Chapter 260: 265. Chapter 260: jks Smiles, Life and Death Uncertain (Ten-Thousand-Word Chapter)

265. Chapter 260: jks Smiles, Life and Death Uncertain (Ten-Thousand-Word Chapter)

With only a few minutes left before the match began, the players for this game walked toward their respective player booths amidst the cheers of the audience.

Unlike yesterday's opening, today's entrance was slightly more subdued and not as grand. However, this still couldn't dampen the enthusiasm of the spectators; Xiaogui, holding a pile of things, felt like he was about to be blown away by the wall of sound.

"Don't just stand there, help me take some!" Xiaogui shouted at Danking, who was sitting there motionless.

Handing a bucket of popcorn and a can of cola to Danking, Xiaogui felt the various emotions coming from all around and said with great emotion: "This is much livelier than IEM Shanghai."

Danking smiled and said: "That's for sure. The popularity of CSGO now isn't even on the same level as last year."

Yesterday, they had all watched the match from the hotel, but even just watching the stream, the excited shouts from the venue transmitted through the broadcast still infected them.

So, after considering it, they chose to come to the venue today to experience this heart-pounding atmosphere.

After sitting down, Xiaogui looked at the familiar faces on the stage: "Vitality versus Renegades, this match is getting a little interesting..."

If he remembered correctly, Vitality and Renegades didn't have much history of facing each other, so this confrontation couldn't be traced back through historical records.

Vitality wasn't very familiar with the Renegades team, but Tyloo knew them all too well.

Because Renegades liked to come to Asia to play in Major qualifiers, they had had many encounters with the Asian number one, Tyloo, in recent years.

And almost every time, the confrontation between these two teams would end with Tyloo's defeat.

Previously, there was a player named Nifty on the Renegades team, whom Tyloo fans "affectionately" called the "Anti-China Knight."

Because Nifty's performance in top-tier tournaments wasn't exactly great, but every time he met Tyloo, it was as if he had eaten gunpowder and gone crazy, and Tyloo's heads would be beaten to a pulp by them.

Now Nifty had left Renegades, but because jks was on the team, the title of "Anti-China Knight" had been continued.

"Vitality has that guy Xu Beifang on the team; jks won't start popping off again today, will he?" Xiaogui was already starting to believe in metaphysics.

Danking ate some popcorn and said disdainfully: "In the past, Renegades could beat Tyloo entirely because of a gap in skill level. Those guys on Renegades are also cunning; they don't play in their own region's tournaments, but run to Asia to compete with us for spots."

In their view, Renegades were slightly bullying people.

Although Renegades also belonged to the Asia-Pacific region, they basically stayed in the United States to train every year. Logically speaking, they should be participating in the North American or South American regional confrontations.

Yet these guys chose to come back and peck at the "chickens" in Asia.

Because it was easier to get a qualification spot this way, but to a certain extent, the presence of the strong Renegades among the Asia-Pacific teams squeezed Tyloo's living space.

However, in terms of rules, there was nothing wrong with Renegades' approach; it was just a bit unethical.

After all, if they had the ability, Tyloo could also be like them and take the initiative to train in Europe for a few years, then return to Asia for the Major qualifiers.

Tyloo also had to admit that Renegades' overall strength had changed significantly after training in Europe in recent years.

Once they could still go toe-to-toe, but now they had been surpassed by Renegades without even realizing it.

Danking opened his Pepsi and took a sip: "And I think Vitality's win rate isn't low either. Let's see how Xu Beifang and Zywoo perform. I feel like the chances of winning this BO3 are still very high."

He was quite confident in his own brother.

In Vitality's player booth, Xu Beifang had already adjusted his settings and tried them out on the Aimbotz map; there were no problems.

Then he entered the TS voice channel and said: "Guys, mic check, mic check. Can you hear me?"

JACKZ, full of rebellion, said: "Can't hear you, can't hear you!"

Zywoo laughed: "I suggest buying a Russian microphone next time; then you'll definitely be able to hear it."

