolling rhythm ultimately couldn't be maintained, and that comeback brought huge changes to the battle situation.

In the next few rounds, ENCE read the information that Vitality likes to start with 3-man B, and chose to fake a hit and then quickly rotate to A.

This tactic was quite spiritual. Even knowing Xu Beifang was at A Site, they were still not afraid under the condition of local numerical superiority.

For several consecutive rounds, Xu Beifang's performance could only be considered passable, barely trading for even kills.

However, the double-A defense being able to trade for even kills already gave others a chance to retake.

Apex seemed to have been awakened by allu's mockery, and his performance in several clutch rounds was surprisingly beautiful. Coupled with Zywoo's stable performance, even though ENCE was in hot form, they were still in a leading state in the score.

It's just that in this tug-of-war, their economy ultimately had problems.

This kind of tug-of-war is very damaging to the CT economy.

First, CT weapons are expensive.

Second, they didn't have the economic bonus of planting the bomb, so as they played, it was Vitality that fell into an economic crisis first.

The score came to 7:5.

The 13th round of this match began.

NBK frowned and reminded: "Be careful when controlling the Long Pipe later, allu's sniper rifle will be holding an angle outside the Long Pipe."

allu's sniper rifle had caused them a lot of trouble in these few rounds, making them unable to gain information outside B in the mid-game.

"How about I buy a sniper rifle?" Xu Beifang suggested.

On this large map of Overpass, an excellent sniper can adjust his duel distance to medium-long, and the advantage is still very large.

"Can an armorless sniper work?" Apex was still a bit worried. An armorless sniper rifle has too little fault tolerance. Once hit by a rifle during an engagement, there's basically no way to fight back.

"Let's try." Xu Beifang replied. "With my economy, even if I buy a full-armor rifle, I don't have many utility items to use. Better to use an armorless sniper to find an opportunity!"

Apex finally agreed. Poor economy leads to a serious lack of overall combat power. At such times, it is indeed necessary to do some risky playstyles.

"Zywoo, you follow and coordinate, see how Nice wants to play."

An armorless AWP, with no utility in hand, simply gambling can only expose information.

Zywoo took a half-armor FAMAS plus full utility, "How do you want to play? Holding the T-spawn at the balloon?"

"Yeah, use the height difference to steal a shot first." Xu Beifang nodded.

Not stealing the first shot in Mid is mainly because ENCE plays cautiously and won't recklessly rush out directly, but rather huddle inside the T-spawn.

So one must step on the balloon area and use the height difference to see their scalps.

"Then I'll help you cover with a Mid smoke."

As a sniper, Zywoo also understood very well how to coordinate with him.

The countdown ended, and the two walked from the Toilet all the way to Mid, without giving a T-spawn fire.

Zywoo pushed the smoke, and Xu Beifang used his movement to jump onto the balloon quickly.

But just as he scoped in, he was blinded by a flashbang, didn't get any information, and could only jump down.

Xu Beifang didn't grab the information at the first moment and could only wait for an opportunity from behind again.

Because he didn't grab the gun position at the first moment, he worried that the position had already been locked by allu's AWP.

In the second timing, a flashbang exploded in Mid, and Xu Beifang hurriedly moved to the cover behind the balloon, hiding back-to-back with Zywoo.

Zywoo chose to actively peek to get information in Mid.

There was a shiny head behind the fountain in his field of vision, Zywoo fine-tuned his crosshair and fired a short burst.

"Bang!"

But even though he fired first, he didn't win this duel—a pure weapon disadvantage, the FAMAS damage at long range is frighteningly low.

Xu Beifang didn't rush to shoot, but stuck to the wall on the right side of the balloon, waiting for an opportunity.

Finally, he heard footsteps near Mid, and immediately scoped in with the AWP and flicked over.

But this shot was ultimately too rushed and missed.

Aerial, who survived the disaster, was also scared to death. Zywoo at the balloon was killed, and he thought there was no one here.

Wanting to use a spin jump to take a look at the information in the Mid Toilet, how could he have thought the opponent would suddenly catch the timing and come out.

Aerial hurriedly pre-held the balloon, "Can you give a fire? The opponent's AWP position is locked by me. If we eat him, this round will be stable!"

Sergej at T-spawn heard this and hurriedly gave an incendiary grenade.

But to their disappointment, a Mid smoke grenade exploded soon, creating cover for the sniper rifle on the opposite side.

