Chapter 256: Every shot from Nice is a provocation against VAC (12,000-character major chapter)

Map: Overpass

Vitality starts as the Terrorist side.

Although the team is optimistic about the third map, Apex, as the IGL, cannot help but become cautious.

"Zywoo, coordinate utility with me. Zywoo, buy two flashbangs, then drop a P250." Apex says, then buys a smoke and a flashbang himself, also dropping a P250.

"Once we spread out, we'll focus on gathering information and playing defaults early on. Once we have the info, we'll just execute a push through A-Short or Long."

He doesn't want to rush; mainly because they have little experience playing against ENCE, and he wants to probe Aleksib's IGL style on this map early on.

Shox picks up a P250, and Xu Beifang picks up the other.

The countdown ends, and he and Jackz, as the A-site players, head straight for T-Spawn.

"I'll watch the park, you watch Mid," Xu Beifang says.

He has a P250 in hand; if there's anyone at A-Long, he won't be afraid to take the duel.

But the Glock in Jackz's hand isn't great, so this is a relatively reasonable arrangement.

Jackz has no objections; after entering T-Spawn, he doesn't stop his pace and heads straight for Mid.

As the first one in position, he must proactively gather information for the team.

But just as he steps out of T-Spawn, a bullet from Mid flies past Jackz.

Xu Beifang immediately stops at T-Spawn, holding an angle on Mid to guard against the opponent's second peek, while Jackz hugs the wall and pushes forward.

The opponent just wanted to get some info, and Jackz intends to get in their face to catch them off guard.

But he didn't expect that the person in Mid for ENCE wasn't acting alone.

Just as he arrives, he is hit by a bullet from the side.

"Jackz pushed straight to the Mid close-range, wanting to seize an opportunity, but ENCE is playing a 4A setup this round, and they've pushed up A-Long!"

"Jackz is forced to rush Mid to duel Aerial, but his close-range aim is slightly off, and he loses the duel to Aerial."

Aerial gets the kill, and Aleksib, as the IGL, has already reached the lower level of the Sewer and is pushing hard, so he immediately issues a judgment: "Mid can push forward, try to catch the T-Spawn player, or at least stall them."

Hearing this, Aerial, having already secured a kill, proactively peeks T-Spawn.

But just as he sticks his head out.

"Bang!"

A P250 bullet hits him right between the eyes.

【Nice used P250 to headshot kill Aerial】

"Jackz was eaten alive by ENCE's aggressive setup, but fortunately, Nice held a long-range angle with his P250 and killed Aerial, evening the score."

The fighting between the two sides pauses. Wanjiqi, seeing that Aleksib in the Sewer has no desire to climb the stairs to duel, continues to analyze: "Aleksib has already gathered the info on the T-side rotation, but Vitality also knows ENCE has many players at A, so this round is basically an open book."

"Now the CTs only have Xseven shaking to scout B, providing basically no pressure. However, ENCE is flanking quickly, so the focus will be on the retake firefight."

Confirming the info that the police have many players at A, Vitality throws a B2-Floor smoke, plus a few offensive flashbangs, and successfully enters the B bomb site.

Xu Beifang, in the last position, follows from Long into the B site. There is no gunfire in front, and his teammates keep calling out "No one in Water," "No one on site," and other information while clearing the site.

Xu Beifang subconsciously turns his head to look at the path behind them.

With that look, he sees a pair of long black legs at the entrance to B.

"Flank coming!" Xu Beifang calls out the position while adjusting his pre-aim, peeking left and crouching.

"Pop-pop!"

After getting the info, two P250 bullets successfully kill the opponent.

【Nice used P250 to headshot kill Aleksib】

"Nice has already gotten a double kill with the P250, but Zywoo loses the duel to Allu at Construction. It's understandable, though; without armor, his combat effectiveness is just too poor."

"The headcount exchange brings it to 3v3. There's still someone on the flank, which Nice also spotted with a jiggle peek. Construction is still harassing, and the CTs have used all their utility without getting much information."

"Allu at Construction is still waiting for the sync from Long. They've temporarily confirmed Nice is next to Long and want to deal with this problem." Wanjiqi's tone is heavy. "But if Nice gets eaten here, the two guys in Water will truly be caught in a pincer."

Xu Beifang holds his P250, watching Construction. The opponent keeps firing, forcing him to focus his attention there.

The opponent's main B player is playing very smartly; he didn't die immediately but instead retreated to B2, making their positioning look quite exposed.

Moreover, Xseven is just acting as bait, firing constantly but not rushing to duel, yet they still have to keep their attention there, which is very headache-inducing.

Apex reminds him: "Someone in B2 keeps shooting at me. Nice, I can only watch Construction; you watch yourself."

Xu Beifang says "Mm," indicating he understands and knows he can't just sit and wait.

If this continues, this clutch will completely fall into ENCE's rhythm.

