Chapter 205: 209. Chapter 205: The Power of the Second Stage Boss, Crushing FURIA!

209. Chapter 205: The Power of the Second Stage Boss, Crushing FURIA!

FURIA's Mindset was not affected by Vitality's Reset.

Once they entered the Long Gun Round, they still followed their own habits and began to accelerate the pace.

As the absolute core of FURIA, Art not only enjoys messing around, but as the team's brain, he commands FURIA to carry out several speed-changing strikes on the Inner Site.

FURIA's rhythm of being fast one moment and slow the next made Vitality feel significant pressure.

Fortunately, in Nuke's defensive formation, there is always one person guarding the Inner Site between Xu Beifang and Zywoo, and with rpk's feel for the game not being bad either, the head-on trades of numbers were not too passive.

However, on this map pick of FURIA's, the opponent showed quite a lot of things.

Even for the simplest Inner Site explosive execution, they could play many tricks with it.

It looks like an Inner Site explosive execution for a wave, but in reality, they send someone down the vent. Or, after the Inner Site explosive execution setup is done in the first two rounds, they aim at the Inner Site, but in reality, they turn their heads and start accelerating toward the Iron Plate.

oc〇

The one playing Iron Plate for Vitality is nbk, not the Iron Plate god, Fire Boy.

Even though nbk plays very slickly, facing a guy like Art with such a fast pace, he was still a bit exhausted to deal with it.

The second time he was rushed in the face by Art's running-and-gunning AK, nbk rolled his eyes—he finally understood the feeling other teams have when facing their own Dage, nice.

The playstyle of guys like nice and Art is just like an internet cafe reminding you that your balance is insufficient, rushing to end the match.

Amidst nbk's complaints, the score spiraled upward.

6:6.

"Let's go, let's go!" apex was still actively encouraging his teammates, "Take one more round, and our chances of winning in the second half will be very high."

In professional matches, Nuke is undoubtedly a CT-sided map.

But it is not as extreme as Train; a passing score for the CTs is about 9 points.

However, he did not set the requirements that high; apex understood the gap between Vitality and FURIA in tactics and understanding, so winning now can only rely on the players' performance.

He didn't want to put too much pressure on his teammates, and for the last 3 rounds, he would be satisfied just getting one.

As long as they get 7 points, and he works hard to execute the tactics well in the second half, and nice and Zywoo exert some more effort, the chance of winning is still quite high.

apex looked at the scoreboard, feeling very good.

"The opponents have exploded into the Inner Site for three consecutive rounds; this point, pay attention to the acceleration at Outside and Iron Plate, 122 defensive mode."

Although he was in a good mood, dealing with teams with prominent styles like FURIA and AVANGAR is indeed very annoying.

AVANGAR is always able to let the match enter garbage time, while FURIA can't wait to seal the victory before 1 minute and 30 seconds.

Regarding personnel adjustments, apex racked his brains to think about Art's ideas; he felt his white hairs were popping out.

……

Round thirteen.

Carrying a Full Armor AUG, Xu Beifang ran to the Inner Site as usual.

According to his habit, when playing CT in a Long Gun Round, he usually buys Half Armor; Full Armor gets one-tapped by AKs and 553s anyway, so it's better to save 350.

But it's different when the opponent is Art; that guy plays everything.

The moment Xu Beifang climbed to Sanlou, he turned his head and said to nbk: "It seems that after this match, your title of Weapon Master will be stripped away."

nbk also smiled helplessly: "The opponent is indeed playing like they are messing around."

What is it like to play against Art? It's like a player who has already mastered the basics running to Official Matchmaking casual to smurf, only to be rushed and killed by a group of newbies with submachine guns; it's just pure helplessness.

In the 12 rounds that have already ended, Art not only bought a Bizon, but even bought a P90 to rush the Iron Plate once, focusing on being unscrupulous.

After the two joked around, Xu Beifang threw an Iron Door fire, then jumped onto the Yellow Room, preparing to gather information.

But a Flashbang exploded, his screen went completely white, followed by fire on the Yellow Room, and a large amount of utility on the Inner Site.

"Inner Site might be accelerating! Can you help?" Xu Beifang shouted urgently.

apex, who was under Sanlou, and rpk, who was helping watch Outside from the front, immediately rotated over.

