Chapter 272: S1mple: Do I not deserve to win with a 1.91 rating?

The entire audience was cheering and shouting for Vitality's eco-round comeback with those scout rifles.

As the background characters, the members of NAVI were not in a beautiful mood.

At the player seats.

S1mple, the first to be headshot by a scout, watched helplessly as his teammates acted like bots, one by one becoming Nice's target practice.

He thought his teammates could at least take one down; this was just a full-buy round against a half-buy.

When the final result was a 0-for-5 trade.

S1mple closed his eyes in pain, a look of resignation on his face.

He had already racked up 20 kills, but his four teammates were in truly poor form; only Electronic was doing slightly better, with 11 kills.

As for the other three guys, their combined kills didn't even match his own.

Are you guys spies sent by the other side? Although he was already playing like a big brother, today his teammates were truly being inhuman.

He felt the opponents weren't actually that strong, or he wouldn't be racking up kills like this.

So he didn't understand why his three teammates just couldn't get a kill; were they really incapable of even trading?

Glancing at their coach, Kane, behind him, S1mple was truly speechless; this coach knew even less than he did.

Not calling a timeout in this situation—are you really just a coach to watch the match up close?

……

Relying on Xu Beifang and Zywoo's scout rifles to complete the comeback, Vitality regained the rhythm of the match, scoring continuously in the following rounds.

However, the final round of the first half was still taken by S1mple's performance.

The first half ended, with the score locked at the classic 6:9.

"Phew..." apEX let out a long breath.

Although it was still a disadvantageous score, it had been a major disadvantage in the middle of the first half, so this was a decent result now.

Thus, they didn't have that much psychological pressure.

Vitality's members understood very well that their offensive side needed to play even better; whether Xu Beifang had an AK-47 made a huge difference in head-to-head encounters.

Moreover, that smoke grenade Xu Beifang had researched before the match would be a major ultimate move in the upcoming confrontation!

apEX was already looking forward to seeing how NAVI would respond when they saw this smoke.

shox remarked with emotion: "As expected of the TOP 1 with a gap-like lead; that sniper rifle is truly terrifying."

As the defensive side in the first half, the greatest pressure they felt came from S1mple's big sniper.

As a B-site defender, even if they just peeked out to get information, briefly appearing in the opponent's vision, that nightmarish sniper sound would ring out, taking their lives.

That guy's sniper rifle was truly fast and accurate; it was outrageously good!

"It's a good thing our crossfire was set up well enough that we didn't let the others get into a rhythm, otherwise this match would be really troublesome," JackZ said.

Xu Beifang, taking advantage of the two-minute halftime break, was resting with his eyes closed. Hearing this, he smiled and said:

"It's fine. It's useless if only S1mple is performing for NAVI. He's a sniper; he can't be at the front every single round."

S1mple was truly playing out of his mind this match; his form in the first half wasn't much different from his kill count on Inferno.

But Xu Beifang could still produce this result; firstly, because the current stats were right there.

Secondly, his position was different from S1mple's.

The way an entry fragger and a sniper end a game is different.

In many cases, with Xu Beifang's fast-paced style, he only needed two kills to turn the situation into a one-sided affair.

Whereas S1mple, as a sniper, had a longer interval between kills; in this match, he was mostly playing cleanup.

A teammate would feed one, and he would trade one back.

A teammate would feed one, and he would trade another back.

But this didn't mean an entry fragger was stronger than a sniper.

It's like in a pub-stomp match; an entry fragger will crazily hunt for kills, and their kill count will definitely be higher.

But in higher-level matches, both sides are more cautious, and the role a sniper plays in the match becomes greater.

The ability of a sniper rifle to settle the outcome is still greater than the fault tolerance of a rifle.

NAVI's problem in the first half was mainly because the "Two Old Elders" weren't playing like humans, and Flamie wasn't playing like a human either, leading to S1mple killing crazily but still unable to pull away in the score.

Even so, NAVI was still leading in the score; from this, one could see S1mple's terrifying influence in the match.

The 2-minute halftime break ended quickly.

Both sides swapped sides.

Vitality's players entered the second half with nervous emotions.

Even knowing their offense was better, even knowing Nice had researched an Xbox smoke.

The opponent's ferocity still made them feel a bit uneasy.

apEX flipped through his tactical notes and said with a smile: "Alright, brothers, we're going to play a fancy tactic. JackZ and I will coordinate the grenades, then at the start, we'll send Zywoo to A Long, and we'll come back to throw a left-hand smoke for the sand pit, coordinating a pinch on A."