He holds the P250 and proactively peeks left to look at Long. If he doesn't find anyone at Long this time, he'll have to change positions and hold the crossing angle from next to Long.

But just as he peeks out, he sees a policeman at Long pushing forward.

Xu Beifang's crosshair immediately makes a micro-adjustment to the left.

"Pop!"

【Nice used P250 to headshot kill Sergej】

The moment he secures this kill, he immediately turns his head to look toward the Sandbags; there had been gunfire there before.

"Nice chooses to take the initiative in a stiff situation, killing the person at Long with one bullet, then turning back to instantly kill the one at Construction!!" Wanjiqi shouts in the stream: "This Nice!!"

"This P250 has already gotten a quad-kill. Could Nice be igniting the whole arena with a penta-kill right at the start?"

"The two guys in Water shrink back, the meaning is self-evident. Nice jiggle-peeks from the Cylinder, locks onto Xseven's position, and repeeks to instantly kill Xseven with one shot!"

"My god!! This Nice!!"

The cheers in the arena explode the moment Xu Beifang turns his head to instantly kill Allu at Construction!

The moment he takes the round, Xu Beifang excitedly raises his arms and shouts.

Although Vitality's mood has been quite good after losing Map 2, it's impossible to say they have no feelings of disappointment.

After all, they love this game and enjoy all the flavors of esports, so naturally, they hope to keep winning.

But even as strong as Astralis, there are times when they lose.

So they can only hide their negative emotions in their hearts.

This isn't a very "hype" round, but Xu Beifang getting a penta-kill with a P250 still gets the live audience hyped, because this is a display of individual ability.

At the Vitality player bench, the others also turn their heads to look at Xu Beifang, their faces filled with admiration.

Jackz entered the spectator area early and watched Xu Beifang's perspective the whole time. He raises his fist and bumps it with Xu Beifang's: "That instant turn and one-tap on Allu was too exaggerated."

He also gradually realizes that this guy next to him has a natural sensitivity to what the opponent is thinking.

Unlike Zywoo's transparent-like awareness, Nice, perhaps because he is better at attacking, knows roughly how the opponent wants to operate.

Turning his head to look at the screen, Jackz still has a smile on his face.

In the Vitality team, the performances of top players like Nice and Zywoo always make him feel a sense of loss.

Jackz once also considered himself a genius... youth, but in front of these two guys, he counts for nothing, which once made him feel very discouraged.

But the good news is that these top-tier players are his teammates.

Sure enough, I still haven't gotten used to the feeling of being carried... Jackz looks at the big brothers on the team, feeling quite emotional.

Watching the people on the player bench interacting, Wanjiqi also summarizes this round:

"This is the number one person in CNCS today, the strongest Chinese player! This round is just too ridiculous; all 5 kills were headshots. Vitality loses one person, he kills one back; the situation was forcibly saved by him with a P250."

After taking the pistol round, Xu Beifang buys a full-armor AK47, while the others buy three full-armor Galils, plus Apex with a full-armor Mac-10.

ENCE chooses to force-buy this round, but Vitality plays very slowly, pushing cautiously. Although there are some headcount exchanges in the mid-game, Vitality ultimately wins this round.

In the third round, ENCE goes straight into an eco round. The 5 USPs don't do much and are shredded by Apex's Mac-10.

3:0

Arriving at the first full-buy round.

Apex shouts the command: "221 default map control is fine, try to take Construction early."

For the Terrorists, the Sewer is a key area for quick rotations.

But gaining control of the Sewer early on isn't that easy.

Because you can only apply pressure from one side, if the defenders give a little utility, you won't be able to push up the Sewer.

If you also pincer from both sides, Mid might have to pay a heavy price, so it's not worth the loss.

Therefore, the attacking side usually settles for second best, grabbing Construction first to restrict the defenders from rotating well.

Xu Beifang holds an SG553, and as the countdown ends, he rushes straight to T-Spawn.

Zywoo has already prepared a smoke grenade and extinguishes the fire at the opposite T-Spawn.

He takes the opportunity to rush into the park, his crosshair always guarding against CTs pushing from A-Long or the Balloon.

Their map control is methodical, but they hear gunfire already ringing out at Construction.

"Aerial came into the Sewer at the start, while Aleksib on the other side is standing in B1 grabbing utility." Wanjiqi, being experienced, knows ENCE's intent as soon as he sees this.

Sure enough, the next second Aleksib throws an HE grenade and consecutively throws two flashbangs.

In the Sewer tunnel, Apex and Jackz are pushing forward together, preparing to cooperate with Shox outside the Short-Pipe to grab Construction.

But just hearing a "Boom," the Sewer door is blown open, followed by two consecutive flashbangs, and their screens go completely white.

"A Sewer counter-flash combo; Apex and Old Jack are caught off guard and are eaten alive by Aerial and the counter-push."

"The timing of these flashbangs is just too good!"

