Chapter 178

181. Chapter 178: Dude, are you a Timing Master?! (Cong

"Vitality is really playing better and better!"

Wanjiqi looked at the first-half match statistics in the live stream, feeling somewhat emotional.

"After the European Major Qualifier ended, I pointed out the problems they were having at the time. Some netizens went to his social media to give feedback, and he didn't even care about streaming at the time; he went to resolve the team's internal issues first."

"His execution is quite exaggerated. After that mediation of his, Vitality's performance is visibly better."

【Little Xu says: I'm serious about listening to advice!】

【It's better now, but that initial period was really a mess; the trolls almost ruined him.】

【Haha, my electronic pet is too strong!】

【Many of Little Xu's fans have watched him work hard all the way here, and now everyone is looking forward to seeing how far an ordinary person can go with hard work.】

【... Do you guys really think Little Xu is an ordinary person??】

【1200 hours of C-tier, enlightened in an instant to become a Heavenly God!】

During the halftime break.

Netizens in the live stream were chatting aimlessly.

【No way, Wanjiqi's praise is too outrageous.】

【Exactly, you can't just force-hype like that; they're only playing against HR.】

【If they can't beat a team at HR's level, then they're really eating dirt.】

【...】

Wanjiqi saw the comments trying to stir up trouble and explained it straightforwardly:

"HR is at least ranked 18th in the world, how did they become worthless in your mouths?"

He flipped through the team data he had prepared before the match and added: "Just a few days ago, they even defeated G2, Heroic, Gambit, Tyloo, and Renegades..."

"Don't think of this HR as the HR from the IEM Shanghai station era; their entire team has changed, and the second-most ruthless man in Turkey, woxic, has a rating of 1.22 in the last few months!"

"And Hobbit was also a Major Champion with quite a lot of experience, and ISSAA on the team is also a famous Jordanian gunner..."

"Their strength is quite decent, they just don't have star players like NiKo or s1mple on the team."

A portion of the audience in the live stream still believed Wanjiqi was just stirring up trouble.

But Xu Beifang's fans had already adapted to his situation in Vitality.

They were actually quite happy inside; after all, after a round of adjustments, Vitality's overall performance was quite good.

When Little Xu was at VP before, it could be said that he was a single-person prison cell with one new guy carrying four old ones.

And now, after joining Vitality, there were still many old guys, but that rookie Zywoo had shown a good level of play.

Now that the two of them were on the field, Xu Beifang's fans could feel at ease.

In the second half of this game, having switched to the defensive side, the level Vitality displayed was even more powerful.

Having won the pistol round, although they had some lapses and were double-killed by woxic with a Desert Eagle in a Banana clash, allowing the game to enter a clutch mode, they completed an anti-eco comeback.

HR wanted to take advantage of the morale boost from this comeback to turn the tide.

But good times didn't last long; once they entered the long gun rounds, they finally knew—

What a top-tier Banana defender is!

The opponent didn't apply too much pressure deep in Banana, often just coming over to trade blows with them simply.

But the problem was that HR couldn't hold them!

Both sides played a long game of chess in Banana, but HR was often the side that fell first.

After failing to gain an advantage in several skirmishes, they increased their control over Banana.

Professional players are all guys with strong competitive spirits; if you want them to admit they are inferior to others in certain aspects, how is that possible?

Starting with 3 people controlling Banana, plus not being stingy with utility, it did indeed put a lot of pressure on Vitality and allowed HR to successfully take a few points in the Banana offense and defense.

But immediately after, Vitality brought Zywoo back and started a 3B defense.

In the following rounds, during their skirmishes in Banana, they couldn't even see the shape of the One Box.

In the end, while HR was dizzy, the score of Map 2 was locked at 16:10.

"This Banana control intensity is really a bit exaggerated."

In Paris, France, inside the G2 base.

Shox, with his male-model temperament, looked at this BO3 and sighed.

They also participated in this tournament today, but due to the schedule, they still had to wait a while to know who their second-round opponent would be.

"When did Vitality get so strong?" asked Jackz, another guy with a male-model face, curiously.

After SmithZz retired, he was the newest member G2 brought in; whether it was gunplay, positioning, or his personal contribution to the team atmosphere, he was very good.

There was only one problem—his age was on the higher side.

Having just entered the top-tier scene, he was already nearly 27 years old.

He was a player G2 had no choice but to find within the French CS: GO circle.

The current G2 was still an all-French squad, not moving toward an international route like their old friend Apex and the others.

"Maybe that Huaxia teenager brought them a chemical reaction," said the French Sniper, who looked like a sickly ghost, from the side.

Although he had only played against Nice in the ladder, perhaps because he liked Huaxia very much, he also had a good impression of Xu Beifang.