Xu Beifang heard this and flipped through his tactical notes, finally understanding why apEX said this tactic was fancy.

Because this tactic was very dependent on chemistry, communication, and synchronization.

Fortunately, the existence of the tactical notes meant apEX didn't need to explain in detail; everyone just needed to look at the process on the notes.

The countdown began, and Vitality directly unfolded their tactical offense. At the start, JackZ used a flashbang to successfully send Zywoo out of A Door.

Xu Beifang, on the other hand, coordinated with apEX's flashbang at the second timing, quickly clearing the near point of Mid Doors.

With Mid Doors and A Long taken, NAVI chose to directly protect both sides, abandoning Mid.

Then Vitality unfolded their synchronization; they threw a left-hand smoke for the sand pit.

A Long began a feint, and Xu Beifang seized the opportunity to headshot Zeus, who was located below the A platform.

A Long pushed forward, and Xu Beifang led his teammates to rotate back to A Short for a pinch.

NAVI originally had a 3A defense, but Zeus was picked off by Xu Beifang, and this defensive formation fell into chaos. In the subsequent pinch, only Electronic managed to trade one.

Flamie and Edward, who were rotating back, actually made some noise; Flamie used a USP to hold against Vitality's direct aim, forcibly headshotting three, and the live stream chat was flooded with "Temporary God" again.

However, in the end, JackZ won this pistol round without any danger.

Zeus looked at the lost pistol round, having no choice.

This point was a victory for Vitality's tactics.

Although he knew Vitality used a flashbang to clear Mid Doors at the start, he didn't pay much attention to it.

His idea was a 3-0-2 formation; no matter if Vitality pinched B from Mid or A Long from A Short, they wouldn't be too affected on the flanks.

But Vitality threw a left-hand smoke for the sand pit; this seemingly useless smoke gave Nice, who was in Mid, cover to trouble those below the platform.

Zeus, who was grabbing utility below the platform, was directly exposed to Nice's vision and was headshot alive.

He could only say this tactic was indeed played cleverly, starting with a first kill and then dismantling them as a whole.

The defensive side failed to win the pistol round, so Zeus could only command the team to force-buy.

Dust II is a gun-heavy map, but it still requires utility to coordinate.

With just over 2000, even a pure eco, the economy in the third round of the second half was only 4400.

A full armor M4 set requires 4100, and the remaining 300 was only enough for a smoke grenade, completely failing to meet the needs.

So they could only force-buy this point to find an opportunity, and then pure eco the next round, taking another round of consecutive loss economy, so that when they entered the full-buy round, they could have full armor and full utility.

……

In the second round of the second half, the four members of Vitality spawned on the far left, with only apEX on the dark tunnel.

Everyone didn't speak, but exchanged glances; everything was understood without words.

The countdown ended, and apEX bought a scout, pretending to be Nice or Zywoo, scouting Mid in the T spawn.

The other four, equipped with two AK-47s and two submachine guns, headed straight for B Tunnel.

A wave of fast B-rush; NAVI anticipated it, but still couldn't defend it.

Because of insufficient economy, their first-timing anti-rush utility could only be smoke grenades.

But Vitality's wave of pop-flashes directly accelerated the pace; shox shoved his submachine gun into the mouths of Flamie and Edward, directly transforming into an ECO-specialist and starting to kill!

Seeing the two kill notifications in the top right corner, the three members of NAVI in A site had no desire to rotate back and directly saved their guns.

But the three saved short guns didn't play much of a role in the following round.

After winning the pistol round, Vitality performed steadily, eating up the dividends.

9:9

"Alright brothers, Vitality's wave of fast-paced offense has already tied the score!" Ma Xixi said happily. "Now entering the first full-buy round of the second half, after a wave of consecutive losses, NAVI has also directly pulled out sniper rifles; they still want to rely on S1mple's big sniper to take the initiative and lead the rhythm."

"Looking at Vitality, because the previous few rounds went smoothly, they didn't change their weapons; could this be foreshadowing?"

Ma Xixi had mixed feelings about apEX as a commander.

He liked Bean's emotional release, liked the way he could still use battle cries to inspire his teammates in a disadvantageous situation.

But as a commander, he felt apEX really had some problems with the handling of some details.

Now entering the full-buy round, NAVI had four M4s paired with a big sniper; this weapon configuration was maxed out.

And what was Vitality's situation?

Two submachine guns plus three AK-47s.