Shox, who was hiding early in the Short-Pipe smoke, doesn't sit and wait to die. Hearing the gunfire at Construction, he pulls out horizontally.

Xseven at Construction was originally helping his teammates hold the Sewer crossing, but suddenly hearing footsteps at Short-Pipe, he rushes over to hold the angle.

But the problem was, in this exchange, xseven couldn't win the head-on duel against shox.

Shox takes the initiative and forcibly helps the team get a kill back.

However, after getting the kill, Shox doesn't stay at Construction but quickly retreats from Short-Pipe.

He knows there are still people in the Sewer; if someone touches out from Long now, he'll be completely caught in a sandwich.

With his teammates making a name for themselves on the side, Xu Beifang proactively looks for opportunities at A-Long, sneaking all the way to the A-Long Toilet. Relying on his pre-aim, Xu Beifang forcibly eats a rifle inside the Toilet.

But before he can be happy, an AWP peeks out from the Toilet close-range.

—Bang!

【Allu used AWP to blind-shot kill Nice】

Xu Beifang didn't expect ENCE to have cross-fire set up inside the A-site Toilet.

Now that he's dead, the headcount is 2v3, and they can only rely on Zywoo and Shox to make a play.

The two slowly push toward the A-site, Shox walking at A-Long, and Zywoo at A-Short.

The two intend to cooperate and push forward gradually, but ENCE is playing very carefully, having already retreated behind the Supermarket and Trash Can, giving no chance for a duel.

After Vitality's info is exposed, they only dare to enter the site to fight after rotating.

Not seeing any trace of the enemy at first, after discussing, they still want to be cautious, letting Zywoo throw a flashbang while Shox peeks the site and the Car area for info.

The two have just agreed, and Zywoo has the flashbang in his hand.

Shox hears a "Pop" and peeks out directly.

As a result, he is completely blinded by the flashbang Zywoo threw, and the CTs who have already entered the site kill him without any effort.

And Zywoo's position is also exposed because of throwing the flash, and in the end, he is killed without trading a single one.

3:1

ENCE pulls one back, and Shox is a bit speechless: "Your flashbang was too fast, you should have told me in advance, and the second flash blinded me too."

Zywoo is stunned: "I only threw one."

Xu Beifang on the side can't help but laugh: "Shox, you acted too early, the first flashbang must have been thrown by the opponent."

Shox, hearing Xu Beifang's analysis, is stunned for a moment, then shakes his head and smiles.

In this level of confrontation, their communication and info reading are very rapid.

Shox heard the flashbang explode and subconsciously thought it was Zywoo's, never imagining it was the opponent's.

It can only be said that this was just too coincidental.

After losing the first full-buy round, they don't have much pressure in their hearts, because Apex earned money with the Mac-10 in the previous rounds, so they can still play a full-armor, full-utility full-buy round.

It's just that the attack this round still isn't very smooth. This time they give up syncing from the Sewer and Short-Pipe, applying pressure from only one angle at Short-Pipe.

But Aleksib and Xseven double-peek at B, and Xseven takes a full spray of an AK47 to take away three people.

Xu Beifang seems to have been infected by Electronic today; while crossing T-Spawn, he is sniped through the smoke by a bullet from the Balloon.

Facing this situation, Shox, who is left at the end, finds an opportunity and barely manages a 1-for-2, but they still lose this round.

In the FaZe hotel room.

Looking at the 3:2 score on the big screen, Rain sighs: "Vitality's team-building time is still too short; the gap in the map pool still needs to be polished slowly."

The previous two rounds already showed some things.

Like ENCE's tactics of using HE grenades combined with flashbangs to counter-push the Sewer, or the double-peek at Construction combined with the Sewer to make noise—Vitality is prepared, but their playstyle is still not cautious enough, because they have too little experience on this map.

"And because the map pool isn't particularly proficient, problems in coordination are also starting to show," NiKo adds from the side.

He himself is a top-tier Overpass player and naturally knows how to play on this map.

Vitality's tactics are a bit too few; they basically revolve around defaults to find opportunities, or explosive bomb-rush playstyles.

Although it's barely enough, from an IGL's perspective, NiKo thinks they still need some "trick" plays.

Without any special tricks, now they can only rely on individual ability like Vitality is doing.

However, NiKo thinks carefully and feels Vitality still has points to operate on.

After all, Overpass is a map that is very conducive to star players.

As long as your awareness is in place and your head-on aim can hold up, there are great opportunities for mid-round and clutch play.

The subsequent rounds don't exceed NiKo's expectations.

After entering the full-buy round again, Vitality relies on Apex's "mad dog" entry to break through B, starting to score again.

But in the next round, ENCE chooses a second-timing counter-push at Construction, again disrupting Vitality's offensive rhythm.

The two sides officially begin a tug-of-war.

As the score spirals upward, it reaches 5:6.

ENCE has already achieved a comeback in the score.