Xu Beifang regained his vision and immediately threw a Smoke Grenade into the Yellow Room.

Carrying the AUG and holding the Yellow Room, he nervously guarded against the opponent's attack.

But,

FURIA's A Site explosive execution seemed like thunder with little rain, and it suddenly stopped.

In the CSGO national server live stream room.

Ma Xixi helped explain, making it easier for the audience to see this match clearly:

"I've watched quite a few of FURIA's matches; what they pursue has never just been speed. Art is a very smart player; the setup from the previous multiple rounds was done well."

"This round, they used one Main Entrance Smoke, one Yellow Room fire, plus two Flashbangs, and forced out a large amount of Vitality's utility. In CSGO, utility is a strategic weapon for both sides, and Vitality's excessive consumption will lead to being passive in the late game. FURIA uses utility to apply pressure, and they don't even have any counter-measures."

"Moreover, it seems Art isn't just faking utility..."

The opponent's Inner Site attack suddenly had no movement again, and nbk at the Iron Plate simultaneously detected someone in B Tunnel.

"I'm rotating to the Inner Site, you be careful." apex reminded Xu Beifang.

The Yellow Room is blocked by a Smoke Grenade, so it doesn't look like there is pressure now, but the Iron Plate is in imminent danger.

Xu Beifang nodded to show he understood; he had sealed the Yellow Room with a Smoke Grenade, so it was temporarily safe.

He moved silently toward the Iron Door, intending to actively peek the Iron Door, wanting to get all the information on the Iron Door.

But the moment he pushed forward, out of the corner of his eye, he saw a black shadow flash through the smoke.

Wrong!!

Xu Beifang hurriedly turned his head and saw a Terrorist carrying an AWP, Crouching.

"Da-da..."

"Bang—"

The gunshots of the AUG and AWP rang out one after another, and the kill feed appeared in the top right corner.

【Art used AWP to kill Nice】

"He jumped out of Yellow Room through the smoke!!" Xu Beifang shouted in astonishment, "I hit him three times, he only has a sliver of health left."

They are already playing professionally, how could some idiot hold a big sniper and jump through smoke to find a fight... Xu Beifang covered his face, speechless.

The moment he got the kill, Art laughed happily like a child.

He had laid the groundwork for several rounds, whether it was the first wave of grenade spam on A Site earlier, or the subsequent pressure on Iron Plate.

It was all to make this Nice on the Inner Site lower his guard.

Even though he had killed the opponent, he was still amazed by Nice's Reaction, but fortunately, he had succeeded.

A satisfied smile appeared on Art's face.

Along with this kill, the match on the field was also changing rapidly.

"Art jumped through the smoke and took out Nice, the Inner Site fell instantly, FURIA followed up with an Incendiary Grenade on Sanlou, yuurih covered the front with a Smoke Grenade, and the control has directly changed hands."

But what happened next made the livestream chat fill with question marks for a moment.

"What is FURIA doing? After getting control of A Site, the main force went straight down the pipe to plant the bomb at B Site." Ma Xixi looked shocked; from the time he started playing professionally to later becoming a commentator, this was his First Time seeing such a top-tier rotation tactic.

Ma Xixi thought for a long time before finally blurting out a word: "As expected of Art!"

But the abstract scenes of this round didn't end there; Vitality, in the middle of a Retake, didn't expect the opponent to run to B with the bomb, and in their haste, the ensuing firefight failed to produce an effective trade of kills.

In the end, it was just a 2v4 Clutch between Zywoo and rpk.

Zywoo carried his big sniper, wandering slowly at Zhengmen alone; the team's economy was good, and the opponents had already planted at B Site.

He wanted to go to B Tunnel to save an AK47 for Xu Beifang.

He understood how much an AK improves a Rifleman, and it could play a decisive role at a critical moment.

He walked toward Terrorist Hall while keeping an eye on K1.

But he didn't expect that the moment he turned his head, he suddenly saw a black shadow.

Zywoo was startled by a heavy knife strike to his face and fired a Blind Shot in his haste, but the opponent used a Spin Jump to avoid his line of fire.

Xu Beifang shouted in the voice chat to remind everyone that Art was extremely low on health, but it was too late.

【Art used Butterfly Knife to kill Zywoo】

Several consecutive top-tier scenes caused the CS: GO national server livestream chat to be flooded with snowflake-like comments.