Not being willing to buy a big sniper was one thing, but not even changing the submachine guns.

If it were a weapon configuration like AVANGAR, Ma Xixi wouldn't have any thoughts, because Jame's command economy was truly awesome; he could always let the team have rifles to use.

But apEX...

Now he could only hope Vitality's offense would go smoothly.

……

Of course, Bean wasn't not buying rifles because he wanted to save economy.

It was because he saw Xu Beifang's position.

The half-hour of practice in the afternoon made them very sensitive to the spawn points of the offensive side on Dust II, so as soon as Xu Beifang appeared in that position, apEX got excited.

"Nice, you throw a fast Xbox smoke, let's try to play a wave of fast Mid-rush and see."

Xu Beifang nodded, using his crosshair to quickly find the specific point on the wall.

The preparation time in the match was 20 seconds, enough for him to operate slowly.

Xu Beifang aimed correctly, even specifically taking the tactical notes to compare twice.

This action was a bit strange in an esports match, so it attracted the attention of the live director, who cut the camera over.

【What is Nice doing?】

【Didn't you understand? He's taking an exam.】

【Is he pulling some fancy move again? Isn't this match exam enough?】

Everyone watched Xu Beifang's POV on the live stream, because of the fancy moves Xu Beifang had pulled off in the past, they inevitably had a hint of expectation for the upcoming scene.

For the audience, playing old tactics with new ideas was naturally very good.

But they still hoped that something fresh could appear in the match.

Soon, they saw Xu Beifang's POV freeze.

After the countdown ended, Xu Beifang crouched and directly jump-threw.

The smoke grenade drew a perfect trajectory in the air, finally exploding at the Xbox box, forming an Xbox smoke.

This made everyone a bit disappointed; they thought Nice had pulled out something new again.

"Wrong!"

NIKO in the stands noticed a hint of abnormality the moment he saw this smoke: "This Xbox smoke is too fast!"

……

NAVI's defensive positioning at the start was 3-1-1.

S1mple spawned closer to Mid, thinking of coming to Mid to take a shot at the crossing.

After the countdown ended, he carried his sniper rifle to the sand pit, wanting to peek at the T spawn under the cover of his teammate's crossing smoke.

"Hiss..."

Before he even reached the sand pit and got vision of Mid Doors, he heard the Xbox smoke explode not far ahead.

What's going on?

S1mple sensed something was wrong, and Flamie, who was walking towards B site at the start, shouted even more surprised:

"How did this Xbox smoke explode so fast?"

As a member playing B, although he hadn't deliberately calculated it, a large number of match experiences let him roughly understand.

Even if the Terrorists threw the Xbox smoke at the first timing, it should only explode two seconds after he jumped across Mid.

How come the Xbox smoke had already exploded before he even got vision of Mid?

The uncontrollable situation made NAVI's emotions tense up.

S1mple scoped in with his big sniper, trying to get some information from behind the Mid Xbox smoke.

He found that this was a very good Xbox smoke, exploding close to the Mid Doors gap, not exposing much information to him.

S1mple frowned.

"Vitality threw an Xbox smoke, shox and Nice, holding submachine guns, directly jumped into the dark tunnel, and apEX followed," Wanjiqi raised his eyebrows. "What does Vitality mean this round? Three people directly accelerating in Mid, Zywoo and JackZ are going through B Tunnel; is this a Mid-pinch-B from the start?"

"They really seized an opportunity; S1mple only has one big sniper in Mid, and only Flamie is defending B site alone. This wave, NAVI has to see how many kills S1mple can trade."

Taking advantage of the smoke grenade exploding in Mid, Xu Beifang followed behind shox, and the two rushed forward with big steps.

apEX had long since prepared a Mid pop-flash in the back.

Bean's Mid pop-flash was very particular; he knew NAVI didn't like to put rifles in Mid, so this flashbang was specifically for the CTs further back.

The flashbang exploded, and shox directly strafed out from Mid Doors.

——Bang!

The sound of a sniper rifle rang out from Mid.

【S1mple + apEX flashbang used AWP to kill shox】

"Vitality's wave of acceleration in Mid, apEX's flashbang effect is very good, but S1mple reacted in the last second before the flash exploded, directly scoping in and holding shox dead; today's S1mple is truly omnipotent!"

"Vitality's idea is very good, but S1mple directly held Mid dead, protecting one side; can this Mid-pinch-B really succeed?"

shox was fully flashed and killed by S1mple.

This caused their offensive rhythm to pause a bit.