Although it's a constant tug-of-war, because of economic issues, Vitality's score is lower.

So after one round failure, Head Coach XTQZZZ calls a tactical timeout.

Looking at the members who are a bit disappointed by the failure of the confrontation, the bald coach paces behind them and says:

"Brothers, focus, don't have too much pressure, play the next attacks better. Even if the economy is bad, we can't play blindly; we must strive to fight for opportunities for victory and finally take this map, okay?"

The bald coach's words aren't harsh, and speaking a few simple words also makes their minds gradually clear up.

Apex hurriedly follows up: "It's okay, no matter how the next rounds go, we will eventually overcome the difficulties. Even if we get beaten to 5:15 later, I believe that as long as we aim for victory, we will definitely be able to come back!"

The previous classic comeback against NRG gives them sufficient confidence in themselves and their teammates now.

Xu Beifang smiles and adds: "Yeah, and now the pressure is on ENCE."

Overpass is a big CT map; getting 6 points on the T-side is considered a pass.

With the current score, the one who should be nervous is ENCE, who is on the defensive side.

Everyone is encouraging each other, and the team atmosphere is very harmonious.

Apex looks at the team's average economy of just over 3000, considers for a while, and drops an AK47.

"Nice, you buy full armor, try to find an opportunity at B later. Jackz and Shox, both equip a smoke and a flash; if you can find an opportunity, we'll push straight to B."

"Zywoo, watch your economy; I want you to buy an AWP in the next full-buy round."

Zywoo nods, and after consideration, he only buys half-armor.

He intends to follow behind the main force and pick up guns from teammates to play with later.

After the countdown ends, Xu Beifang heads straight for B-Outside, quickly arriving outside Long.

ENCE's early anti-rush is done very well; the fire at Long and the fire at Short are both given at the start, and they didn't skimp on any utility.

He doesn't rush to push forward, just holding Construction from Short-Pipe, but even so, he still gets hit by ENCE's Construction flash.

ENCE is quite solid in terms of default discipline.

If he wanted to step on the fire and push to Construction this time, he might only be able to sing "Boys Don't Cry~".

The Short-Pipe fire slowly extinguishes, Xu Beifang pushes forward bit by bit, and Apex follows closely behind him.

He quickly pre-aims at the Sewer upper level, the B-site double-peek position, and other spots where people can stand.

After clearing Construction, he comes over to push the Sandbags.

In the hotel, NiKo watches Xu Beifang's clearing method and can't help but complain: "Just like that guy S1mple, the clearing is completely just for show."

From his perspective, Xu Beifang's clearing is quite casual and not rigorous at all.

He looks like Mai is crawling on him!

Rain on the side says: "Not everyone is like you, clearing and pre-aiming like a robot; that's too tiring."

Karrigan once complained about NiKo, saying that after a match, NiKo's mouse travels two kilometers more than others.

Rain actually thinks Nice's clearing method is what fits most players.

The two chat, but Nice in the picture doesn't stop his pace, sneaking all the way into the Sandbags, making them exclaim that he's bold.

After Xu Beifang sneaks to the Sandbags, his crosshair is placed on Water, guarding against the opponent coming to scout the Sandbags.

"Can you throw a site flash? I'll take a look at the situation at B1," Xu Beifang says.

"Thrown!"

Shox's flashbang is thrown and finally explodes on the B-Bridge.

Allu, who is at B1, and Aleksib at the Oil Drum are instantly blinded!

Xu Beifang turns away from the flash and peeks out, seeing Allu at B1 covering his eyes, pulls his crosshair over, and pulls the trigger.

"Da-da-da..."

【Nice used Shox's flashbang to headshot kill Allu】

"ENCE is playing a 3B defensive setup here. The first intention was to let Allu watch the Construction crossing, while Aleksib in Water and Xseven at the Oil Drum were just holding the crossing."

"But Allu is instantly killed first, Xseven has to peek out from Water. Xseven sprays Nice down to low health, but Nice counter-attacks and headshots Xseven!"

"Aleksib recovers his vision and completes the trade!" Wanjiqi speeds up his speech. "But with two kills secured, B-site is about to start speeding up."

"But Aleksib sprays Apex down, Jackz rushes out from Long, and Aleksib kills him too!! Aleksib standing at the Oil Drum is like a War God!!"

【Holy shit! Aleksib!!!】

【In the end, it still has to be my Aleksib standing out to output】

【This IGL is handsome, has good aim, and is huge, truly fierce!】

"Thrilling!" Aleksib didn't expect that he could kill everyone left and right this time, and a smile appears on his face.

However, being happy in his heart doesn't affect his judgment.

"There should be two more people from the opposite side at B, you guys rotate one over."

Calming down a bit, he also understands that Vitality is playing with Hero AKs.

Generally, in this kind of matchup, everyone follows behind the Hero AK to trade kills, and the remaining two Terrorists are likely also at B-Outside.