"The smoke grenade given by the Sewer, now the opponent is in a 2A-2B setup." Aerial turned to ask, "What does Aleksib say?"

Aleksib quickly made a decision: "Feint an attack toward A Site, stall for a while, and then turn around to hit B."

He knew clearly in his heart that Vitality was 4-on-5 now, and the pressure in their hearts must be very great. If they feinted an attack toward A Site, the possibility of retaking would be very high.

And even if the opponent didn't retake, with a 2A-2B defense, they could accept it.

As long as they didn't face Zywoo and Nice head-on, the attack would be quite smooth... Aleksib thought to himself.

NBK used utility to save the team's big carry, but he didn't follow Xu Beifang to the bomb site.

Because at this time he had a shotgun in his hand, this kind of weapon basically has no effect in bomb site defense, but in places like the Sewer where the engagement distance is short, it can produce miraculous effects.

"Bang!"

Two gunshots rang out at the same time, but NBK fell in the Sewer.

He never thought that allu, this thick-browed and big-eyed guy, would hold an AWP to push the Sewer.

The first shot of the double-shot didn't kill, but allu directly took him down instead.

NBK died in the Sewer. Xu Beifang, who had moved to A Long, saw this situation and returned to the bomb site.

Now in a 3-on-5 clutch, the forward defensive playstyle was broken one by one, and they entered a numerical disadvantage. He felt that if the opponent hit an explosive bomb, they would have to start saving weapons again.

Utility was exploding crazily at the front of the Toilet. After thinking for a few seconds, Xu Beifang turned around and ran toward B Site.

"Let's gamble and hit a wave." He suggested to Apex.

Apex frowned and thought for a few seconds, then nodded. There was no better choice now.

"And I think the movement in Mid on the opposite side is very fake!" This was the real reason for Xu Beifang's rotation.

It shouldn't be hard for the opponent to guess that there is only one AWP at A Site. They have already killed two CTs in the Mid area, and are still using incendiary grenades and smoke grenades to clear the spot—this made Xu Beifang feel that they didn't know at all that he was an AWP, but how is this possible!

His AWP has fired, don't underestimate the information reception ability of professional players.

So his judgment on ENCE's A-site attack is likely a fake hit. There is a small probability that it is a trap within a trap, tricking him into gambling at B Site, but this probability is probably only one in ten thousand.

Because in a 5-on-3 clutch, there is simply no need for this.

Xu Beifang came down all the way from the Connector and arrived at B2 floor to hold with the AWP.

Then he saw B Site starting to explode with utility.

Oil Drum fire, smoke on B Bridge, flashbang at the Long Pipe.

"This point is a 3-on-5 clutch for Vitality, but they successfully gambled on the right point, so this wave is a balanced round for both sides."

"The two brothers at B Site only have a submachine gun and an MP9 to use. Apex gave a classic Cylinder smoke to protect himself. The two plan to protect Water Underpass to fight. The first wave can only rely on Nice's armorless AWP."

"Xu Beifang's AWP fired the first shot of the B-site firefight. ENCE only now knows, how is your AWP also at B Site! But because too much movement was made in Mid, the time is no longer enough to support ENCE's rotation, so they can only force a speed-up."

"The defensive AWP is holding the crossing, hitting another one. What about allu's offensive AWP? His position is very tricky, Xu Beifang ultimately didn't react."

Although Xu Beifang's AWP only caught two, he successfully slowed down ENCE's first wave of offensive rhythm.

Apex wasn't idle either. After hearing the gunshot at allu's Long Pipe, he jumped out of the smoke and sprayed allu to death.

allu shouted information to his teammates, and at this moment he already felt ominous in his heart.

After Apex took down allu, he immediately turned his head and sprayed Aleksib, who was planting the bomb, to death.

Aerial, who was throwing utility behind, hurriedly followed up to cover, but Apex and RpK simply didn't show their heads.

He went directly to find RpK at Water Underpass, but couldn't beat RpK's MP9.

The moment Aerial was taken down, the three people in the middle of the battle room shouted loudly.

"3-on-5!! We did it!!" Xu Beifang shouted excitedly.

Whether they have the ability to widen the score in the first half, this will be a turning point.

Although the early stage was not smooth, fortunately, through their bold judgment, they still took it!

Vitality got the eighth point of this match, and the first half is not over yet!

One more chapter is being coded.

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