S1mple, as a sniper, had too much survivability, which allowed him to constantly use cover to repeek and create kills.

Xu Beifang couldn't be anxious for the time being; he knew S1mple would definitely repeek to trouble him.

So he held his position, constantly moving left and right on the spot.

His movement was very brief; from the outside, it looked like he was twitching on the spot.

S1mple, as expected, got one kill; he didn't help Flamie out first, but came to deal with the predicament in front of him.

He understood very well that only if he was still alive could he continue to kill and help the team get points.

So he scoped in with his big sniper in advance, slowly peeking Mid bit by bit.

Xu Beifang's previous twitching was just waiting for this moment.

The moment he saw S1mple's barrel, he immediately strafed wide to the right.

A big sniper scoping in to peek a rifle, the big sniper must have the advantage.

But in the position of Mid Doors and the left side of the sand pit, Mid Doors has more advantage, because Xu Beifang only needs to peek to the right; he gets vision first.

——Bang!

"Da-da-da!"

The sounds of the AWP and AK-47 intertwined.

【Nice used AK-47 to headshot kill S1mple】

The arena was filled with noise; everyone thought S1mple would be able to deal with Xu Beifang by slowly pushing his scope, but they didn't expect the final result to be Xu Beifang using an AK-47 to tear apart the big sniper; for a moment, gasps erupted throughout the arena.

"Good shot!" apEX exclaimed.

But before he could catch his breath, he saw that B site had also completed a trade.

Zywoo and JackZ hugged and came out of B Tunnel; Zywoo was directly held and killed, but JackZ completed the trade task.

JackZ's voice came through the voice chat: "B site is empty, Bean, come quickly!"

"Nice!!! Don't be anxious, just hold the position, wait for me to go plant the bomb!" apEX shouted loudly in the voice chat.

Xu Beifang, who was in Mid, after using delicate micro-operations to solve S1mple, immediately threw a smoke grenade towards the CT spawn in Mid.

Then he played a fancy move here; Xu Beifang, taking advantage of the last moment before the smoke grenade exploded, strafed out and got vision.

Mid was heavily damaged, and Electronic on A platform was the first to rotate back.

S1mple was anxious to get kills and was finally killed, and Electronic was also anxious in his heart, but seeing the smoke grenade explode, he also switched to his knife to speed up the progress, wanting to mix into the CT spawn smoke and listen for footsteps to catch a T's back.

But the moment he switched to his knife, the moment the smoke grenade exploded, he saw a Terrorist carrying an AK-47 strafe out.

At this moment, Electronic knew what it meant to be suffocated!

"Da-da-da..."

The AK-47 bullets passed through the smoke grenade, accurately finding Electronic's head.

【Nice used AK-47 to headshot kill Electronic】

Zeus and Edward, who were still on the way to rotate back, silently watched their teammates fall one after another.

A 2-vs-3 clutch, although the number difference wasn't very large.

But the location was Dust II's B site.

Considering the economy wasn't very high, Zeus said: "Save the guns, we can buy two short guns next round, piece it together and we can still play a mixed-buy round."

Vitality's economy was decent, but they still played it safe.

They won this round steadily.

In fact, their needs had already been met.

Although two submachine guns were lost, the AK-47 was still in hand, and they could even pick up a big sniper for Zywoo.

Entering the garbage time of saving guns, Zeus asked with some confusion: "What's the situation in Mid? People are dropping too fast; there's no way to rotate back in time."

They had just gained control of A Long, and just had the thought of walking back, when Mid started exploding with grenades.

Electronic on A platform was the fastest to rotate back, but he hadn't seen the bomb, and his teammates hadn't rotated back in place, so he couldn't move randomly.

Because it was very likely Vitality's fake-attack tactic.

If he moved too fast, and there were Terrorists hiding in A Short, the opponent would directly rush A Short, and this point would be gone directly.

Flamie said: "The opponent doesn't know what they pulled off again; there was a very, very fast Xbox smoke in Mid; I couldn't get any vision even with the fastest spawn, Mid was too passive."

Generally speaking, they weren't very afraid of this kind of first-timing Mid-pinch-B.

Because even with a 3-0-2 stance, the big sniper in the sand pit could put great pressure on Mid, so the Terrorists wouldn't be that bold.

But Vitality's Xbox smoke this point was too fast; S1mple's sniper rifle couldn't get information in the sand pit and couldn't generate suppression.

Even the teammates in A site couldn't rotate back in place, and Vitality's acceleration had already started, which made them too uncomfortable.

