Chapter 234: 238. Chapter 234 Faze: Pain, too much pain! (10,000-word grand)

238. Chapter 234 Faze: Pain, too much pain! (10,000-word grand)

Shox and the members of G2 were sitting in the stands watching the match.

"This NiKo's calling is really trash, isn't it?" the Lung-Disease War God next to him said while watching the kill replay.

Shox, who had the face of a male model, shook his head: "NiKo's calling really isn't bad; at the very least, it's acceptable for a Tier 1 team. Right now, this Faze team is suffering more from structural issues."

"Isn't everyone criticizing NiKo's calling?" Jackz chimed in casually. Faze's results after their roster change hadn't been good, and as the team's star player and concurrent in-game leader, NiKo had become the primary target.

Jack saw many people complaining about NiKo and subconsciously assumed NiKo's calling level was truly poor.

Shox organized his thoughts and continued: "In terms of calling, NiKo is doing quite well; his tactics are quite brilliant. Look at the last round, his decision-making was excellent. He knew Nice's habits and ran over to counter-strat the Outside area; that was a very good decision."

"Faze's problem right now is that once they reach the mid-round, no one is willing to sacrifice themselves to pull the gun line and gather information."

KennyS asked: "How can that be? They have entry fraggers, don't they? Aren't NiKo and Rain both breaking through like crazy?"

"Entry fraggers aren't the same as information gatherers," Shox mused for a moment. "Take Vitality as an example. Their entry fragger is Nice, right? But Nice is often just the one at the very front during early-round maneuvering. Once they face those One-Wave Flow execute rounds, he is always walking in second or third. Apex and RPK will take the initiative to gather information for the two Dages."

"On Faze's side, NiKo's solo entry ability is indeed strong, but his form has declined since becoming the caller. Rain is a very capable trade killer, but his pure entry ability is still a step behind people like Nice, Electronic, and NiKo."

"With no one on Faze willing to sacrifice, the team's overall play won't be that smooth..."

Jackz laughed from the side: "Doesn't that mean Faze is about to get 2:0'd by Vitality?"

As Frenchmen, they still really hoped their fellow countrymen could continue to advance.

And if they really did 2:0 Faze, that would be too interesting.

"2:0, I can only say it's possible," Shox smiled; he didn't speak in absolutes.

Because he could see clearly that Faze's biggest shortcoming right now was the lack of a tool-man to pull the gun line, which caused the other members' play to not be 'smooth'.

But they also had one advantage—Faze was entirely composed of star players; once they found their rhythm, their ceiling was terrifying!

The countdown ended, and Xu Beifang followed Zywoo directly toward the Iron Plate.

According to Apex's arrangement, for this round, Zywoo was left to hold the Iron Plate alone.

As for Xu Beifang, Apex let him freely maneuver in the Outside area, while he himself chose to go through K1 from the Iron Plate to B Site.

He had already played the Outside front for several rounds in a row, and now he intended to apply some pressure from the flank.

He had just arrived at K1 when he heard NBK say: "Fired the Yellow Room, the opponents are likely on a Force Buy."

After Faze planted the bomb, their average economy wasn't high; they could choose to buy Long Guns, and an eco wouldn't be a problem either.

But from the information gathered so far, Faze's attitude was still quite tough; they didn't want to keep losing points like this.

"NiKo finally isn't clinging to his 'fire stick' and is using an AK47 instead," Wanjiqi said. "Their overall economy isn't high, but they chose to lower their weapon configuration, so they still have quite a lot of utility."

"Without an offensive sniper pushing Outside, facing Nice's tricks in the Outside area, they are under quite a bit of pressure and haven't gone deep to take control. This round, Nice is playing K1 quite aggressively and is already at the K1 entrance."

"However, after this round of Outside utility executes, Faze turned directly to try and hit the Iron Plate, but Zywoo's Sniper Rifle was just holding a direct angle there. They cleared the Inner Site with utility, and their remaining utility is still decent; it just depends on whether they have Flashbangs to cover this push."

Zywoo stood on the railing at the back of the Iron Plate, fully utilizing the Sniper Rifle's long-range advantage.

A Terrorist rushed into the left side of the scope using a Spin Jump. Zywoo didn't chase that difficult shot but waited for a beat.

A second Terrorist appeared in his field of vision, and the Sniper Rifle pulled the trigger.

"—Bang!"

【Zywoo used AWP to kill Olofmeister】

After getting one kill, Zywoo didn't get greedy for a second shot and directly gave up control of the Iron Plate, retreating into B Site.