【I originally thought jumping through smoke with a big sniper to find people was abstract enough, but FURIA actually felt safe enough on A Site to rotate to B】

【Outrageous, is this Art?】

【I'm stunned, this rotation strategy is top-tier】

【This FURIA match is really damn interesting】

【This tactic only works on pros; if it were us in Big-Silver, we'd definitely perform a 'motionless as a mountain' for you.】

【He knifed Zywoo right in the face, this Art plays way too fancy】

After completing the knife kill, Art frantically teabagged the fallen Zywoo.

Fine, fine, so that's how you want to play.

Zywoo's Mindset was as good as ever; he wasn't affected by Art's actions.

But for an emotional player like apex, all his displeasure was written on his face.

Xu Beifang, standing to the side, also furrowed his brows; Art was in a playful mood and started messing with their Mindset, and it had indeed succeeded!

Xu Beifang pulled his screen closer, and as the light shone on his face, he began to become more focused.

"We still have money, Zywoo, I'll drop you a big sniper." Although apex was angry, he knew he was the team captain and couldn't let it affect the others' emotions.

After pondering for a few seconds, apex added: "The start of this round remains the same, the 2-1-2 basic setup, and then I need mid-round information; at the second timing, we will concentrate on 3A and send Nice into Yellow Room to get information."

The loss of this round actually made apex realize why they were too passive in the mid-round; he was a bit angry and wanted to play more proactively.

The countdown ended, and rpk rushed to Sanlou in the first position, directly throwing an Incendiary Grenade at Iron Door.

This allowed Xu Beifang, who still had full utility, to be relatively bolder in his playstyle.

FURIA finally didn't spam grenades at A Site immediately, but instead focused their attention on Outside.

—Bang!

Along with the sound of a big sniper shot from Outside, Xu Beifang noticed the kill feed in the top right corner.

【Zywoo used AWP to Pre-fire and get a Headshot on ablej】

Xu Beifang raised an eyebrow as he watched the kill, a smile on his lips.

Although Shushu didn't show much on his face, this Pre-fire kill still showed his attitude.

At this moment, he noticed apex had rotated to cover Sanlou, and Xu Beifang began to move out to get information.

After thinking for a moment, he took out an Incendiary Grenade and threw it forward, dropping fire outside Yellow Room.

Under the cover of the sound of the Incendiary Grenade, Xu Beifang released his silent walk and peeked forward to scout for information inside Yellow Room.

He didn't see anyone at first glance; he thought for a moment, took out a Smoke Grenade, and threw it onto the fire to extinguish it.

Then he silently crept into Terrorist Hall.

His teammates had already rotated to cover Sanlou, so even if he only went out to get information, he could still help the team achieve a huge effect.

However, Xu Beifang believed that the timing he actively created wouldn't be that low-level.

He silently crept out of the smoke, and as his nervous feelings faded, a figure carrying a big sniper walked toward B Tunnel.

Xu Beifang followed his footsteps, carrying an AUG.

Knifing someone and then teabagging them—Zywoo, the victim, didn't have a temper about it.

But as teammates, it wasn't just apex who would be unhappy.

Besides, it's only interesting if there's back-and-forth in a match.

"Nice pushed out, he saw Art walking forward, vini inside Iron Door wasn't paying attention to Yellow Room; as the God of Play would say, Nice caught a very remarkable timing!"

Xu Beifang reminded nbk at Iron Plate in the voice chat, because he had already received information that the opponent was moving toward B Tunnel.

"nice is still creeping forward, following closely behind Art. According to his habits, he intends to find a second person before Firing, wait... nice has pulled out his knife, I'm making money, haha!!"

A backstab, adding 1500 to the bank.

Suddenly killed, Art reported the position loudly in the voice chat to warn his teammates. Realizing he had been knifed, a look of relief appeared on his face.

After Xu Beifang knifed Art, he immediately pulled out his gun to look toward B Tunnel, quickly scanning the area, but found that Art was the only one in B Tunnel.

"B Tunnel is clear, nbk, you rotate to K1 or Inner Site to reinforce."

Having gained control of B Tunnel, Vitality could now perform a personnel rotation.

But before he could finish speaking, Xu Beifang called nbk back.