Hearing this, laughter erupted in the voice channel.

These players often played FACEIT and could encounter players from all over the world.

And once they encountered Russians, at least seven out of ten players had "electric current mics," which had become a meme over time.

Head Coach XTQZZZ clapped his hands and began his final pre-match speech before the BP started:

"Guys, be serious for a moment. I have something to say."

Following his voice, the room quieted down, and everyone turned to look over.

"Our opponent today is Renegades. They are a very good team, and we must rely on everyone's concerted efforts to win this match. So I hope that during the match, even if there are some instances of being backstabbed or suddenly being insta-killed due to timing, don't have too much psychological fluctuation."

"In a match of this level, especially with a very good lurker on the other side, this is bound to happen. There isn't much time left for us to deal with these feelings."

Looking at everyone's serious expressions, Head Coach XTQZZZ said: "Recall our previous comebacks. Don't be discouraged by temporary setbacks. Even if the start of this match doesn't go smoothly, I believe that as long as we are united, there is definitely a chance to win!"

apEX nodded: "We might be down 0:5 at the start of our defense, but don't forget, our offensive side is very strong. Anything is possible."

According to their own statistics, Vitality's defensive win rate was only 45%, which wasn't quite up to standard.

The main reason was also due to playstyle issues. Xu Beifang and Zywoo, the two output points, were generally placed on A Site, so opponents would naturally formulate tactics around B Site. Many times, they would start losing points during the rotations.

But on the offensive end, the rhythm of the match was controlled by them.

Relying on Xu Beifang's attempts and information gathering, apEX could often call good tactics, and they had more comebacks on the offensive end.

Head Coach XTQZZZ clenched his right fist and bumped it with everyone: "Then it's settled. Everyone must not lose heart in this match."

He pointed to the brilliant trophy in the center of the stage: "Win this round, and we'll be able to see the scenery of the finals!"

After saying that, under the referee's reminder, he went to the center of the stage to flip a coin with the Renegades coach.

For the coin toss, he chose the side without the design.

The result was that the side with the design faced up, and Renegades gained the priority side-selection right for this BO3.

The commentators for this semi-final were Ma Xixi and Li Wenzhe.

Actually, Ma Xixi was slightly reluctant to have "Baldy" as a partner; after all, this guy really had no filter, and he was afraid of some broadcast accident later.

However, seeing the BP officially start, he immediately said: "Renegades has the priority side-selection right for this match. They started by banning Overpass first, not specifically targeting Vitality, choosing to remove their own weak map."

Li Wenzhe nodded and echoed: "Vitality is also doing a routine ban, removing Train. Looking at it this way, Vitality has gained some advantages in the first round of map bans."

Li Wenzhe wasn't talking nonsense. Renegades' Overpass was a routine ban. Although Vitality could play this map, they hadn't shown much in this tournament.

But Vitality's first round of map bans directly removed one of Train's strongest maps.

Although Renegades' Train win rate in 2018 wasn't very high, it was still 55%, and they had won their last three Train matches; they were playing quite smoothly on this map.

However, before they could be happy, the next second, Renegades' map selection made their hearts sink.

"Hiss~" Ma Xixi looked at the first map selected and felt a toothache.

If he remembered correctly, in the last six months, he had only seen Vitality play Cache once.

The Frenchmen's Cache level was truly poor. With this map selected, Ma Xixi felt as if he saw a big "DANGER" written on Vitality's head.

Renegades' choice was unexpected, but also within reason.

After lunch today, Vitality had discussed the BP situation for this match.

They predicted that Renegades would choose Mirage or Dust II, but they didn't expect them to lock in Cache directly.

You have to know, in this StarSeries confrontation, Renegades had only played one Cache match, and it was chosen by the opponent.

In the entire year of 2019, they had only played three Cache matches in total.

Vitality had thought this map had been abandoned by Renegades, but they didn't expect to be caught off guard by Renegades' map selection as soon as they entered the match.

"This was hidden quite deep," the big bald coach muttered. He turned his head to confirm again: "Then should we still take Inferno?"