As long as the Sniper Rifle's position isn't locked down, there's a chance to get a second kill.

With Apex covering the bottom of Sanlou, he didn't need to rush.

Apex wasn't impatient; he was quietly holding the crossing point from CT Spawn to Iron Plate under Sanlou, trying to catch someone off guard and get a quick kill.

But suddenly, someone strafed out directly.

"Bang!"

【GuardiaN used Galil to headshot kill Apex】

"Apex was holding the crossing at a resting spot under Sanlou, but he got searched out by GuardiaN, so the pressure is a bit high now," Wanjiqi analyzed. "Both sides traded 1-for-1 in the early round, but the Terrorists have taken control of the Iron Plate and under Sanlou. And if they rush up to Sanlou, they'll find that there's no one on top of Sanlou either!"

"Now it depends on what NiKo's command is... wait, they don't intend to go up to Sanlou, but are walking silently toward the Terrorist Hall. They've already confirmed there's a Sniper Rifle at B Site, and going up to Sanlou now is very dangerous, so Faze intends to turn back and hit A again!"

With his teammate under Sanlou killed, Xu Beifang had already snuck out from K1 alone.

If control of one area is lost, he has to fight to take back another.

He didn't see any enemies in the Outside area for the moment, so Xu Beifang stepped directly inside the Zhengmen.

He had just taken his position when he saw the Iron Door open and a Main Entrance Smoke thrown from the Iron Door.

"Smoke thrown at the Iron Door, they might be speeding up!"

As soon as he finished speaking, before the Smoke Grenade at the Zhengmen had even expanded, Xu Beifang saw two Terrorists rush out of the Iron Door.

"Rain's Iron Door entry is coming! Let's see how the Iron Door and Yellow Room synchronize, but Nice got the information before the Smoke Grenade popped. Faze is a bit too anxious! Rain was mowed down by a spray, and Da Jin Ya was also wall-banged by Nice through the smoke! Nice just insta-killed two in a row, forcibly breaking Faze's synchronization!"

"But NiKo strafed wide out of the Yellow Room and instantly killed NBK in front of the Dead Pipe. However, there's still an RPK at the Bomb Site. This information... Oh!!! NiKo looks like he read something; he one-tapped Nice behind the Main Entrance Smoke. You're mixing, and I'm mixing too; they've stopped pretending!"

Two teammates dying in succession made RPK at the Bomb Site feel some pressure.

But listening to the footsteps coming from the Archway, he still took the initiative to peek right and pre-fire.

"RPK's position at the Bomb Site has always been very mysterious. Hearing the footsteps, he strafed wide out of the Yellow Room and instantly killed GuardiaN."

"Zywoo has already rotated back to the top of Sanlou, but NiKo has already moved to the Iron Door and sprayed Zywoo down to low health."

"RPK at the Bomb Site wants to seize an opportunity, but with a flick up and down, he one-tapped RPK to death. This solo-pick?! It's already a 1v1, NiKo."

In the 1v1 clutch, Zywoo asked: "Is the bomb at the Iron Door?"

"Yeah, I saw the first person at the Iron Door was carrying the bomb," Xu Beifang replied.

Now they could only place their hopes on Zywoo.

In this head-to-head clutch, NiKo's continuous solo-picks and insta-kills further proved his exaggerated form; the situation was not looking optimistic.

Zywoo nodded, choosing to walk directly toward the Iron Plate while shifting, performing a preemptive rotation.

But while his speed was fast, NiKo's speed was even faster.

He had just arrived at the Iron Plate approach when NiKo had already planted the bomb.

"NiKo has already planted the bomb, Zywoo has a Defuse Kit on him, but he only has half health; is there really a chance to make a play?"

"The Terrorist just planted the Dead Door bomb, Zywoo needs to guard against a Dead Door peek first, but NiKo has already silently moved to the vicinity of the Control Room at top speed. Oh, what is this situation? Could it be that NiKo~~~"

"He is stuck on the inner Slope of the Control Room; this position is too tricky. Zywoo doesn't have a Smoke Grenade in his hand, so even with a Defuse Kit, he can't force a defuse."

"This is a World-class Plant with no cover. NiKo looks inside the Control Room, sees no one, waits for the second fake-defuse sound, and then peeks—it's still a One-tap!!"

……

Xu Beifang tilted his head back slightly and saw NiKo on the opposite side of the stage, excitedly standing up and shouting with his arms raised.