Zeus listened to this information, and he remembered the set of fast VIP smokes Nice created on Mirage, feeling a bit ominous in his heart.

"I hope it's just a coincidence..."

……

But the development of the next few rounds shattered Zeus's fantasies.

In most of Vitality's rounds, they would throw that fast Xbox smoke, and their control of Mid completely collapsed.

Zeus also thought about counter-tactics, such as directly pushing out of Mid at the second timing, but ended up being held dead by Zywoo's big sniper.

Or, for example, counter-clearing B Tunnel at the second timing; the effect was not bad, but it was only a one-for-one trade.

Vitality clearly knew how to use Mid control to gain an advantage; NAVI, without information, was like a headless fly bumping around; Vitality would make a move on the offensive end, and they would all move.

The only thing that achieved some effect was putting Electronic on A Short at the start to make up for the lack of information.

But this was only a stopgap measure; they gained an advantage in one round, but in the next, Vitality's utility was very respectful.

The score came to 14:10 before they knew it, and NAVI's coach, Kane, finally discovered the situation was a bit ominous and helped them call a tactical timeout.

Danking, who was below the stage, saw this scene and was quite excited: "Not bad, this Vitality ultimate move was only released on the third map; this NAVI can't get any points at all."

Don't look at it as just a 4-point lead; you have to know that when they entered the full-buy round, the score of both sides was still in a tied stage.

And the point NAVI got was also entirely relied on S1mple's performance.

"This is the gap between us and top-tier teams," Xiaogui murmured.

Their final result in the StarSeries group stage was 2-3 and they were eliminated; he originally thought Tyloo was still excellent and didn't have much of a gap with first-tier teams.

After all, they were only one match away from entering the playoffs, just a bit of bad luck.

But now it seems that compared to these first-tier strong teams, Tyloo's gap is still very large.

Just putting themselves in NAVI's perspective, facing Vitality's utility suppression, they couldn't find any good opportunities either.

Perhaps the only way was to abandon Mid and protect both sides.

But that was also a way with no other way.

After the regional firefight completed an even number of trades, they could still rely on rotating back to play a bit.

But if they couldn't trade even kills, they could only be forced to save guns.

……

After calling the tactical timeout, the players in NAVI's battle room still had furrowed brows.

Being suppressed by Vitality with this kind of bug-level utility, they seemed to really only be able to be beaten passively.

They originally thought this smoke grenade was just the same nature as the fast VIP smoke, but now they discovered that because of the different map structure, this fast Xbox smoke had a greater impact than that fast VIP smoke.

The timeout had been going on for several seconds, and no one in NAVI had opened their mouth to break the silence.

Zeus looked at the mini-map, performing tactical deduction in his mind.

After a long time, he finally opened his mouth to explain his thoughts: "We must get control of A Long into our hands."

"With the opponent's outrageous smoke grenade, control of Mid is basically irrelevant to us, so we must not lose control of A Long, otherwise, with Vitality's wave of A Long and A Short pinch, we can only shrink on the platform and be beaten passively."

"What about Mid?" Flamie asked.

Zeus said: "Mid can be abandoned in the early stage; we still start with a 3-0-2, directly abandoning Mid in the early stage, and Edward goes to defend inside B site; if they still pinch B from Mid like this, then we admit it."

"But if Vitality isn't that fast at the start, S1mple will use the big sniper to counter-push A Short at the second timing, and Edward and Flamie will also come to counter-clear Mid Doors; we will use utility at the second timing to counter-clear and regain some map control."

Zeus turned to look at Electronic and S1mple, his eyes firm: "So this wave of A Long, we must grab it; it absolutely cannot be abandoned; even if we die, we must die at A Long."

The score had already reached 14:10, and Vitality was only two rounds away from ending the match.

NAVI didn't want to lose this map; this was the last critical round of the second half; if they lost this point, they would only have 3400 in economy next round, which would make defending even more strenuous.

Simply put, NAVI could only win this round, and win it beautifully, to have the possibility of slowly chasing points later.

……

"Only two rounds away, everyone stay steady and don't be anxious; the one who should be anxious now is NAVI," apEX's mood was very good.

This smoke grenade was only researched this afternoon; they just keenly felt it was very strong, but didn't expect that when it was truly brought into the match, the intensity would be so high.

After entering the full-buy round, except for occasional wrong positioning, they used the fast Xbox smoke to suppress NAVI to the point where they had no temper.