Xu Beifang nodded.

Although they hadn't gotten Inferno in several matches, that was because the opponents didn't give them the chance.

Their Inferno was now a specialty; even if the opponent was Astralis, they had the confidence to play it.

"Vitality has locked in Inferno. Vitality's 100-match win rate on this map is 71%; it's a map they are quite capable of playing." Seeing Inferno, Ma Xixi's nervous mood relaxed a bit.

If it was Inferno, then it wasn't impossible to operate.

Xu Beifang's outstanding performance on Banana was often praised by players.

As a professional commentator, he had also conducted in-depth research on Vitality's performance on this map.

In his view, Xu Beifang's performance on Banana was too monstrous!

The aggressive playstyle allowed Vitality to gain control of Banana very early. After gaining control, the B Site CTs only had two choices:

One was to actively counter-flash out and regain the near point of Banana.

Two was to use utility to stall for time.

But no matter which one, the consumption of resources was huge.

Not to mention that after gaining control of Banana, apEX could even rotate around the map, and the defensive side could only rely on pure mind games to play.

Renegades' performance on this map could only be described as standard, with a 100-match win rate of only 57%.

Comparing the two, Vitality's chances of winning on this map were still quite high.

"Renegades sent Nuke away, leaving Mirage and Dust II for Vitality to choose from." Seeing these two maps, Ma Xixi subconsciously said, "Then, as expected, Map 3 should be Mir... Dust II!!"

Seeing this result, he was still very surprised.

Vitality's Mirage had its merits, with an average win rate of 60%.

But in the end, they didn't lock in Mirage, but chose Dust II, which made Ma Xixi somewhat puzzled.

XTQZZZ in the player booth, however, smiled.

Their overall performance on Mirage was indeed good, but one had to consider that Renegades' performance on this map wasn't bad either.

As for Dust II, although their overall number of matches wasn't high, because they had two outstanding snipers, their win rate on this map had always been decent.

Looking at Renegades, their win rate on Dust II in the last few months was only 40%.

This way, they had the advantage from the start.

Although the BP advantage didn't mean they would definitely win, being able to gain some advantages before the match would always make the players feel more comfortable.

Even some psychological hints were better!

As a coach, XTQZZZ, with a heavy heart, bumped fists with the players and watched them start to enter the server for Map 1.

Amidst the cheers and shouts of the audience, both sides officially entered the game.

Vitality vs. Renegades

Map: Cache

T: Liazz, AZR, Gratisfaction, jkaem, jks

CT: NiCe, Zywoo, apEX, JACKZ, shox

The match officially began.

After entering the match, their mood was relatively heavy.

But after entering the pistol round, Zywoo's four-kill in Mid made their mood quite good.

Afterward, Renegades' force-buy was also broken by them one by one, and the match smoothly reached 3:0.

But after entering the first full-buy round, the guy nicknamed "Mustache," Gratisfaction, used his AWP to scout A Site, taking out Xu Beifang with one shot, and Renegades simultaneously launched an attack on A Site.

Vitality's frontal trade was decent, but jks in Mid seized a very good timing and took out the rotating Zywoo and shox.

Renegades announced they had taken the first point in the full-buy round.

From this point on, Renegades gradually gained the rhythm of the match.

They scored points continuously until the 11th round, when Xu Beifang took the initiative to counter-flash A Hall, cooperating with JACKZ's flashbang, gaining a 5v3 advantage at the start, and subsequently smoothly winning this point.

Vitality finally started to score.

At the end of the first half, the score was fixed at 5:10.

Even though they were trailing in the score, they still didn't give up. Everyone in the player booth encouraged each other, and apEX was frantically "tightening the ropes."

Everyone's mentality was good, but the speed-up on B Site in the second half's pistol round didn't go smoothly.

jks's hand feel was good, and one magazine blew the heads off three terrorists entering B Site. Although shox completed the trade, he was also taken out by the rotating Gratisfaction.

Finally, it left Zywoo facing this 1v4 clutch.