Switching to Art's sniper rifle, Xu Beifang went to peek Terrorist Hall.

vini, inside the Iron Door, saw that Art had been knifed and immediately turned to hold B Tunnel. Seeing someone emerge, he immediately opened fire and sprayed.

Xu Beifang retreated into cover, but having already obtained the information, he naturally did not intend to let this opportunity slip by.

——Bang!

【nice used AWP to kill vini】

"Terrorist Hall is empty, you guys watch out for Outside." Xu Beifang reported the information to his teammates in the voice chat.

Then, without stopping his pace, he walked toward Terrorist Hall with heavy steps.

In a 5v2 Clutch, he did not seek stability; he only wanted to kill everyone on the opposite side.

The numerical advantage had already been established, and there was no great pressure in his heart.

Arriving at the side of the Iron Door, Xu Beifang switched to an AK47.

Using a sniper rifle to clear angles and find people was still a bit too troublesome.

"The firefight inside Terrorist Hall let FURIA know that one person had pushed out, and since the bomb is still at the entrance of Terrorist Hall, they must go back and pick up the bomb; only then will this 2v5 Clutch have a glimmer of hope."

"Vitality can start playing steadily now. With a huge numerical advantage, as long as they don't throw and hold their own angles well, kscerato and yuurih won't find any opportunities."

"But holy shit." Ma Xixi couldn't help but exclaim as he watched the screen, "nice is directly rushing out to find people. yuurih heard the footsteps and is hiding at the corner; this round is doomed... nice???"

They were stunned; Xu Beifang didn't mask his footsteps at all during this sequence, and the information had already been heard by yuurih, who had rotated back to T Spawn.

Everyone thought yuurih would hold the angle to kill nice, but they didn't expect Xu Beifang to strafe out and instead instantly snap his Crosshair onto yuurih's head.

This Positioning Ability, don't be too ridiculous!!

kscerato was at the Outside Sniper Position; seeing his teammate killed, he hurriedly turned to check the situation.

But since he wasn't at a gun angle, he could only slowly push forward.

But during the push, he saw the opponent's figure; kscerato instantly performed a Counter-strafing and Crouching, just about to open fire.

"Bang!"

An AK47 bullet struck right between the eyebrows, blood splattering.

【nice used AK47 Headshot to kill kscerato】

"Whoa!!" Ma Xixi shook his head and clicked his tongue in the broadcast room, "Holy shit, this little Xu entering the Second Stage is a bit terrifying; his frontal firepower is maxed out!"

"Grabbing the timing from Yellow Room to knife Art, that was fine, just a matter of timing, and then while locking onto the position frontally, he hard-cleared vini inside the Iron Door with the sniper, then switched to an AK47 and pushed straight forward; yuurih couldn't hold the angle at all!"

The old handsome guy took a breath and continued: "The pressure on FURIA is huge too; how do you play this? The opponent has a wallhack Outside and an aimbot Inner Site; they Pre-fire you to death Outside, and here Inner Site, they come straight to your face to duel."

"After being knifed and body-shot in the previous round, little Xu immediately returned the favor; so satisfying!"

Accompanied by the appearance of the round MVP on the screen, Xu Beifang arrived beside the nearest FURIA member and then sprayed at the ground.

"nicee!!!!"

Xu Beifang's teammates couldn't hold back any longer and shouted excitedly. nbk shook his head with emotion: "This match is too easy; I just throw some utility, and nice kills everyone."

"I killed one too," Zywoo laughed.

Everyone bumped fists to encourage each other, celebrating the victory of this point.

The goal set by apex for them had been achieved, and looking at the situation, they even had a chance to take another point and enter the second half with a lead.

……

Inside the FURIA team room.

Their complexions were as dark as their team logo.

"The moment I turned, that nice crept out of the smoke," Art said helplessly.

For this point, he had placed his offensive focus Outside, but after suffering a setback at the start, Art had wanted to apply some pressure toward Yellow Room.

But the fire and smoke in Yellow Room cut off that thought.

Art didn't want to make any overly aggressive plays this round, so he turned to apply pressure toward Iron Plate to force out some of the opponent's utility, so that later, when they executed toward K1, their pressure would be lower.

Who would have thought that nice had the same personality as him; that smoke was just a decoration in front of him.

Art had no way to deal with this missed timing.

This Four Kill from nice felt bold to Art.