"Stay steady, stay steady!" JackZ also echoed from the side, "Win these two rounds, and we'll have the match point for the finals!"

Xu Beifang also shouted: "In one go, let's directly take the match!"

Winning this map, the total score of the finals would reach 2-1, and they only needed to win one more match to lift the dazzling trophy on the stage.

Xu Beifang rubbed his eyes; three matches of highly concentrated attention were a huge drain on his energy.

At this moment, he inevitably felt a hint of fatigue.

However, because he had been insisting on exercising for the past year, plus day-after-day high-intensity training, his state wasn't too bad.

By comparison, the "Two Old Elders" were already tending to turn into paste; Xu Beifang felt that in a head-to-head gunfight, his Glock would have a chance to beat their M4s.

Even Electronic, who had been very stable in the finals, had a gunplay error in the previous round.

Three hours of high-intensity confrontation were a huge drain on the players' physical strength and energy.

The "Old Man Boiling" tactic was already slowly exerting its power on the ten players on the field.

"Zywoo, you throw the fast Xbox smoke this point," apEX arranged the tactics methodically. "Nice, can you grab A Long with your spawn?"

Xu Beifang took a look; he didn't have the best spawn, only barely able to grab it: "I need Zywoo to give me the sniper rifle; if I can headshot Electronic, I can grab it."

With his spawn, it was impossible to grab it at the first timing.

He could only try to hold with a sniper rifle and snipe the opponent; that way he could also cover sending someone into A Long to hang out.

"Okay, then you go take a shot and try, but if there's an opportunity, it's better to take control of A Long," apEX said.

Xu Beifang took the AWP Zywoo handed over, switched to his knife, and headed straight for A Door.

JackZ behind him was helping him throw flashbangs, throwing one towards the coconut tree the moment he entered A Door, and then supplementing a flashbang above A Door.

S1mple was in the first spawn position of the CT, directly arriving at A Long after turning away from the flash.

He turned away from the Terrorists' first flashbang, turned his head, and held A Door directly with his big sniper, but the second flashbang came.

S1mple's vision was fully white, so he could only count down to fire, and then retreat.

Xu Beifang heard S1mple's big sniper miss, and immediately scoped in to hold A Door.

"S1mple is fully flashed and missed with the big sniper; the gun position is taken by Nice; the big sniper is holding the crossing directly, waiting for you to fire."

"But NAVI also knows that once they abandon control of A Long, they will be in a passive position again!" Wanjiqi shouted loudly, "Zeus threw another flash, sending S1mple to grab back the gun position of A Long."

S1mple was very detailed; after Zeus's flashbang exploded, he didn't fire directly, but waited for the sniper rifle sound to ring out before peeking out and holding the gun position of A Door.

Xu Beifang was also unconvinced; he had finally gotten the gun position, and the opponent wanted to take it back with such a simple flashbang; how could it be that easy?

He pulled out a flashbang, aimed at the point, and threw it directly.

Then, the moment the flash exploded, he strafed out with a pre-fire and instantly strafed back.

"Nice used a flashbang to continue to demand the gun position; S1mple didn't fire and instantly strafed back; the gun position was demanded back once again." The dramatic scene got Ma Xixi excited, "Both sides are constantly using flashbangs, just to compete for the control of a gun position; they are playing very aggressively, determined not to let the gun position go."

"Both sides have already played with fire; others have come over to help; up to now, at least 10 flashbangs have been thrown at A Long, but they still haven't had a head-on firefight, all covering their eyes and grabbing timing."

【One for you, one for me; is this flashbang free?】

【So this is the A Long high-flash Qiezi wanted.】

【A Long is a press conference; I'm not joking!】

【This is professional-level discipline; both sides are too cautious.】

【It's all the Xbox smoke's fault.】

Both sides were playing very cautiously and didn't dare to strafe blindly.

Because whether it was Xu Beifang or S1mple, they both respected the opponent's gunplay very much and respected the sniper rifle in the opponent's hand.

Not using flashbangs to strafe blindly, the final result could be very miserable.

"Are there any more flashbangs? Throw another one!" Xu Beifang, after being forced back by the opponent's flashbang again, asked in the voice chat.

Both sides had played with real fire at this moment; the opponent's flashbangs must be running out too.

apEX shouted: "It's the last one!"

He was reminding Xu Beifang that if this shot didn't make a name for itself, they would have to directly abandon the map control of A Long.

In fact, playing until now, both sides constantly throwing flashbangs wasn't just a result of discipline.