The only good news was that the bomb was on Zywoo, so he had more room to operate.

Then, witnessed by thousands of people in the venue, Zywoo seemed to be sitting in the stands with a god's-eye view, taking down this 1v4 clutch with the most reasonable defense, igniting the emotions of the entire venue.

Vitality was also ignited by this clutch; Xu Beifang directly evolved into a music box, standing up and shouting loudly, as if all of this had something to do with him.

Relying on this boost in morale, they chased the score all the way to a tie, and even overtook it to 12:10.

However, Renegades ultimately stabilized their mentality. In a full-buy round, jks seized an amazing timing, sneaking out from Mid, and took all of Vitality's information.

A heavy-defense gamble caused Vitality to lose this point.

In the following rounds, Vitality's offense was no longer effective.

They didn't have many offensive tactics on this map, and they had already been figured out by Renegades.

In the subsequent confrontations, they only managed to take one round.

Ultimately, this Cache confrontation was fixed at 13:16.

At the commentary desk, looking at the bitter-smiling Vitality members under the camera, Ma Xixi said:

"Renegades performed outstandingly on their map pick. Although Vitality also put on a very good performance, they were still unable to turn the tide..."

He knew that under the circumstances, being able to lose by such a small margin in Mirage was already an excellent result, but it still felt somewhat regrettable.

After all, no matter what, after losing Map 1, the BO3 match entered match point.

For the next two maps, if Renegades took either one, the match would be over, so Vitality was still under quite a lot of pressure.

Having successfully taken their team's map pick, jks, who was always known as the "Cold-Faced Gunman," couldn't help but smile.

On the Cache map, jks was quite satisfied with his performance.

He had made several key plays that helped the team turn the tide.

The direction of the match was also as he had expected, so naturally, he was very happy at this moment.

But many viewers watching the stream, seeing this highly infectious smile, had a different feeling.

As "ten-year veteran fans" of Renegades, they had experienced too many matches that happened after jks smiled.

It was better for jks to honestly be a cold-faced gunman; sometimes the result of smiling was quite bad.

At this moment, they couldn't help but feel a "thump" in their hearts.

After Cache ended, the Vitality members bumped fists to encourage each other.

"A pity, just a few rounds short," Xu Beifang said.

shox scratched his head: "Every memory on Cache isn't very pleasant. When will this crappy map be deleted!"

JACKZ was amused: "Don't say that. After we finish this StarSeries, Cache will be invisible. We can jump off buildings in the map in the future."

Zywoo also laughed: "Maybe our memories of the building-jumping map won't be pleasant either; shox will fall off while walking."

There was another round of laughter in the room.

Although they lost Map 1, everyone's mood was still quite good.

They had a clear understanding of their own strength; there was still a certain gap between them and Renegades on the Cache map.

Being able to take 13 rounds was already a very good performance.

apEX looked at his teammates, who were all still in good spirits, and said: "No matter what, we've already lost Map 1. Let's temporarily forget about this for now and treat the next two maps as BO1s."

"We need to focus on every duel. Even if it's just a USP in hand, we must seriously aim every time, because even a single kill could affect the direction of the entire match."

Xu Beifang also became serious. As the match was about to begin, he extended his fist and bumped it with the teammates beside him: "Let's go, let's go, time to go full firepower!!"

Just then, in the stands of the Baoshan Gymnasium, shouts abruptly rang out:

"NiCe, let's go!!!"

"Vitality, let's go!!"

Danking sat in the stands eating popcorn, looking somewhat blankly at the source of the sound.

That was a group of Vitality fans... No! To be more precise, it was a group of fans wearing Xu Beifang's jersey.

When the director's camera swept over, Danking saw them holding up the banners in their hands:

"Xijiang University Esports Club cheering for Vice President NiCe!"

Dusty memories were awakened; Danking remembered two of Xu Beifang's roommates among them.

That group of college students was currently shouting hard under the call of Xu Beifang's muscular roommate:

"NiCe, let's go! NiCe, let's go!"