Whether it was because the Inner Site needed an emotional release or to motivate the team, NiKo needed to stand up and shout at this moment.

"Yeah!!!!!!"

The sound from the venue washed over them like a physical force, and the audience's enthusiasm seemed to be transmitted along with it; it was just that for Vitality, acting as the background board for this round, the feeling was ultimately unpleasant.

"let's go fazeclan!"

"let's go fazeclan!"

The cheers of the audience felt like they were going to sweep him up and swallow him whole, making it hard to breathe.

Xu Beifang typed in the public chat to complain: NiKo, don't be like this, your settings are too high!

NiKo, who was emotionally charged on the other side, looked at the text in the public chat, a smile on his face, and typed back: It's alright, the settings aren't too high.

Xu Beifang felt a bit helpless; NiKo had headshot him through the Main Entrance Smoke with a One-tap without any warning in this round, which was truly speechless.

He finally understood how FaZe felt when they were reset by him through the smoke in the second half of Map 1; it was just very bewildering.

Being reset by such individual ability was a huge blow to team morale, but everyone on Vitality understood that in a match of this level, the gap between players would become increasingly apparent under high pressure, and it was no surprise that FaZe, a team famous for individual ability, would pull off highlights.

They bumped fists to encourage each other and continued to focus on the match.

It was just that no one expected that this Clutch by NiKo would bring back the feel for the entire FaZe Clan team.

FaZe scored wildly on the offensive side, while Vitality's frontal defense was actually struggling, losing round after round.

Fortunately, the bald Coach realized the situation was wrong and quickly called a timeout.

Xu Beifang coordinated with Zywoo to perform a forward push at the Iron Plate, ending the round early, stopping the decline, and successfully reaching Match Point.

But after entering Match Point, the Guardian and Da Jin Ya, who had been quiet for a long time, pulled off a brilliant 2v4, helping FaZe Clan recover one Match Point.

Entering the final round, Vitality's economy had some issues, and Xu Beifang was overwhelmed by rain and NiKo at the Outside and couldn't play well.

Zywoo forcibly took down 3 people at the Outside with an SSG 08, but under the performance of rain and Olofmeister, they still couldn't win the round.

The match to this point—officially enters Overtime!

……

Beside the Spodek Arena broadcast studio, members of ENCE and Team Liquid were standing by the live broadcast screen, eating melons.

As fellow participating teams today, they were originally resting in the back, but the cheers at the venue were just too intense.

And browsing the forums, they also learned the news that Vitality had been dragged into Overtime on Map 2.

NiKo's hot state made them have some speculations in their hearts.

Could it be? Is FaZe going to come back from 0-1 to win 2-1 today?

If that happens, then Nice will really earn the title of "Offline Soft-foot Shrimp."

So they all walked out of the lounge excitedly to eat melons.

After entering Overtime, both sides chased each other, the score constantly seesawing, but no one could pull away the point gap.

Everyone understood that both sides had entered a tug-of-war!

As melon-eating onlookers, they watched the match right there in the studio, listening to the cheers and shouts in the venue, feeling incredibly excited.

But the intensity of the match still far exceeded their imagination.

"Two overtimes and it's tied again! This bladder-testing game today is just too interesting!" Aleksib, who resembled Leonardo, couldn't help but tease on the side.

If they were in the middle of it, perhaps the pressure would be immense.

After all, after entering the Overtime battle, what is tested is not only the Gunplay of both sides, but the competition of Mindset is also a very important part.

Overtime battles are always agonizing.

The audience at the venue, however, was having a blast; every moment of this overtime was changing rapidly, making these fans feel hope and then despair, their moods constantly rising and falling.

However, for this, AleksiB expressed that it didn't matter!

After all, he was just here to eat melons and watch the show.

"The longer it drags on, the greater the pressure on Vitality. I feel like the Gunplay of NBK and RpK has deformed slightly, whereas apEX, who usually has episodes, is playing better and better." The Six Tracks sniper allu expressed his view.

"Indeed, the FaZe guys have all found their feel; the longer it drags on, the more uncomfortable Vitality becomes."

Not far away, the director shook his head and retorted: "I don't think so. I still believe in the performance of Nice and Zywoo; these two are simply perverted when they start operating."

Both sides held their own opinions, but they also had their own internal struggles.

They wanted to see who had a stronger understanding of the match; will the winner of this first match of the Champion Stage today be Vitality or the Galaxy Battleship!