But to the other three members of FURIA, it felt like exaggerated frontal Gunplay.

vini being instantly killed by a sniper flick while holding a direct angle was still acceptable.

But yuurih having the information in advance and holding the angle frontally only to be instantly killed by a strafe—he couldn't even get a shot off.

Is this the strength of a top 10 player?

The frontal game is too fierce.

yuurih pressed the scoreboard, and nice's 19/1/9 stats came into view.

Then, looking at nice body-shooting on the screen, he was also speechless.

It was clearly Art who started the antics, why are you body-shooting me?

……

14 rounds, 19 kills; everyone clearly knows how terrifying nice's form is.

In the final round of the first half, FURIA also cleverly chose to avoid a fight, intending to go and find some trouble at Iron Plate.

But nbk and apex held their defense very solidly; the two of them had a head-on duel, killing two and leaving one crippled.

This left the rest of Vitality with a 4v2 clutch.

vini and kscerato tried hard to make something happen, but they died at the B Site Bomb Site without even being able to Plant the bomb.

The first-half score was locked at 8:7.

Anyone with a discerning eye could see that Vitality's touch was gradually heating up, while FURIA was struggling to cope.

FURIA fans could only hope that during the two-minute halftime, this wild Brazilian legion could adjust their Mindset.

……

After switching sides in the second half, Vitality acted as the Terrorist side.

In the Pistol Round, during an attack on A Site, rpk instantly killed three people in a row, coordinating with his teammates to successfully take this round.

The details in the following two rounds were not handled well, and FURIA found some opportunities in both.

But a fully-in-the-zone Xu Beifang and Zywoo each pulled off a 1v3 and a 1v2 respectively, gradually widening the score gap.

Even trailing by 4 rounds, FURIA fans comforted themselves in their hearts—once they entered the Long Gun Round, everything would get better.

But once they actually entered the Long Gun Round, the match did not go as they had wished.

The nice who gave them a headache was holding an SG553, and 1 minute and 35 seconds into the round, he used a jiggle peek to instantly Headshot vini, who was defending Iron Plate.

After gaining the man advantage, Vitality logically entered B Site, and after the Plant, they won this point by relying on the coordination of various Crossfire positions.

In the following multiple rounds, although FURIA scored occasionally, the scales of victory were always tilting toward Vitality, and Vitality was the first to reach Match Point.

……

At the FURIA player bench.

Art had a face as dark as water and called a timeout.

All the FURIA players had expressions as if facing a formidable enemy, no longer having the happy smiles from the start of the match.

Vitality's hot touch, combined with that kind of aggressive offense, made them all feel a bit breathless.

They considered themselves a fast-paced team and were very well-adapted to fast-paced playstyles.

But that nice on the other side was always coming over to find trouble for them at the start of the round.

Under normal circumstances, they did not fear this kind of playstyle; as the CT, their cover and pre-aiming gave them a huge advantage in duels.

But the problem was, the opponent's breakthrough success rate was too high!

In head-on duels, if they didn't Headshot that nice in the first two shots, then the one getting Headshot would be them!

Furthermore, it wasn't until the attacking side that they realized how exaggerated nice's freedom to Firing was within the Vitality team.

He could appear in any area of the map at will, without being restricted to any one place.

Simply using utility to stall for time didn't have much effect; instead, it accelerated FURIA's utility consumption.

There were a few rounds where they did beat nice, but the problem was—there was still a Zywoo!

When the opponent was on the defensive side, they hadn't noticed the problem, but after switching sides, an invisible pressure bore down on them.

"Front-point defense isn't working; let's pull our overall formation back," Art said helplessly.

He tried to have the team trade kills from second-angle positions to win in the clutch.

After the timeout ended and they returned to the match, using Crossfire to defend from back-point second-angle positions did indeed achieve results for them.

When they narrowly managed to kill Zywoo in a clutch, there were excited shouts and cheers in the FURIA voice comms.

Art spoke up: "Don't rush, let's slowly regain our touch; once we win a few more rounds, everything will be fine."

But looking at the 15:10 score overhead, the rest of FURIA couldn't be happy at all.

……

Xu Beifang smiled when he saw this scene.

In fact, throughout this match, he and Art had been in a tug-of-war regarding their Mindset.

The two had similar styles; in the first half, Art dared to jump out of the smoke to snipe him, and he likewise dared to push through the smoke to seize opportunities.