It was also because Xu Beifang and S1mple were completely hot-headed; they both really wanted to kill the opponent, rather than force the opponent back.

Otherwise, S1mple would have had the opportunity to let his teammates directly throw an A Door smoke, blocking the vision of A Door.

Xu Beifang could also have called his teammates to throw an A Long corner smoke, forcing S1mple to lose the gun position.

But the two stubborn heads were already locked on at this moment.

apEX threw the flashbang, and S1mple's big sniper immediately fired; he changed his countdown rhythm again, wanting to predict Xu Beifang's playstyle.

"It seems Nice finally chose to play steady and didn't continue to fight with S1mple..." Ma Xixi thought this was a good thing; constantly competing with S1mple in the A Door area wasn't a rational decision.

"Wrong, Nice doesn't want to run!" Wanjiqi shouted loudly, "He is waiting for an opportunity!"

He had just keenly seen that Xu Beifang didn't retreat from A Door, but stopped inside A Door, as if waiting for something.

The next second, the flashbang thrown by Electronic exploded at A Long.

Xu Beifang and S1mple strafed out at the same time.

"Hiss..." Wanjiqi gasped; he understood this now; with apEX throwing the flash, Xu Beifang didn't not want to go out and grab the gun position, but wanted to seize an opportunity to directly kill S1mple!

Both sides strafed out at the same time, but Xu Beifang was prepared!

——Bang!

No one remembered how many times the big sniper had fired in this round.

But this time it was different, because it carried the smell of blood!

【Nice used AWP to kill S1mple】

"Yeah!!!!"

Cheers erupted from all over the arena; the constant competition for gun positions between the two sides filled everyone's emotions.

After Xu Beifang dealt with S1mple, the emotions of the audience that had been pulled were finally released, and they excitedly shouted loudly in the arena.

"Bean, A Long is broken! How do we play next??" The moment Xu Beifang killed S1mple, adrenaline was surging, and he shouted very loudly in the voice chat.

Although it was just one kill, playing against a master like S1mple felt truly different.

In the eyes of the audience, he and S1mple were just constantly using flashbangs to grab gun positions and then holding to fire.

But the change in S1mple's countdown time, the change in the timing of Xu Beifang's flash-peek, both were playing a game; the tug-of-war of details was truly very exciting.

It was just like that match he had with Faze; NIKO also brought him the same feeling.

But the feeling was also different; NIKO's gave people more of a feeling of pure gunplay.

While this guy S1mple had top-tier thinking, even playstyles that ordinary people couldn't imagine.

The thinking of these guys in gunfights, the games within those tiny details, were all enough to make one tremble.

After he got the kill, after his emotions briefly relaxed, the hand holding the mouse was slightly trembling.

apEX listened to the loud, somewhat piercing shout in his headset, and also happily explained the next tactic:

"Nice, you just stay at A Long, we'll coordinate a fake attack on A site; you make it look real, understand?"

"Understood!" Xu Beifang nodded.

He had already gained control of A Long, and the pressure was very sufficient.

apEX just wanted him to coordinate a fake attack on A at A Long, while the others turned to attack B.

Hearing this, Xu Beifang scoped in with his big sniper, directly demonstrating the "Wong Kar-wai style" sniper one-shot-to-the-end.

The big sniper scoped in and pushed forward all the way.

He wasn't afraid of the opponent counter-clearing, because the flashbang count of both sides was about the same; they had thrown three people's flashbangs, so NAVI should have thrown theirs too.

Unless Electronic directly strafed out and headshot him instantly, Xu Beifang's big sniper pushing flat was an advantage.

The big sniper pushed forward all the way, only stopping at the blue car.

Xu Beifang took another glance, confirmed no one was staying at the near point, and only then switched to a fire grenade, burning the blue car.

"Blue car is burning, A Short is also synchronizing with grenade explosions; NAVI is very awkward here, can only rush to counter-clear A Short with utility to suppress."

"The only good news is that Flamie has returned to A site; NAVI has 3 defensive players head-on; this wave depends on gunplay performance."

"But... sigh! Sigh!" Ma Xixi saw Vitality's move and said very surprised, "Vitality rotated? Then NAVI is very uncomfortable here!"

"However, at A Long, Nice is still pushing forward."

The first round of offense had been done, and the teammates were in the process of rotating.

Xu Beifang had to exert force at this time, just helping his teammates delay some time.

NAVI also discovered something wrong at this time, because this A Short was all thunder and no rain, plus the smoke grenade sealed in Mid, made them feel something was not quite right.