……

21:21

Xu Beifang took a sip of water and let out a long breath.

After FaZe found their feel, their frontal ability was terrifying; NiKo, rain, and Guardian each performed, all putting on very stunning displays.

However, Vitality's state wasn't bad either; Xu Beifang and Zywoo pulled off a few eye-catching multi-kills, and even Happy managed to hold a 1v2 Clutch.

The audience at the venue had gone completely crazy!

The air seemed to be filled with the bloody scent of the two sides slaughtering each other, and everyone was waiting for the two teams on the stage to produce a result.

Everyone is looking forward to seeing whether Vitality will end the match or if the Galaxy Battleship will drag it into Map 3.

The third overtime begins, with Vitality starting on the CT side again.

apex thinks for a moment, then turns to look at Xu Beifang: "Nice, can you play a bit more conservatively in Outside this round? I want to set something up in Iron Plate."

"Just arrange it as you like, I'll stick to your tactics," Xu Beifang responds with a smile.

In such critical rounds, you must constantly ensure the opponent cannot pin down your habits.

Even though Xu Beifang is quite aggressive when controlling the map in Outside, he is always changing his playstyle and positioning.

Therefore, suddenly playing it safe is also reasonable.

apex nods, then looks to his right at Zywoo: "Zywoo, you and rpk go straight to Iron Plate, then boost rpk onto the Iron Plate Double Peek spot; you stay below and act as his bait. If there's heavy pressure on K1 or Inner Site, just let rpk hold Iron Plate alone."

By this point in the match, basically every tactical trick available has been used.

So, apex can only come up with some small schemes to seek variables.

Amidst the cheers of the audience, the forty-third round officially begins.

Once the countdown ends, Xu Beifang arrives at Outside, learns from niko by clearing his utility, then reaches the Blue Box next to the Warehouse, using his AUG to watch the Zhengmen to prevent anyone from pushing through.

After confirming no one is stepping onto the Zhengmen from Outside, he immediately hides in the corner of the Warehouse to help his teammates watch the Zhengmen.

The opponent does not apply any pressure in Outside at first, and Xu Beifang only hears a Smoke Grenade pop, without gaining much information.

apex chooses to rotate from Guandao to support K1, and Xu Beifang returns to the Zhengmen to help.

Just as they are contemplating the opponent's next move, a Yellow Room fire explodes, followed immediately by a Bomb Site fire and a Sanlou smoke.

Xu Beifang is completely Flash-ed at the Zhengmen, and alarm bells ring in his mind.

"A-site execute!! Brothers, rotate back fast!!"

He calls out the position quickly, while Zywoo, who is holding the back of Iron Plate, originally wanted to Retake toward the top of Sanlou.

But he suddenly hears rpk shout: "Zywoo, don't leave, lots of footsteps in B Tunnel!! The opponents are coming for Iron Plate!"

The Iron Plate Double Peek position is forward, allowing them to hear the opponent's footsteps.

Although they hear rpk's callout, the members at A-site do not make any moves.

Firstly, they aren't sure if it's real—niko's tactics are quite good; when executing a site, he always mixes truth with deception, making it impossible to judge immediately.

Secondly, there are currently two members defending Iron Plate, and they have set up a trap.

The pressure isn't as great as imagined.

If the opponent really wants to rush Iron Plate, they can only hope their teammates at the front can trade kills.

Xu Beifang tosses a Smoke Grenade toward the Iron Door, then hears the sound of a Sniper Rifle from the direction of Iron Plate.

——Bang!

【Zywoo used AWP to kill adren】

"Don't rush, I'm moving from K1 toward Iron Plate, we can play it slow!" apex shouts urgently.

But that Sniper Rifle shot is like a charge signal on the battlefield, and soon the kill feed in the top right corner begins to scroll rapidly.

【rpk used AUG to Headshot kill niko】

【rpk used AUG to kill rain】

【olofmeister used AK47 to Headshot kill rpk】

【Zywoo used AWP to Headshot kill olofmeister】

"Nice!!!!" Xu Beifang shouts in the voice chat.

This tactical design by apex allowed rpk to get two kills from the Double Peek spot, and combined with Zywoo, they completed a feat of a 1-for-4 trade; the Vitality supporters at the venue wave their cheering sticks frantically, and the sound of cheering grows even louder!

Zywoo isn't overly excited and says rationally: "The bomb dropped at Iron Plate, but I didn't see the last person; the opponent might be trying to Save Weapon."

apex says excitedly: "I'm coming over to Iron Plate to help you watch the bomb, just hold your position for now, let's see if we can hunt down GuardiaN in a bit!"