But after entering the second half, as an IGL, Art still couldn't withstand the pressure and was the first to slow down the tempo, giving his teammates a chance to catch their breath.

Xu Beifang, however, would not grant his wish.

"Although FURIA clawed back one point, there are still 5 Match Points left to chase; this is going to be so hard to chase!" Ma Xixi said with a smile.

The old handsome guy chimed in from the side: "If a miracle is to happen, it must be now, and this point itself doesn't have a particularly full CT setup, so their combat effectiveness isn't particularly sufficient."

Xu Beifang was still playing aggressively, but FURIA didn't give him the opportunity to unleash it.

Whether it was Inner Site or Iron Plate, they used utility at the start of the round to restrict Xu Beifang's scouting vision, making him unable to find them for a duel.

"However, this method of FURIA's, while it kept them from losing people early on, burned through their utility too quickly; it's only been 1 minute and 30 seconds, and they only have a few Smoke Grenades and a few Flashbangs left in their hands; the pressure is still quite significant."

Failing to get information on the first wave, under the command of apex, they turned back to execute a second wave.

They threw a line smoke at Outside, then grouped up and walked silently down K1.

"Vitality is very smart; although they didn't get information at the start, they guarded against FURIA's potential aggressive push, ensuring they didn't lose anyone."

"Actually, the CTs don't even dare to push aggressively now; they are playing as Default as it gets; they don't dare to take any risks at all."

"apex is standing above Zhengmen looking for the Headshot Position at the Warehouse, but does he even dare to take a duel from this Headshot Position?" Ma Xixi said, "apex is very confident today."

But in the next second, a Flashbang arrived.

apex's vision was Flash, and kscerato outside the Warehouse held an M4 and killed him with two shots to the head.

mo provided professional commentary from the side: "Normally, for a Terrorist, to protect their teammates going down K1, they would stand on top of the Sanlou Water Tank to hold an angle, so that if they don't win the fight, they can retreat. But apex's thinking is a bit different from the average person; he is always so confident, only this confidence cost him a price."

Although apex was dead, the Xu Beifang quartet silently crept into K1.

As the Dage leading the way, Xu Beifang peeked to clear angles bit by bit.

FURIA played cautiously, so they didn't get much information either; how many people were in K1 was unknown, and everything had to be handled with care.

Xu Beifang's excellent pre-aiming and clearing of angles eliminated the hidden threats within K1 for the team.

"Split up, nice go to the locker room, Zywoo, you three head toward the Control Room, and we'll push out from two angles together in a moment," apex fully utilized his role as the Fountain Commander.

They threw a line of smoke, and he died at Zhengmen.

The information that "the Terrorists might go to K1" would certainly exist in FURIA's minds.

Unless FURIA chose to bite the bullet and gamble on A, they would have someone playing inside B Site in advance.

There was a high probability of a head-on firefight breaking out at B Site.

At times like this, pushing from two angles simultaneously allows for cross-firing and trade kills, giving a better chance of winning.

"FURIA has placed someone at Iron Plate in advance to trade at B Bomb Site; ablej is already standing right above the trapdoor. His position is very mysterious, and if nothing goes wrong, he can reliably take one down."

"And Art at Iron Plate can also rotate to defend at any time, helping him take a side shot."

"Confirmed that the path from Iron Plate is clear, Control Room has started throwing utility—a fire and smoke at Iron Door—but Art pushed through the smoke early, and nbk, who rushed out from the trapdoor, was instantly killed!"

Xu Beifang was alone at Dead Door, prepared to push out at the second timing.

Hearing the gunfire, he immediately pushed the door and looked toward where the shots were coming from.

Outside the Control Room, a CT was crouching by the smoke holding an angle; he quickly dragged his crosshair over and opened fire.

"Rat-tat-tat!"

【nice used SG553 to headshot kill art】

"nice forcibly insta-killed one, and the two inside the Control Room also rushed out, but ablej's position is very mysterious; he took down rpk who was still clearing angles. A 2v4 clutch, the clutch of the twin stars!"

"But they must hurry; there isn't much time left for them!"

This gamble by FURIA made Ma Xixi's tone tense once again.

But he still held some expectations; after all, the two remaining Vitality players had healthy HP, and they were also adept at creating miracles.