Seeming to be infected by their shouts, many surrounding spectators also followed along.

Amidst their calls, Xu Beifang, sitting on the stage, stood up and looked in that direction, a bright smile on his face, and waved his fist to signal.

When they saw Xu Beifang's smile, the cheers of that group of college students reached their peak.

Because they knew that NiCe hadn't been crushed by the failure of Map 1, and this BO3 still had hope!

"They are cheering for us?" Xu Beifang turned to explain to his teammates, "Even if it's for our fan friends, we can't give up on this match!"

shox mercilessly exposed him: "It's clearly your fans cheering for you."

"Haha, it's all the same; my fans are everyone's fans!" Xu Beifang laughed.

However, no one cared about these details; this wave of fans' shouts indeed gave them a huge boost in morale.

In this mood, the players entered the server for Map 2 one after another.

Map: Inferno

Because it was Vitality's own map pick, they started on the offensive side.

The warm-up time ended, and the match officially began!

Back to the familiar Inferno, apEX's train of thought gradually became clear: "Guys, how can Inferno be without the 'Fly to Second Floor' tactic?"

"Fly to Second Floor right at the start??" shox asked back.

Although flying to the second floor was apEX's hobby, the success rate of the "Hando" (apEX's nickname) command for flying to the second floor wasn't very high.

apEX laughed: "I'm just livening up the atmosphere, but we can indeed make something out of flying to the second floor."

"If I remember correctly, when Renegades plays this map, they especially like to go to VIP to check for information on the side path, so at the start of the round, three of us will go to the side path to give them a fake signal that we're going to fly to the second floor... After giving this fake signal, Shox, you go towards A2, buy two flashbangs and one smoke, and you'll throw the grass car smoke and the flash for exiting A2 yourself. I'll help you throw a link-blocking smoke from mid to pretend we're going to hit A."

apEX had a soft spot for the A2 position, but he also knew that this tactic had already gained fame, even if it was a bad fame.

With fame, the tactic could be slightly expanded.

The opponent would subconsciously think they were going to speed up when they saw the flight to the second floor.

They would absolutely not expect that Vitality was actually running toward B Site.

The countdown ended, and Xu Beifang got a P250.

Although "Hando" wanted to play tactics, he wasn't restricted by the tactics, so Xu Beifang came directly to the T-spawn, standing on the small platform aiming at the A1 crossing point.

After holding for a while, a "fly head" jumped past A1.

"Pop!"

A bullet was fired, and blood splattered at A1.

"A pity, hit the shoulder."

Liazz clicked his tongue in wonder: "Accurate enough!"

If the opponent's pre-aim had been higher, he might have been air-shot directly.

While sighing, he didn't forget his task, taking the initiative to jump and look at the side-path in VIP.

"Three people on the side-path, might be flying to the second floor!!" After jumping up and getting vision, Liazz shouted.

In the pistol round, they followed AZR's arrangement of a 3B2A start. Now the defense on A Site was slightly weak, so naturally, they were a bit nervous.

Everyone in the world knew apEX liked to fly to the second floor. Once this second floor was rushed, the defensive pressure on the two of them would be quite high.

At the commentary desk, Ma Xixi was commenting:

"Liazz got vision of the side-path, knowing there are many people there, but Renegades didn't choose to rotate back immediately. With a 3B formation, they pushed out to get vision of Banana."

"However, they didn't get information on Banana at first, so they didn't dare to continue pushing forward. Leaving jks and jkaem to guard B Site, they re-supplemented the 3A formation, guarding against Vitality's possible speed-up on A Site."

The opponent's actions in the early stage were exactly as apEX had predicted, so shox slowly touched up from A2, very carefully eliminating the hidden dangers of A2.

After the whole action was completed, apEX took his position in Mid and began to issue instructions.

Li Wenzhe also understood at this time: "After getting the information, Vitality chose to use a fake hit on A to keep the enemies on A Site, while the main force is actually planning to go to B!"