GuardiaN hasn't fired a shot, so he doesn't know what weapon the opponent has.

If it's a Sniper Rifle, even if they end up trading 3-for-1, they are still ahead.

GuardiaN does not Save Weapon; after a while, he actively tries to find an opportunity at Iron Plate, but what greets him is a bullet from a Sniper Rifle.

Vitality takes the first point of the third overtime!

Xu Beifang wears a smile, turns to look at rpk and says: "That play was top-tier, a Double Five-Kill to wipe them all out, awesome!"

"It's all thanks to apex's tactical design, otherwise how would I have had the chance to clear the screen?" rpk just curls his lips, but judging by his expression, he enjoyed getting those backstabs.

Xu Beifang extends his fist: "Let's go, let's go, let's take some more points and widen the gap."

Hearing the reminder from their Dage, everyone on Vitality nods.

It's not the time to be happy too early; they still need to be steady.

In the previous two overtimes, they were occasionally in the lead, but the problem was they couldn't pull away; niko seemed to have suddenly had a breakthrough, playing tactically without hesitation, which made FaZe very swift on the offensive side.

If not for that flash of inspiration from apex and the prior arrangements, they might not have won this point.

"This round, 3 in Inner Site, Zywoo's Sniper Rifle still covers Iron Plate, and Nice, can you move toward the K1 direction?" apex thinks of a formation he used before. He feels this formation is quite interesting and can be studied in detail later.

3 people in Inner Site ensure firepower, and with Zywoo's Sniper Rifle at Iron Plate, they won't easily lose a player.

Xu Beifang can provide backup in Outside at the second timing, allowing them to push back and gain information in the mid-round.

apex thinks it's quite suitable for the current Vitality.

The countdown ends, and Xu Beifang follows Zywoo toward Iron Plate.

He is thinking, if FaZe doesn't make a move early on, should he sneak into Outside during the mid-round or call for help to counter-flash.

The two methods have different risks, and the rewards are naturally different as well.

……

"This round niko jumped straight onto the Zhengmen, and Inner Site is being hit by a full execute, drawing everyone's attention; it all depends on this exchange with niko at the Zhengmen."

"apex heard the footsteps at the last second, but he couldn't beat niko, who descended from the sky."

"NiKo takes down Apex, and with one spray, he also finishes off NBK who was in the Yellow Room. This tactic of pinching the Inner Site from the Zhengmen has been used by Vitality before, but this round NiKo's Gunplay is top-tier; two kills directly liberated the Zhengmen and Iron Door."

"Expanding from the Yellow Room toward the Bomb Site, RPK is holding an angle with a wide field of view, and his AK47 brutally eats up GuardiaN. Is there a second one? What a pity, he couldn't manage to kill Rain as well."

Wanjiqi says in a low voice: "FaZe's offensive wave is too fast. The Bomb Site only managed a 1-for-3 trade; the A site has completely fallen."

"Although the twin stars are still alive, the difficulty of this 2-on-4 is just too high."

The firefight at the A Bomb Site in the early stage ended too quickly, and the bomb was planted directly. FaZe still has many pieces of utility in hand; the difficulty for Xu Beifang and Zywoo to make a play is basically equivalent to a head-on 2-on-4.

Even though Nice and Zywoo have created so many highlight Clutches, he doesn't feel there is any opportunity to make a play in this round.

"With one AK47 and one sniper rifle in hand, saving the weapons for the next round wouldn't be bad."

Inside the Vitality voice channel.

Apex is somewhat self-reproachful: "My bad, if only I had reacted earlier in this wave."

Facts prove that the experience in Nuke matches is still too little; if they played it more, Apex would know the 3A formation, and he would only need to watch the outside of the Zhengmen in the early stage.

He saw the Iron Door fire being extinguished and wanted to help his teammates, but he was caught in his timing the moment he turned around.

The emotions of the other few members of Vitality are a bit dejected; they just won a round, and were immediately brought back to the rhythm by a speed-up from FaZe.

Although this Clutch hasn't ended yet, they don't see much chance of winning and already feel in their hearts that this round is lost.

In fact, in a 2-on-4 Clutch, if they were to gamble head-on, it would be difficult for either Xu Beifang or Zywoo to find an opportunity to make a play.

But they really don't want to give up.