Aerial quickly rotates from A-site back to B, throwing a smoke grenade directly at the Sandbags to help Aleksib relieve pressure.

Zywoo sucks up the Desert Eagle dropped by Apex at Construction. He originally had his crosshair on the Oil Drum, wanting to try to deal with Aleksib.

But a smoke grenade is smeared on his face, making him lose his vision.

The trajectory of the smoke grenade also makes him understand that two people have already rotated to B, so attacking B now would be a bit impolite.

Shox outside Long has a new idea: "Zywoo, open the Sewer door, make a footstep sound of walking toward the Sewer, let me see if the opponent will come out to get info."

Zywoo opens the Sewer door, clears it simply, and deliberately makes a footstep sound loud enough for B1 to hear him walking back.

Shox holds Long very seriously—a "fly-head" jiggle-peek posture appears in his field of vision.

"Bang!"

The bullet grazes Aleksib's head and floats past, scaring him into jumping back quickly.

"Why did this shot miss!" Shox has a "pain mask" on his face, quite unwilling.

Missing this shot completely exposes their info intent.

ENCE knows they are deliberately using this method to bait, so they shouldn't move randomly next.

The only good news is that there are still 40 seconds left, enough for them to make another play.

Zywoo purses his lips and says his thoughts: "Two people at B should be stalled; let's sneak up from the park, go to A-Short to do a quick trade, and see if we can trade the guy at A."

If they can manage a 2-for-1, at least they can plant the bomb, and the team can buy full-buy guns next round.

Shox has no objections and follows Zywoo's footsteps, sneaking directly from the Sewer to rotate.

"Aleksib didn't seize the opportunity to get info this time; it's a bit too regrettable." Wanjiqi sighs.

From the God's-eye view, ENCE is terrifyingly stable.

Although they were caught by an opportunity by Xu Beifang early on, Aleksib withstood the pressure and stabilized the rhythm.

Vitality's fake info rotation successfully tricked Aleksib into coming out for info.

But Shox missed a shot, and subsequently, Aleksib became steady.

The B-site duo holds the crossing with crossfire, and Sergej at A is even hiding directly in the A-Long Toilet.

This move is also very obvious.

ENCE can let Vitality plant the bomb, but once they plant it, what they face will basically be wave after wave of trade kills.

With only two half-armor Desert Eagles in hand, how can Vitality fight this?

Zywoo and Shox rush into the site and plant the bomb.

Xu Beifang, who entered the spectator area early, frowns even deeper.

In his vision, the ideal state for this clutch would be meeting Sergej at A-Short, and Zywoo and Shox trading him.

After planting the bomb like this, the head-on 1v2 clutch, with another low-health guy on the opposite side, would have some room for operation.

Although it's still 2v3 now, without a headcount exchange, there's no way to change guns, and they can only rely on the Desert Eagles in their hands to operate.

Now they can only rely on Shox and Zywoo to try their best.

Zywoo plants the bomb at the Car, and Shox, wandering on the site, feels something is wrong at A-Long.

But sometimes, it's not that you're prepared, and nothing will happen.

Sergej meets him and gives him a headshot directly, instantly killing Shox.

Zywoo, who just planted the bomb, was originally looking at the A-Short path, and at this moment, he hurriedly pulls the Desert Eagle's crosshair to the A-Long area and sets it up.

"Shox's awareness is good, but he didn't even get a shot off with the Desert Eagle before being killed by Sergej. Now Zywoo has to face this 1v3 alone."

"Zywoo only has a Desert Eagle, how many can he trade? A Desert Eagle one-shot instantly kills Sergej! Beautiful shot!"

The 1v3 clutch has become a 1v2, but it's still very difficult.

After Sergej is killed, he immediately reports in the voice chat: "The remaining one, Zywoo, is at the Car, he only has a Desert Eagle."

Aleksib and Aerial have already rotated back to the Trash Can. Hearing this situation, Aleksib decisively says: "I'll go out to bait for you, Aerial, you operate."

After getting a response from his teammate, Aleksib rushes out of the smoke grenade, peeking over with a spin-jump.

"After Zywoo kills one, ENCE doesn't intend to give him a chance to operate! Aleksib throws a flash, then uses a spin-jump to pull his aim out."

"The proficiency of the spin-jump is good, Zywoo's first shot didn't hit, it seems this time is going to... Zywoo found the angle, instantly killed the low-health Aleksib with one shot, and there's one Aerial left to operate with him across the Car!!"

"Aerial's trade speed is very fast, Oh!! Zywoo again kills Aerial with one Desert Eagle shot!"

The live audience is screaming and shouting, and Wanjiqi in the stream is also shocked:

"This Desert Eagle is all headshots, too ridiculous!! A 700-dollar semi-automatic AWP, the firing rate is even faster than an AWP!"

From his perspective, Zywoo's playstyle is actually very simple.