Electronic on the platform took the initiative to look at A Long.

——Bang!

【Nice used AWP to headshot kill Electronic】

"How come there's still a big sniper left at A Long?" Electronic was stunned the moment he was killed.

This made Zeus and Flamie awkward; they thought there was no movement at A Short, and the opponent had rotated to B.

As a result, there was still a big sniper at A Long; could it be that the opponent's A Short was just pretending to rotate, but actually still wanted to attack A Short?

He thought apEX was on the third floor, but apEX was still on the first floor?

Just then, the sound of gunfire came from B site.

Zeus finally understood everything; he had thought of apEX too complexly.

Edward only traded one, and the number of people reached 2-vs-4.

He was below A platform, and Flamie was above A platform; after consideration, he decided to move against A Long first, to remove this fly in the back.

Otherwise, even if they played this retake, Nice's existence would make them feel like a bone in their throat.

Xu Beifang carried his sniper rifle and walked forward; although he had already played with confidence.

But his reason remained.

He had fired at A Long before.

The teammates at B site hadn't fed back any information, so it was very likely the opponent hadn't gone far.

So he had to be careful.

His attention was highly concentrated, and soon, in one peek, he saw a CT on the platform at the top right.

But at the same time, he also saw a barrel exposed against the wall at the near point.

In a very short time, Xu Beifang made the most rational decision.

He directly took a step back, looking to the left.

"Little Xu is still looking for people; he has already gotten two kills this point, and the teammates' offense at B site is very smooth, so he isn't worried about dying, thinking about continuing to go out and find opportunities, but Zeus is against the wall at the corner below the platform, and Flamie is on A platform; this wave of CTs is prepared to double-peek to solve him."

"Little Xu actively exposed information, but this step back!!" Ma Xixi stood up directly at the commentary desk; he couldn't believe Xu Beifang's operation in front of him, "Little Xu, in the situation where two people appeared in his vision at the same time, took a step back to dodge Flamie's gun line; Zeus wanted to trade, but was directly taken away by Nice with a blind shot."

Although he was extremely rational, the opponent's angle was very close, leaving Xu Beifang with not much cover to shield his body.

So almost at the same time he got the kill, Xu Beifang had already thought about trying to use jump-strafing to disrupt Flamie's trade rhythm and win himself an opportunity to fire.

So in the moment of retreating, after killing Zeus who strafed out, Xu Beifang instantly switched to his knife, did a spin-jump towards the left wall, and switched back to his big sniper in the air.

Flamie's feel today wasn't good to begin with; three consecutive hours of confrontation had already caused problems with his gunplay.

He couldn't kill Xu Beifang in the first wave, so he was very anxious; the moment Zeus was killed, he panicked in his heart, very urgently chasing forward and spraying at Xu Beifang.

But sometimes the more anxious you are, the more abstract the operation becomes.

"Flamie sprayed a magazine, hitting Nice to low health, but Nice had already bolted; the big sniper counter-killed Flamie with one shot!!!" Wanjiqi shouted excitedly: "My god, this person is truly a god; no one can sanction him in this match! He just held his big sniper like this and pushed NAVI flat at A Long; the problem is NAVI really has no way to deal with him!!"

Amidst the cheers exploding on the scene, apEX turned his head and looked at Xu Beifang in disbelief:

"I swear, brother, I told you to fake attack, how did you kill everyone on the other side?"

JackZ laughed from the side: "You don't understand, Nice's idea is like this: as long as everyone on the other side is killed, isn't this fake attack very successful?"

Successfully reaching the match point, the emotions of the Vitality members were very high, bumping fists and making small jokes.

……

The NAVI fans in the arena were wailing endlessly.

They looked at the screen on the stage, very angry at their lack of success.

They found it hard to understand why NAVI had so many people holding them back.

The "Two Old Elders" weren't enough, and they had to have a Flamie.

Once S1mple died, the head-on battlefield couldn't be played at all.

For this match point, NAVI didn't create a miracle for them either; Zywoo continued to reward Nice with a sniper rifle, and he himself held an AK-47, directly dismantling NAVI's defense with a four-kill.

After the Dust II confrontation ended, some S1mple fans looked at the post-match stats with unwillingness.

S1mple:

Kills/Assists/Deaths: 36/5/16

Average Damage per Round: 123.9

Non-death rate: 89.3%

Rating 2.0: 1.91

His blood pressure went up instantly!

……

First day of live stream directing and coding, looks like the effect is okay... ===== CHAPTER 273 =====