Just at this moment, Xu Beifang, having returned to under the Sanlou, looks at the Defuse Kit in his hand, and his mind can't help but think of Jiuye, and then of G2.

So, is there a chance to ninja defuse?

Xu Beifang's inspiration sparks: "Come, come, come, Shushu, I have an idea. We'll make a footstep sound heading toward CT Spawn. In a 2-on-4 Clutch, FaZe probably won't be that cautious. Then, when it gets to about 6 seconds, I'll go down and defuse. You pull out from the Sanlou to help me hold the angle."

"Can it work?" Zywoo is thinking about the feasibility of this method; he believes FaZe shouldn't make such a low-level mistake.

However, having said that, he still proactively followed Xu Beifang's method.

They made a footstep sound under the Sanlou heading toward CT Spawn, then walked back silently, and held the walk key to climb back up to the Sanlou.

Xu Beifang was already waiting and ready up there.

In 6657's livestream room.

Wanjiqi had originally started summarizing the advantages of FaZe's offense in this round, because seeing Zywoo's movement toward CT Spawn, he already felt it was going to enter garbage time.

But suddenly seeing Zywoo silently climb back to the Sanlou, he knew something was wrong with the match!

"Vitality's movement, it looks like they want to ninja defuse! Both Zywoo and Nice have full utility, and both of them have Defuse Kits they can use. They can try a forced defuse with this smoke!"

"Could it be!!!"

……

Inside the FaZe voice channel.

Olofmeister, who planted the bomb, hears the footsteps under the Sanlou and immediately calls out the position.

"The last two are both under the Sanlou, but the footsteps went toward the CT Spawn area."

Rain asks: "Should we go hunt them for their guns?"

In a 4-on-2 Clutch, looking for trouble with the opponents is very normal.

NiKo rejects this proposal: "Hunting for guns has no meaning. The 5-for-1 trade in the last round was too costly. Even if we go to hunt for guns, they will still be able to full-buy in the next round."

And there was something he didn't say: the ones saving weapons are the two big stars.

If one thing goes wrong, they'll probably all end up folded in that CT Spawn area.

Their economy isn't very good either; if they lose too many guns this round, they won't have a full-buy in the next.

The beeping of the bomb gradually becomes urgent, and they also begin to gradually withdraw from the A Bomb Site.

But at this moment, FaZe doesn't know that the two people they think are saving weapons at CT Spawn are actually hiding on the Sanlou waiting for an opportunity.

After hearing the 10-second countdown, Xu Beifang stubbornly waited another 2 seconds before standing up to take a look at the information on the Bomb Site.

At the first glance, there isn't a single Terrorist in sight.

But he keenly hears footsteps coming from the Yellow Room.

"I'm going down to defuse, Zywoo, get ready to come out and help me hold the angle."

As Xu Beifang says this, he jumps directly down from the Sanlou, then uses a slope technique to land silently on the A Bomb Site.

The beeping of the C4 becomes increasingly urgent; Xu Beifang lets go of the walk key, performs a Spin Jump in the air to arrive next to the opponent's bomb at the Zhengmen, and quickly presses the E key to start defusing.

The C4 countdown is in the state of jumping from 4 to 3; the timing is just right.

Olofmeister is the closest to the Bomb Site; he sensitively hears the footsteps coming from the Bomb Site.

Just as he thinks it's his own illusion, he hears the sound of the live audience jeering, and he instantly feels that something is wrong.

Even if everyone is quite passionate in offline matches, the audience wouldn't jeer and shout for no reason; something must have happened!

"Someone is ninja defusing at the Bomb Site!!" Olofmeister shouts in the voice channel.

As he says this, he turns his head and walks into the Yellow Room.

"Nice has a Defuse Kit here and has also touched the bomb; Zywoo is holding the angle on the Sanlou. The FaZe members seem to have discovered something and are all walking toward the Bomb Site."

"But it seems only Olofmeister can stop him. Now it depends on Zywoo's performance!"

"Olofmeister peeks out horizontally, Zywoo hits him with a quick-scope from the sniper rifle, Nice seems to have just finished the defuse!!!"

Wanjiqi covers his head: "Brothers, I have goosebumps all over. These twin stars have completely fooled FaZe. They deliberately left a footstep sound behind to make FaZe think they were saving weapons, when in fact they were already prepared to ninja defuse."

"Two people, one defusing and one holding the angle; FaZe never thought of this possibility. Olofmeister was directly taken out. The victory of this round is so creative!"