After getting the info, he hits everyone who appears in his field of vision hard on the head with the Desert Eagle.

This 1v3 clutch, the first shot is still excusable.

After all, Sergej pulled out horizontally and had already been captured.

But the subsequent operations are a bit too silky.

He lowered his head to dodge the flashbang, then stood up and killed the two CTs who came to trade.

"This guy is truly a god; the clutch left behind by Beifang breaking through in front, he can truly take it." Wanjiqi laughs. "I used to not understand why Nice could play so bravely, not afraid of taking the blame at all."

"Now I understand, as long as Nice can make a breakthrough head-on, then Zywoo can truly carry the clutch; this guy is truly terrifying."

"We see the familiar scene again; Zywoo, who took the clutch, has no expression, but the teammates are almost crazy, haha."

Entering the clutch, although they didn't say it, all of Vitality was looking forward to a chance to come back.

They watched the screen nervously one by one, and their hearts were also sweating for Zywoo's operation.

Then they saw Zywoo's ridiculous operation.

The Desert Eagle just aimed at the opponent's head so simply, easily blowing ENCE up.

The moment the round was won, cheers exploded in the voice chat:

"Niiiiiiice!!!!!"

XTQZZZ stood behind the crowd, and the moment the clutch was won, he raised his arms directly toward the audience in the arena.

Excited, his whole face turned red in an instant.

He was sincerely happy for every ups and downs of the team.

Apex shouted directly: "Let's crush this damn ENCE today!!!"

As he said this, he reached out his right hand to grab the flesh on Zywoo's cheek and pinched it excitedly.

Xu Beifang's face was full of "Holy shit," Zywoo's clutch operation was exactly like practicing aim in Deathmatch.

But you have to know, the people killed on the opposite side are active professional players, they are ENCE members who are confronting them!

The more effortless this performance is, the more exaggerated it appears.

? c〇

The next second, looking at the info Aleksib sent on the public screen, Xu Beifang couldn't help but laugh: "Take off, brothers, ENCE is already sweating!"

Aleksib: I can't understand...

Aleksib: No matter how you think about it, you guys have problems!

Looking at the info he typed on the public screen, Aleksib couldn't help but smile bitterly.

Although he really didn't want to admit it, the various clutches and highlights played by players of Nice and Zywoo's level really affect people's mentality.

Just this wave from Zywoo, he really is like an automatic trigger.

They just saw Zywoo and were instantly killed.

Just got some vision, and another headshot.

How can you play this!

The more CSGO encounters these star players, the easier it is for the mentality to collapse.

Because sometimes you take the initiative to review, only to find that even if you didn't make any mistakes, the game still loses.

These star players use their powerful individual abilities to always find a way out in the clutch with ideas or aim.

For players like them who are relatively not as strong, the mental blow is huge.

Fortunately, although the mentality was impacted, their operations were not affected.

In the subsequent games, they still got two points.

The first half ended, and the score was fixed at 7:8.

But Aleksib's brows furrowed.

The defensive side only got 8 points, which seems okay.

But on this big CT map, they are actually at a disadvantage.

He must think of some way to work harder to get some points in the first half of the second half.

Second half, offense and defense swapped, Vitality came to the defensive side.

Apex called a 3B2A play, Xu Beifang bought a half-armor USP and went straight to the Mid Balloon to gather info.

At the start, he jumped onto the Balloon and saw T-Spawn was empty, and he instantly became nervous, reminding his teammates: "B-site watch out, T-Spawn didn't see anyone..."

Before he finished speaking, he heard gunfire at B, and kill info kept floating across the top right corner.

【Jackz used USP to headshot kill Sergej】

【Jackz used Aleksib's flashbang to kill Allu】

【Xseven used Glock to headshot kill Jackz】

【Apex used USP to headshot kill Aerial】

【...】

A wave of kill info floated across, and Xu Beifang saw that B-site had achieved a 1-for-4 feat in this round of firefights.

The B-site trio each played their part, and only Jackz died, but they withstood the pressure.

In an instant, only Aleksib was left alive, and from the kill info, it could also be known that Aleksib had no armor.

Aleksib's no-armor Glock, facing this 1v4 clutch, didn't create any hope, and he was almost knifed by Shox face-to-face.

Second round of the second half, ENCE chooses to force-buy short guns for a B-site speed-up.

But Jackz found his feel in the previous pistol round, and this round, holding a MP9, he blew out three headshots.

Although ENCE successfully planted the bomb, Vitality still successfully won the clutch.

The score reached 9:8.

The first full-buy round of the second half begins.

"Zywoo, give me the MP9 to keep playing, I had a good feel just now." After entering the full-buy round, Jackz said to Zywoo.

Zywoo heard this and threw the MP9 out directly, and then he saw that he already had an AWP on his body.

When he turned to look at Jackz, he just grinned.

Zywoo felt a warmth in his heart, and others had a better feeling about Jackz.