Although French CS: GO is not as good as Brazil's, it generally lacks discipline and is played more romantically (recklessly).

Apex's sudden brain-dead plays were even a daily scene in his previous teams.

So they were really quite surprised by the seamless feeling of the current Vitality.

"It might be the honeymoon period of the new lineup; they've been meshing for a few months now," Shox replied. "Their Inferno has always been quite strong, but regarding the overall lineup, it feels like they are still missing a Lurker."

"Right now, it's all relying on Zywoo and Nice to exert force from the front; NBK, as a Lurker, hasn't even played many clutches."

"If they had a better Lurker, their level might just take off."

Jackz said: "Looking at the explosive power of the current lineup alone, it's already quite good."

"If we run into Vitality later, I feel like there's really quite a lot of pressure."

They watched the match footage, putting themselves in HR's shoes, and found that on Inferno, they might not necessarily be able to outplay Vitality.

"1-1, this BO3 isn't over yet; maybe Vitality will be eliminated directly," Lucky said with a smile on the side.

Having successfully taken their own map pick, the mood of everyone on Vitality was quite good.

Both sides entered Map 3 for a knife round to choose sides; Vitality finally won once, and they locked in the defensive side without hesitation.

Because Overpass has a relatively large map structure and CT retakes are relatively easy, it is also a map that favors CTs.

"3B2A standard opening, then RPK, you buy a set of utility to cover A."

"As for the B side, Zywoo and NBK, you guys push Construction Site directly in a moment; if I see someone in the Short Pipe, I'll throw an HE grenade directly, use utility to help you guys supplement the damage."

Using the combined damage of utility and firearms to get kills is a tactic Apex learned from reviewing the match against Gambler God.

Although some second-tier teams have relatively weak overall strength, they have some tactical ideas that are quite novel.

The countdown ended, and Xu Beifang led RPK toward the Mid front to scout for information.

On the map Overpass, unless there is a tactical requirement not to expose A, the police will definitely not let go of the possibility of getting information on the T Spawn early on.

RPK glanced at the T Spawn, "Didn't see anyone, be careful of a B-site speed push."

Xu Beifang held his USP, pre-aiming at the Sewer, and pushed forward bit by bit while holding his angle.

He was still guarding against timing, while his teammates had already started a round of fire at the Construction Site outside the Sewer.

NBK led the push, tapped one, and was then killed by a trade.

Zywoo supplemented the fire from the side, killed one, and immediately slipped away.

However, he didn't shrink back to the bomb site directly, but waited near the Sandbags, preparing to pull a "return horse" maneuver.

But he didn't expect HR's vigilance to be quite high; they double-peeked the Sandbag position in the second timing, and Zywoo ended up giving the kill back instead.

"Zywoo still couldn't get away, what a pity." "If Zywoo hadn't pulled this return maneuver, the Construction Site push would have gained a man-count advantage, but it's clear he wanted to get more kills."

"Now that he's been traded by HR, all that's left for the others is a 3v3 clutch."

Wanjiqi took a breath and analyzed it through the data on the field,

"Actually, this wave is okay; although Zywoo was traded, he at least got the information, and Hando's HE grenade also caused good damage; you can see the terrorists' health is not healthy right now."

"If they want to hit B, Little Xu can also support them from the Sewer at any time."

"However, HR is very smart; they didn't choose to speed up directly, but stayed silent at a long distance for a while. They wanted to make Vitality think they had rotated, and then hit a timed explosive bomb attack in the second timing."

After the Construction Site fire ended, Xu Beifang stuck to the side of the Sewer gate.

As soon as Hando shouted, he would immediately open the door and harass them from behind.

But the opponent had no movement after the first round of fire, which made people somewhat confused.

Xu Beifang didn't intend to sit and wait for death; the Sewer hadn't been opened for a long time, and he didn't dare to expose information prematurely.

So he took the initiative to push toward the T Spawn, carefully topping forward, intending to get all the information outside B.

After the opponent's fire ended, there were only two ways to rotate—

One is to rotate from Construction Site to A Short.

The second is to take a big circle from the T Spawn to rotate to A.

Since the Construction Site door hadn't been opened for a long time, Xu Beifang just took the initiative to get all the information.

"Nice finally arrived, but his timing is also very good; HR is just preparing to throw the explosive bomb from the front!"

"DeadFox has been holding the T Spawn from outside B for a long time, and just as he was preparing to throw the explosive bomb, the timing is just right!"

Xu Beifang held his USP and saw the terrorist holding a flashbang, headshotting him instantly.

"Rear path pushed!!" After DeadFox reported the position quickly, he was also quite speechless.

Not a buddy!

I held that position for half a minute, and you didn't come out!

I just turned around, and you came out.

What are you!