【This ninja defuse is top-tier!】

【This strategy is great, just like Tyloo's Five-Ring Smoke plant on Mirage; it's all about the element of surprise.】

【This is too top-tier, using this method to break the deadlock, Beizige is awesome!】

【A feast for the eyes, my friends!】

【……】

The audience at the venue screamed; such dramatic scenes are relatively rare in matches.

G2 fans were shivering, but fortunately, the FaZe team logo overhead told them they weren't watching their primary team's match.

The FaZe fans in the arena had been overjoyed, but their smiles froze on their faces instantly.

They didn't understand, how could FaZe make such a low-level mistake?

At the FaZe player bench, everyone's expressions were also bewildered.

It was just baffling; everyone thought this round was secure, and Niko was even explaining the next round's attack during the garbage time of the Save Weapon.

But in the end, the opponents had stolen the bomb!

Olofmeister said helplessly: "I really heard them walking toward CT Spawn earlier, and I didn't go far, but how were their footsteps and the bomb-planting sound so close together!"

Even looking back now, he could understand that the opponents had intentionally fed them information to make them misjudge the situation.

In that 2v4 Clutch, the opponents had already planned to do this.

Is this a tactic a human could come up with? Come and fight head-on!!

Niko took a deep breath and adjusted his emotions.

If this were an FPL match, he would have already started going crazy.

He leaned his head against the gaming chair, suddenly smiled in relief, and managed to vent his emotions.

……

For the third round of the third Overtime, the best news for FaZe was perhaps that after dropping the bomb, they could still play a Full Buy Round.

This time, they chose to execute a smoke-heavy push into K1 from Outside, grouping up for Trade Kills.

Then, at the start, Xu Beifang used an HE Grenade to blast three people into low health, and they were instantly stunned.

Subsequently, Xu Beifang even pushed back from Outside to cause them trouble.

Although Xu Beifang only managed a one-for-one trade, it completely disrupted FaZe's rhythm.

They could only reorganize and try a push from Zhengmen to pinch A.

This time, Apex did not let everyone down, killing both low-health enemies who came to probe Zhengmen by himself.

The two who snuck out from the Yellow Room also failed to create a miracle.

Vitality took 3 consecutive rounds in the third Overtime, officially reaching Match Point.

As long as they won 1 round in the next 3, this Overtime battle could officially end.

But fortunately, after switching sides, facing Vitality's first speed-push on the Iron Plate, Olofmeister held under pressure, secured a Double Kill, stalled Vitality's offensive rhythm, and subsequently, FaZe picked off Vitality one by one.

The score reached 24:22.

Apex looked at Xu Beifang's position and suggested: "Xu Beifang, I want you to take point at Zhengmen; we will apply pressure from both Zhengmen and the Inner Site this round."

A Zhengmen pinch on A is also one of the most classic tactics on Nuke.

Even if they lost a Full Buy Round, they were still leading the opponent by 2 Match Points; Apex felt they couldn't give FaZe any room to breathe and had to use a few quick attacks to overwhelm FaZe and take the match directly.

Xu Beifang said: "I know that method Ropz uses to fly into Zhengmen; later, you can throw some Flashbangs at the Iron Door to help me mask my footsteps."

It had been a week since he learned the movement experience from Ropz.

Xu Beifang was now able to jump around on Tier 2 maps.

He had also practiced some of the movement techniques on the tournament maps until he was very familiar with them.

Zywoo asked: "Is that the movement where you glide at Zhengmen?"

He used to be teammates with Ropz, so he had a fresh memory of this.

"That works!" Apex said immediately: "Later, you just operate from Outside; the opponent's GuardiaN basically doesn't move his Sniper Rifle toward Outside, so just rush in this round. RPK and Zywoo, you two work in sync with him from the Yellow Room."

The countdown ended, and everyone stepped out.

Xu Beifang had the best position, and the Ropz Zhengmen glide technique also required timing.

So he didn't need to throw any utility from T Spawn.

Xu Beifang switched to his knife and headed straight for the yellow stairs in front, then started climbing to gain speed; after building up momentum, he instantly jumped onto the blue box on the right.

Then he Spin Jumped all the way and quickly arrived at the Water Tank.

Apex and NBK had already thrown the Outside smoke from T Spawn and tossed an HE Grenade near the Red Box for simple suppression.

Xu Beifang saw no one Outside at first glance, so he jumped directly above Zhengmen, then performed a Spin Jump to the right, catching the railing on the right side of Zhengmen, and began to glide.