Now Vitality's team structure is actually a bit saturated. After pulling Jackz over, everyone also discovered.

The team's head-on firepower is actually sufficient, but instead, they lack someone willing to do the dirty work.

But when Jackz was brought over, it was for him to trade kills and break through, so everyone was embarrassed to mention it.

Now Jackz himself is very willing to serve the team, giving up resources to the big brothers on the team.

This kind of person is very worthy of respect.

Just like Sanji in AVANGAR, although his data is not very good, everyone can't hate this kind of player.

After all, in a competitive arena where everyone compares data, players who are willing to sacrifice themselves to make wedding dresses for others are already rare.

"If Zywoo has an AWP, then this round we'll start 2A3B. Zywoo, you take the AWP to A-Short to get info, Nice, you don't have to be too aggressive, just gather info at A-Long."

After the countdown ends, Xu Beifang holds a FAMAS and arrives at the A-Long Stone Slab.

Since the tactics require him to get info, he just scouts from a distance.

Zywoo also carries an AWP, holding Mid and the Balloon at the start, and only retreats after the second timing, focusing on being steady.

Time reaches 1 minute 10 seconds, they have no action on this side, but B-site explodes with utility.

"ENCE is ready outside Long, Aleksib sends everyone in with a flashbang."

"The flashbang effect is good, but Shox throws a fire directly in front of them, and they can't get out instantly!"

"Sergej throws a smoke to extinguish the fire and wants to force a rush, but Shox takes two away with a spray. This wave is a failure before it starts; the B-site bomb explosion hasn't really unfolded, and two people have already been killed." Wanjiqi says: "Now ENCE can only plan from the long term."

The moment B-site unfolds the bomb explosion, Xu Beifang doesn't push forward but walks back.

Zywoo's retake speed is too fast, which might lead to someone sneaking up A-Short.

So he has to come over to help cover, avoiding anyone sneaking to the A-site, or even sneaking into the Link.

But returning to the A-site, he doesn't see any action at A-Short.

"Nice, don't go to B, the opponent might rotate, I'll let Zywoo go back to help you now." Apex says.

After the opponent's first wave of offensive ends, there is no movement, and he is a bit worried about the situation at A.

Fortunately, Overpass has one good thing—the defensive side's retake speed is extremely fast!

Just in the blink of an eye, Zywoo has already retaken to A.

"ENCE sneaks into A-Short from the Sewer, they cleared the Toilet very carefully, but the double-A defense has already formed."

"Xseven throws a smoke under the platform, wanting to use this smoke grenade to slowly unfold under the platform." Wanjiqi laughs: "But Xu, he's not afraid. Seeing you throw the smoke, he steps directly to the edge of the smoke grenade to find you."

Xu Beifang rubs against the opponent's under-platform smoke, using it as a one-way smoke.

Soon he sees a Terrorist sneaking from the Toilet to under the platform, and the FAMAS pulls the trigger.

"Da-da-da..."

【Nice used FAMAS to headshot kill Aleksib】

"Nice finds an opportunity to take one, Zywoo's AWP also kills a Terrorist trying to sneak onto the platform. For a time, only Xseven is left to operate, the smoke grenade gradually dissipates, fighting for reaction!"

The under-platform smoke dissipates, Xu Beifang and Xseven look at each other and start a fierce firefight.

【Nice used FAMAS to headshot kill Xseven】

At the ENCE player bench.

Listening to the applause coming from the arena, their brows are furrowed one by one.

The last timeout has already been called, but there is no sign of improvement in the situation.

After entering the second half, Vitality gradually found the rhythm of the game.

ENCE didn't find trouble at A in the first few rounds, but tried to find ways to target B for speed-ups, wanting to collapse the feel of the three mascots at B by relying on quick trade kills.

But after entering the second half, although Apex is still acting as a mascot, the head-on performance of Shox and Jackz makes them unable to get any advantage at all.

They also deliberately targeted Nice's character of liking to push forward, making the default very tight.

But today's Nice is as steady as Dazhuang logging in from another place. They don't attack A, and Nice is like he disappeared.

In the few points scored in the second half, Nice's figure can only be seen in the clutch.

However, they still played this clutch very hard. Although Nice didn't put pressure on them head-on, the clutch was like a "lock-on" guy.

Just by looking at him, he crouched down and instantly killed you.

After a few rounds, their feel is gone.

He feels that a sentence Aerial complained about before is very correct.

"One automatic trigger on the opposite side, one lock-on, how can we play this?"

The score reached 15:10 unknowingly.

The pressure of 5 match points makes ENCE a bit breathless.

Aleksib finally thought clearly: "Let's go for a desperate fight! We'll control the Sewer silently, take the Sewer, and then find an opportunity to speed up to A."

It's not that he wants to make such a reckless choice in this kind of critical round.

It's really that after entering the match point, the economy is not much, the whole team has two Mac-10s, and they can only be forced to choose this playstyle.