A Timing Master!

woxic and ISSAA were both at the Construction Site, already having their teammates communicate the flashbang.

But they didn't wait for the flashbang; instead, they waited for the news that a Timing Master had killed their teammate.

There was no choice now, they could only force a breakout forward.

But just as they were preparing to top forward, they saw a smoke grenade explode at the Sandbags, blocking their path forward.

"Rotate, rotate! All 3 of them are inside the B site." DeadFox reminded loudly in the voice chat.

There were still 25 seconds left, enough for them to perform a rotation.

woxic and the other guy made a decisive decision and rotated directly.

Xu Beifang took a look outside B; no one pushed out of the Construction Site, and the opponent didn't rush into the bomb site either. At this point, they understood.

"The opponent is rotating, hurry to A!"

Getting the information about the opponent's rotation in advance made RPK's retake speed very fast.

Xu Beifang, who had pushed forward, was actually the easiest to get into position for the retake.

"Both sides' ideas are very agile, and they quickly moved the battlefield to the A site."

"The first person from Vitality to return to the A site is RPK; he is a CT without armor. Is he going to take the initiative to intercept? Or choose to play it safe and wait for his teammates to arrive for the retake?"

"ISSAA still planted a car-head bomb; getting the opportunity to plant the bomb in this situation is also not bad, while woxic is actively looking for opportunities."

"He is still sneaking in, but RPK has already entered the Bank, killing woxic with one shot!"

"ISSAA's position is locked, tapping left and right, RPK is directly killed, and then Apex is killed too; this can't be happening!!"

"Fortunately." Wanjiqi's heart, which had been lifted, finally settled down, "Nice's gunplay is still trustworthy; he took this clutch with no danger."

"Thrilling! This Jordanian gunner is a bit exaggerated." Xu Beifang bumped fists with his teammates beside him.

Apex said to Xu Beifang: "This wave was very critical; if you hadn't pushed forward to get the information, I really couldn't have held the B site alone, and that would have been very passive."

Although the bomb was eventually planted, thanks to the full information, they played a 3v2 frontal retake, and basically locked the opponent's position.

But if the situation had been different after the first round of fire, it might have been completely different.

"The opponent should force buy this round, everyone be careful," Apex said. "Zywoo, you don't need to run to the B site this round; just buy an SSG 08, and leave the A site to you two, is that okay?"

"Don't worry, their A is even more solid than our 3-man B," NBK chuckled in the voice chat.

Entering the force buy round, Xu Beifang bought a full-armor FAMAS.

After throwing an HE grenade toward the T Spawn in Mid at the start, he went directly inside the Toilet and walked toward the A Long direction.

After checking the team's positions, Xu Beifang pushed directly to the A Long front.

Looking at the positioning of this round, his teammates couldn't provide him with help, so he had to choose a good position for the duel.

Xu Beifang placed his position near the stones at the A Long front.

This distance is very suitable for the FAMAS duel; any further, and a FAMAS spray would just make the opponent tell him to stop scratching them.

A flashbang flew over A Long, and the advantage of standing at the front became apparent.

Xu Beifang could hear the sound of the utility being thrown and turned his back to it.

He turned his head and sprayed a burst at the terrorist who pulled out horizontally.

【Nice used FAMAS to headshot and kill ISSAA】

woxic behind him pinged him once with an SSG 08, draining some of his blood.

Xu Beifang simply moved one body width to the right and came back to hold the A Long corner directly.

Seeing that he had hit the opponent once, woxic also came to find trouble with Xu Beifang without hesitation.

But accompanied by the crisp sound of a headshot, woxic also fell under Xu Beifang's muzzle.

"The two people at A Long were killed by Nice's FAMAS again; his FAMAS has always been a specialty."

"Killed two people at A Long directly, only 16 HP left, aren't you going to retreat yet?"

Xu Beifang continued to move to the right, choosing a "rest-in-peace" position.

The distance of A Long is too long; he could bet that he could walk away, but the success rate is really not high.

Not to mention Zywoo at A Short had also started a firefight with the opponent, and his own rear path was considered cut off.

Why not just push out directly.

The flashbang and footsteps sounded at the same time; Xu Beifang turned his head to dodge the flash, then pulled the muzzle back.

"Da-da-da..."

【ange1 used AK-47 to kill Nice】

"There are two at A Long, one was hit twice by my FAMAS." Xu Beifang passed the information out.

At this time, he also discovered that Zywoo at A Short had killed Hobbit alone with an SSG 08.

In that case, it could be locked that the remaining two people were all at A Long.

In the 4v2 clutch, the remaining AK from HR caused some trouble for Vitality.

But in the end, they took this force buy round with no danger and harvested two AK-47s.

The score of Map 3 was also pushed to 3:0 very smoothly, and Vitality slowly entered their own rhythm.