"But Renegades is still 3A2B and hasn't moved. Can this fake hit really succeed?"

This kind of fake hit was a bit too routine. Li Wenzhe felt that with the quality of a professional team, jks and jkaem on B Site would at least wait to see the exchange of fire before moving.

Professional matches were not like ordinary ones; the overall playstyle tended to be steady, and decisions would follow the overall movement.

And if this wave couldn't be faked, then it would be a frontal 4v2, and Vitality only had two crossing-point flashes to use.

Once too many people were lost in the first exchange of fire, subsequent rotations would be very difficult to hold.

shox, under apEX's instructions, began to operate.

A very routine grass-cart smoke was given, and then without waiting for the grass-cart smoke to bloom, two flashbangs were thrown directly.

apEX's blocking smoke also arrived as promised.

The A Site bomb explosion was booming, while Xu Beifang was like an old man walking his dog, pushing forward slowly in Banana with silent steps.

Since apEX and shox were faking, they needed to give the opponent time to rotate; they couldn't expose information too early.

Soon he finished searching the wooden barrel and sandbags in Banana, and only then did he start to actively pre-aim the CT-spawn.

Didn't see anyone at first, then looked at the coffin.

"Pop!"

The P250 bullet passed through the B-tunnel, accurately hitting the head of the CT at the coffin with one shot.

【NiCe used P250 to headshot kill jks】

"A site is a fake hit! I was insta-killed by the opponent!" jks quickly fed back.

The utility on A Site was booming, and combined with the information obtained at the start, they subconsciously thought this was a real hit on A Site.

After discussion, jkaem had already started rotating back to A Site in advance.

This led to B Site being instantly breached once jks died.

"Good shot!" shox, inside A2, praised.

After the teammate got the kill, he also stopped shooting, placing himself back into mystery.

After getting the kill, B Site also instantly sped up.

apEX's two B-site flashes successfully blinded his own people, but fortunately, after a round of searching, it was found that there was no one else inside B Site.

Everyone felt happy, knowing the tactic had basically succeeded.

However, Xu Beifang didn't stop his steps. While his teammates were frantically searching, he had already rushed into the church.

After quickly searching and confirming no one was in the church, he also understood that there was basically no problem with this point.

On the Inferno map, after the terrorists took the B bomb site, if they stood inside the church, the subsequent win rate would become very high.

Because the CTs rotating back through the CT-spawn would have their rotation cut off; they had to pass the church.

But with someone holding the gun inside, the church was a particularly difficult point to search; the advantage of holding the point was too great.

"The opponent is all rotating through the CT-spawn, none went to Banana. Just manage the front," shox's feedback made everyone's spirits lift.

He himself didn't force a flank, but ran back to Banana in big strides, directly supplementing the front.

People in the audience could see that the CT's rotation for this point was already at the end of its tether.

Numerical disadvantage, various advantageous gun positions on B Site had been occupied, and Vitality's overall playstyle was very steady, crossfire, one hook one hit, giving no chances at all.

The final result was as expected; Renegades' rotation only managed to get one kill before falling into a rout.

jks said somewhat self-reproachfully: "My problem. If I were still alive, the church control would still be there, and there would still be a chance for rotation."

AZR, as the commander, shook his head. He didn't blame jks for the loss of B Site.

He touched his chin and said somewhat unexpectedly: "I actually thought Vitality was hitting A for real this time too. After all, the opponent is Vitality... I didn't expect apEX to be able to resist the temptation of A2."

Facing different teams, one must have targeted responses.

For example: if the opponent was NaVi, then when attacking A Site, that pit fire was definitely indispensable.

This was targeting based on the opponent's style. Vitality's love for flying to the second floor was well-known. They became vigilant as soon as they saw someone on the side-path at the start.

The subsequent bomb explosion also subconsciously made them think it was a real hit.

Yet they didn't expect it to be just a feint.

The score reached 1:0.

"This fake hit is top-tier!" Xu Beifang smiled and praised.

Although the tactic wasn't very fancy, it indeed played a huge role.