……

Vitality's quick attack in the previous round made Niko, as the in-game leader, afraid to be reckless.

He chose a defensive setup leaning toward 3A; GuardiaN was under Sanlou, and he himself led the play Outside in the early stage.

At the start, he still threw all his utility to apply some pressure Outside.

But immediately after, he heard the sound of someone landing.

He thought it was a teammate at the Bomb Site jumping, and he was just about to ask.

Then he saw a person suddenly appear in mid-air from Zhengmen.

Xu Beifang: Nice!

Niko's Reaction was already fast, and his Crosshair instantly snapped over and started Firing.

But the opponent landed outside Zhengmen instantly, and a burst of bullets had already swept over.

Niko tried to control his spray, but it was already too late!

"Bang!"

【Xu Beifang used AK47 to get a Headshot kill on Niko】

"24:22, Vitality is only one round away from victory. In this round, Xu Beifang did a quick jump to the Water Tank and used a glide to reach Zhengmen; isn't this Ropz's trick?"

"The Iron Door has been blown open, the Inner Site is throwing Flashbangs like crazy, forcing Niko at Zhengmen to the outside, but before Niko could even stand steady, a Terrorist descended from the sky and rushed into his face!"

"Nice with a spray and Recoil Control, taking down Niko directly. Vitality is also starting to apply pressure from the front. With the Yellow Room fire and Bomb Site fire deployed, Da Jin Ya has no choice but to retreat to below Yellow Room to hold Zhengmen directly."

"But can he really hold off Nice?"

After Xu Beifang took down Niko, he immediately entered Zhengmen to synchronize with his teammates.

"There should be one below Yellow Room; someone just got burned," Zywoo quickly reminded him over voice comms.

Hearing Zywoo's reminder, Xu Beifang focused his attention below Yellow Room.

His excellent Headshot Line meant he didn't even need to make many adjustments; he could just use his movement to adjust his Crosshair position!

"Bang!"

【Nice used AK47 to get a Headshot kill on Adren】

The audience at the venue was shouting in excitement; their voices pierced through the soundproof headsets and into the ears of every player.

The round was still not over, but a thought appeared in the minds of everyone at the venue—could it be that this Overtime was about to end?

The FaZe fans in the stands had somewhat grim expressions; looking at the live broadcast, they could only hope that the Rain God hiding next to the Iron Door smoke could create a miracle!

That Iron Door smoke wasn't thrown very well. After the Rain God heard the Firing at Zhengmen, he didn't think about hiding at all, but instead moved directly to the left, finding an angle to come over for a Trade Kill.

But the moment he saw the Terrorist watching the Bomb Site while Counter-strafing and Firing, his muzzle instantly turned.

"Bang!"

【Nice used AK47 to get a Headshot kill on Rain】

"What!!" The Rain God was stunned. He sprayed a magazine, and this Nice turned his head and one-tapped him instantly—what is this!

"The Rain God hiding next to Guandao still wanted to get a Trade Kill, but as soon as he started Firing, Nice reacted, instantly using his Positioning to counter-kill the Rain God. In this round, Nice has become the Superman of Outside! He charged in alone and killed everyone on the A Bomb Site!"

Wanjiqi's tone was excited: "Nice with a triple kill from the front; in less than 10 seconds of combat, he has already killed all the police on the Inner Site."

"GuardiaN on Sanlou with the big sniper rifle took down RPK with one shot, but Zywoo's Trade Kill was fast!!!"

【Nice!!!!!】

【Who is this Superman from Outside? This play was so cool!!】

【Starting today, I declare little Xu is the World's Number One Sniper!!】

【Niko can't hold this front at all!】

【This Overtime today is so satisfying!!】

The bomb had been planted; Xu Beifang's play Outside set the tempo and directly helped Vitality secure the winning momentum.

Apex said excitedly over voice comms: "Don't give them any chances, everyone stay steady, just hold your angles. If we take this point, we'll have truly dismantled FaZe!!"

Hearing Apex's reminder, the remaining members of Vitality became cautious, assigning positions behind cover to hold angles, giving absolutely no chances.

Even as a legendary player, facing Vitality in this state, Olofmeister didn't get a single kill and was directly cut off by NBK.

Accompanied by the final kill notification appearing in the top right corner.

The score was locked at 25:22.

The FaZe members all slumped in their player seats.

The final winner of this BO3 had been decided; they had lost this matchup on both maps by extremely small margins.

Niko covered his face with both hands.

16:14

25:22

It hurts so much!

……