Looking at the 15:10 above his head, he understands that success or failure depends on this one move.

Because of a mistake in the previous round, Apex accidentally picked up an AWP.

This led to the team having two AWPs to use. As the team's secondary sniper, Xu Beifang deservedly got the right to use the sniper rifle.

"If it's double snipers, Nice, you just hang out at the A-platform at the start, don't go out to find trouble for them," Apex says. "This round I want to play a 4B start, do a combo in the second timing to grab Construction."

There is a high probability that there will be no trouble at A in the early stage.

And he wants to play more actively at B, which might lead to headcount exchanges; one more person is one more point of strength.

Xu Beifang has no objections; he hasn't touched a sniper rifle in a game for a long time, and he can't help but feel itchy now.

However, he is still good at single-A sniper defense.

Holding a sniper rifle, he jumps back and forth on the A-site box without opening the scope to scout info at A-Short and the Toilet, and then looks at A-Long every few seconds.

Even if Wanjiqi came up, this would definitely not go wrong.

He is bored jumping here, but the teammates at B are nervously pushing forward.

Under Apex's command, Shox throws a Construction flashbang in the second timing, then he and Jackz stand up from the double-peek position, and Apex peeks out from the Sandbags.

A series of actions are very rigorous, just completely not intersecting with the opponent, playing a game of wits with the air the whole time.

After Apex takes control of Construction, he stands directly at Construction and starts listening to the info in the Sewer.

"Zywoo, stay and watch Long, Shox and Jackz, you guys rotate back to A to help."

The two hurriedly rotate back to A.

"ENCE is silent throughout the Sewer, then uses a flashbang to come out of the Sewer, directly unfolding a speed-up."

"But can this speed-up really succeed? Vitality has finished getting the Construction info, the retake speed is very fast, and it's already a 3A setup."

"This wave depends on whether ENCE can tear a hole head-on."

Xu Beifang hears the utility sound at A-Short explode and throws a smoke grenade directly at the Toilet.

He opens the scope and holds A-Short directly. The opponent's flashbang strikes, Xu Beifang's vision is completely white, and he chooses to count down and fire!

—Bang!

【Nice used Xseven's flashbang to use AWP to kill Aleksib】

The opponent's flashbang is very far, and Xu Beifang recovers his vision in just half a second.

Various utility has exploded on the site, Xu Beifang jumps to the left to look at the A-Short info, two Terrorists have already appeared on the A-Short path, and Xu Beifang fires subconsciously while jumping in the air.

—Bang!

【Nice used AWP to blind-shot headshot kill Allu】

"Nice covers his eyes and counts down to take one, is there a repeek? The teammates have already retaken to position, he can very actively go to fight... Oh!!" Wanjiqi's voice at this moment is incomparably consistent with the live audience.

Blind-shot jump-shot headshot.

The faces of the audience in the arena are full of question marks, and even one audience member has already raised a ". report" sign, expressing shock at this operation.

Wanjiqi's commentary in the stream doesn't stop, even if he is shocked inside, he is still commenting rapidly based on the actions of both sides:

"Nice jumped up and hit a blind-shot headshot, it's a bit exaggerated!!"

"The close-range firefight is still continuing, Sergej holds a Mac-10 and sprays Jackz, who is covering his eyes, to death, but Nice's close-range sniper rifle is another shot, he already has a quad-kill, this man is still operating!!"

After Xu Beifang gets a quad-kill with three bullets, he doesn't stop his actions.

He is still very actively looking for the opponent to duel.

For one, his position is very awkward, and there is no retreat.

Second, he has already killed four, so even if he is traded now, it's not a big deal.

Summary: He is already "hot" and has played with confidence!

Xu Beifang hears the footsteps under the platform on the right, opens the sniper scope, and locks him directly.

Aerial hears the scope-opening sound on the site, the situation is too chaotic, and he doesn't know that it is the sniper rifle holding him.

The moment he stands up, the sniper rifle's bullet headshots him directly.

"Nice's sniper rifle has already turned around on the site, he has already gotten a penta-kill, and is carrying the sniper rifle to find people forward. Is there an ace this wave??"

"The last person is at A-Long, he has already made footsteps, Nice rushes forward, the sniper rifle opens the scope to search for the enemy, ace!"

【Shox used M4A4 to headshot kill Xseven】

Looking at the kill in the top right corner, Wanjiqi is stunned: "How is it Shox's kill, it seems RPK still has a chance to come back! Tomorrow Shox will be fired by Vitality for playing games at work!"

And at this moment, the score has reached 16:10.

In this BO3 confrontation, Vitality successfully avenged ENCE with a 2-1 score!

Originally wrote 14,000, but felt one round in the middle was unnecessary, so I deleted it.

Finally, thanks to everyone in the group for the birthday wishes, I'll see how to send out chapter red packets later, and give some red packets for everyone to have fun.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 257 =====