This was the role of a commander.

A good gunman could output more in an even match and create more miracles.

And a good commander could use his tactics to create a more comfortable situation for them.

Even if he hadn't pre-aimed and insta-killed jks, he would definitely have led people to eat jks afterward; naturally, they had to apply pressure in a numerical advantage.

After winning the pistol round, Vitality started to mix three long guns and two submachine guns.

Renegades, as expected, chose to force-buy in this round.

It's just that their two "Forklift Kings" and several small pistols didn't pose much of a threat to Vitality; instead, they were broken one by one. Vitality only spent the cost of 1 submachine gun to win this point.

The score smoothly reached 3:0, and the first full-buy round of Inferno arrived.

Xu Beifang looked at his position and asked: "Hando, are we playing tactics for this point?"

apEX thought for a while: "Let's default first. Don't push the side-path too fast; Renegades likes to set up combos."

"As for Banana, Beifang, how do you want to play? Do you want me to help you grab a wooden barrel one-way smoke?"

Xu Beifang shook his head and then said: "I'll speed-control Banana. They shouldn't be stubborn enough to buy an AWP without armor for this point."

"But JACKZ, help me hold an angle later, and then help me grab a slate flash."

"Okay."

The opponent's economy for this point was around 5000, but he was still worried that Renegades would be stubborn and directly buy an AWP to steal a shot.

Some people just liked to catch this kind of psychological blind spot.

They hadn't faced Renegades before, so naturally, they had to be cautious.

The countdown ended, and the full-buy round began.

Xu Beifang cut his knife and rushed directly into Banana.

Because he intended to speed-take Banana, the logic was slightly different from normal map control.

At the start, he threw a HE grenade directly at the wooden barrel, followed by aiming at the slate and throwing a smoke grenade. This smoke grenade quickly bloomed at the near point of the slate, extinguishing the opponent's near-point fire.

Immediately after, Xu Beifang threw another sandbag fire to avoid the opponent hiding in the sandbags.

JACKZ, at the entrance of Banana, after holding the first wave, grabbed a flashbang and gave it as soon as Xu Beifang arrived.

Xu Beifang turned his head to dodge the flash and rushed out through the smoke.

A wave of quick searching finished all the near-point information.

"Here it comes again! NiCe's rapid Banana map control. With only 1 minute and 40 seconds left, he has already gotten control of Banana at the first opportunity." Ma Xixi was amused.

This was why he highly praised Vitality's Inferno.

Because Xu Beifang's dominance on Banana was too strong.

His three pieces of utility at the start of Banana directly maximized the pressure at the near point.

If the opponent stood at the near point, they would definitely eat that HE grenade and duel with half health.

If they stood slightly to the right, that sandbag fire would give him a dueling advantage.

Plus this flashbang at the near point, unless the opponent was prepared to counter-flash at the first wave, otherwise, facing a sudden charge, the first thought would definitely be to retreat to save their life.

"jks threw a near-point fire, trying to stall Banana's control, but NiCe directly called his teammates over to double-boost behind the slate."

"Renegades is a double-B defense and has no intention of counter-flashing forward. They have plenty of utility, so they can slowly play and stall for time."

Xu Beifang held for a while, found that the opponent had no desire to control Banana, and let JACKZ help him throw a near-point flash, playing in Banana by himself.

His map control here was a bit too fast; Mid and the side-path were still exchanging utility.

"You play in Banana by yourself, don't be too anxious, just hang there," apEX said to him.

Xu Beifang said "Mm," but actively pushed forward.

Renegades had no desire to counter-flash, but he wanted to maximize the pressure on the opponent.

Time reached 1 minute and 20 seconds, and the CT-spawn threw a smoke grenade.

This B-tunnel smoke was very deep. If the opponent hid in the smoke grenade, it was possible to counter-flash.

So after considering it, Xu Beifang silently touched the right side of the smoke grenade.

But while he was still moving, he heard the sound of utility being thrown and keenly saw the trajectory of that grenade in the air.