Having confirmed the opponent's position on the trapdoor, Xu Beifang opened fire, wall-banging.

This action of his wasn't for a kill, but merely to disturb ablej.

Zywoo understood the intent and immediately strafed out from the Control Room, firing a pre-fire shot at the trapdoor.

"Rat-tat-tat!"

【zywoo used AK47 to headshot kill ablej】

"2v3." apex reminded them softly in voice chat, then muted his mic to leave the clutch to them.

"I'll hold the locker room, you plant the bomb," Xu Beifang quickly stated his plan.

In a 2v3 clutch, they had to have map control over a certain area; otherwise, cowering at the Bomb Site would only lead to being passively beaten.

With one person at the Bomb Site and the other in a different area, the crossfire lines are opened up, creating room for maneuvers.

"There's a footstep at the trapdoor," Zywoo reminded him.

Meanwhile, Xu Beifang was standing on the locker room slope, his crosshair placed on the position where someone would peek from Guandao.

He didn't see anyone come out of Guandao at first, but suddenly, a head popped out on the right side of his vision.

He dragged his crosshair to the right; his formidable positioning ability was displayed to the fullest at this moment.

It was like an instant lock-on; the crosshair suddenly appeared on the opponent's head.

He opened fire with the SG553, spraying.

【nice used SG553 to headshot kill vini】

At the same time, Zywoo also engaged in a firefight with the enemy in front.

"With his teammate holding Dead Door, Zywoo could watch the trapdoor without worry; he took down yuurih with a spray! After getting one, he didn't get greedy and immediately retreated."

"The remaining kscerato is in a tough spot; his teammates were picked off one by one, he is in such a miserable situation!"

"But Vitality didn't even intend to circle around him; nice and Zywoo double-peeked out from cover together and instantly killed kscerato!!"

Ma Xixi laughed: "They're at it again. This 2v4 also proved to the world that two new stars of CS: GO are rising! This is just too amazing!"

"Watching the two of them in a clutch feels very stable, no surprises. The two of them divided the work—you take down the trapdoor, I take down Dead Door—and the clutch was won."

The score was locked at 16:10.

On this map, which they weren't particularly skilled at, the Vitality twin stars exploded in form, securing the victory for the first map of the BO3.

As the MVP of Map 1, Xu Beifang put up an astonishing stat line of 36/2/17.

FURIA fans could only say there was nothing to be done when seeing this scene.

……

The second map of the BO3 was Inferno, chosen by Vitality, and they started as Terrorists. Although his eyes were a bit sore from the all-out effort on Map 1, back on the familiar Banana, even if he couldn't exert his full strength, Xu Beifang could still trade blows with FURIA.

Seeing this situation, apex adjusted the playstyle in time, letting Zywoo lean forward while Xu Beifang handled the trade kills.

Zywoo didn't let apex down, showing great effectiveness in head-on breakthroughs.

According to Zywoo, he actually likes playing with a Rifle the most, and now he was finally back to his main role.

Throughout the entire Inferno match, his smile never faded.

With his teammates carrying hard, Xu Beifang's stats became rather mediocre instead.

But that didn't matter anymore, because FURIA couldn't stop their offense.

In the end, they secured 10 rounds on the offensive side in the first half of Inferno.

Although they lost the Pistol Round in the second half, rpk's Desert Eagle contributed again in the Force Buy round, scoring a triple kill at A Site, and with two kills from apex and Zywoo, they completed a reset.

Vitality smoothly pushed the match to Match Point on the defensive side.

But after reaching Match Point, Art suddenly surged.

In a B Site offensive and defensive exchange, he jumped into CT Spawn with an AWP, caught the timing of Xu Beifang throwing fire, and took him down; nbk in front was also killed, and B Site fell instantly.

After reaching Match Point, FURIA showed signs of a comeback, instantly clawing back 5 match points.

In the end, it was thanks to an early rotation by Xu Beifang, who, after securing control of Banana, gambled on a heavy 5-man defense at A Site.

By the time FURIA crept into A Site, they discovered they had walked into Vitality's inescapable net and were wiped out by a wave of Crossfire.

2-0, Vitality won the fourth round match of the IEM Katowice Major Challenger Stage.

At the same time, with a 3-1 record in the Challenger Stage, they officially advanced to the Legend Stage competition.

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