Xu Beifang quickly adjusted his crosshair and sprayed directly at the CT-spawn position!

"Tat-tat-tat..."

【NiCe used SG553 to headshot kill jkaem through the smoke】

"Ah??!!"

Following this headshot kill through the smoke, exclamations from the audience suddenly rang out in the venue.

From the god's-eye view, they could clearly see jkaem taking out a grenade, wanting to bomb the Banana wooden barrel to cause some damage.

But what the heck was NiCe lifting his hand and directly mixing jkaem to death?

Was the smoke grenade fake?

jkaem, who was directly mixed to death, was stunned for a moment, and then complained like an ordinary player: "This can give me a headshot..."

Being killed by this kind of sudden smoke-piercing, even if he knew he had exposed information, he still couldn't accept it.

But whether he accepted it or not couldn't change the fact that he had been killed.

Just after he was killed, jks's face became even colder, and he asked:

"Can you rotate one to B?"

The "Mustache" in the connector wanted to respond, intending to throw a smoke grenade in Mid before rotating to B.

But the moment he took out the smoke grenade and peeked to throw it, he saw someone in Mid holding an SG553 holding the angle.

"Tat-tat-tat..."

A burst of bullets sprayed continuously, almost opening the seams of "Mustache's" bulletproof vest.

HP -84

"The pressure on A Site is a bit high," "Mustache" said to jks, "Can you stall for a bit?"

jks frowned.

He had already felt the consequences of losing control of Banana too early.

On this map, Banana was a key point for both sides to fight for because it collected too much information.

Losing control of Banana too early in the early stage meant their entire defensive line had no room to breathe.

Giving the opponent a little pressure felt like they were about to explode and hit a wave.

The defense of both A and B points couldn't get any room to breathe.

After Xu Beifang got the first kill, he originally intended to give a smoke grenade on B Site and follow the main force to hit A.

Because in his mind, B Site had already lost a person, and he had applied so much pressure.

Except for Zeus and nexa, those two commanders, all other teams should supplement a B.

But at this time, Zywoo exerted force in Mid, spraying the connector CT into a "big cripple," and he suddenly had new ideas.

The very deep smoke grenade thrown by the CT-spawn, Xu Beifang wanted to move to the right side, one reason was that this smoke had a small one-way effect for the terrorists.

Using this small one-way, he could confirm that no one was holding him directly under the platform, so he had a chance to mix out from the B-tunnel smoke and dry-peek to catch a wave of CTs on the platform.

"Who of you come over to Banana? I'm ready to find someone to fight," Xu Beifang asked in the voice channel.

apEX immediately said: "I'm coming. How do you want me to cooperate with you?"

He had always understood Xu Beifang's ability to play solo, so at this moment, he also wanted to hear his thoughts.

Xu Beifang said: "The main thing now is that I'm not sure if the opponent has rotated back. I'll go into B Site to confirm. Hando, you should be able to launch a general attack."

Before he finished speaking, he saw a smoke grenade fly from the left side of the bomb site, knock on the wooden box, and then fall into the B-tunnel.

"There's one at the three-box!" Xu Beifang reminded in the voice channel while pre-aiming the three-box and peeking to the right.

While Xu Beifang peeked to the right, he also saw a CT in his vision gradually moving toward the dead point.

The two instantly engaged in fire.

"Tat-tat-tat..."

【NiCe used SG553 to kill jks】

"B Site has been breached," jks said in the voice channel.

He had no choice in this wave, because B Site was a single-person operation. After throwing the smoke, he definitely had to move his position, and even had to take information actively.

As a result, the opponent had already rushed out through the smoke, and his M4 sprayed 4 shots without killing.

AZR, as Renegades' commander, glanced at the mini-map. B Site had been breached, and they were still at a numerical disadvantage. There was basically no chance of winning the rotation, so he could only command his teammates to start saving guns.

jks looked at the kill ID in the upper right corner, his brows locked.

After entering Inferno, this guy seemed to have become even crazier.

... ===== CHAPTER 261 =====