Chapter 349: Five heads in six bullets!

Liquid fans' expectations were destined to fall through.

In the following rounds, the state Liquid displayed was obviously much worse than those previous rounds.

Actually, it was easy to understand; they had just won back a few points, the pressure in their hearts had dissipated somewhat, and a winning streak had made them regain confidence from Vitality.

But just as the team had a bit of momentum to take off, Xu Beifang gave them a head-on blow with a four-kill from a big sniper.

And if you wanted to say this wave was a head-on duel they couldn't win, that would be one thing.

But the problem was that this wave couldn't even be counted as a head-on duel. Liquid was equivalent to having a snake-skin bag put over their heads, and Xu Beifang was beating them with a flurry of "turtle punches."

With grievances they couldn't voice, it was called being stifled!

nitr0 was actually quite distressed. His consideration to rotate this round was mainly inferred from the data—Xu Beifang's form on map two didn't seem very good.

That was why he took the initiative to go and find trouble with Xu Beifang.

But after this wave was played, they were thoroughly disgusted.

However, the match wouldn't stop because of their psychological gap, and they didn't call a timeout to adjust. The two sides continued to compete in the match.

This led to the two sides entering a fierce battle in the latter half of the first half.

Every time nitr0 commanded an attack, it was a journey of heart-pounding fear.

Being able to watch jokes so leisurely was mainly because they had gained an advantage in the first half, and their own form was quite good.

"Alright, then JackZ and I will hang out outside the long pipe." Xu Beifang responded. They had also played this set of tactics in training; he wasn't the main attacking direction, but more so synchronizing on the flank.

Although the score was still trailing, their pressure wasn't that great.

"If you don't force Zywoo, you don't know how amazing Zywoo is." Lying on the chair, Xu Beifang praised casually.

Secondly, compared to Inferno, these 5 rounds could already give them a high margin for error.

Hearing this, apEX patted Zywoo's "swimming ring" with his hand: "You kid, are you really slacking off usually?"

Hearing this, Zywoo pouted cutely, looking aggrieved.

He actually wasn't slacking off, just a bit lazy in his playstyle.

The short halftime break ended, and the two sides returned to the second half of the match.

Zywoo's personality was very Buddhist. If someone asked him at this time, "Would you rather lose the match with a 2.02 rating or win the match with a 0.12 rating?"

Fortunately, Twistzz and Twistzz stood out in this quality matchup, and they could also produce very beautiful breakthroughs head-on.

Stealing an opening kill from time to time, occasionally playing clutches, and the first half ended.

Taking advantage of the swap between the two camps, Elige turned his head to look at the opposite side of the stage. Compared to their pressure, the faces of Vitality were all smiles.

The two of them were performing crazily, with scenes of double kills and triple kills emerging one after another.

He would definitely answer without hesitation to win the match.

Vitality swapped to the offensive side, serving as terrorists in the second half.

……

In previous matches, Xu Beifang had always been dictating the tempo head-on, and there were very few times he needed to perform. Zywoo also didn't have the idea of wanting to get more kills to brush up his data.

As long as they could win.

After the first half ended, the score was ultimately fixed at 10:5.

"Let's drive the train in the second half, playing a 3-2 B-pinch." apEX looked at the preparation time and began to arrange the tactics for the pistol round.

It was stewie2K here that made him somewhat speechless. As the information position in the team, stewie2K didn't get much information today, only helping to add bricks and tiles to Zywoo's data.

Just like him usually, if the match was going very smoothly, he wouldn't have any extra training outside of training time.

Because Vitality's twins were both in form.

For one, Overpass was a CT map; them being able to get 5 points could only be considered a small disadvantage.

He personally didn't value data much, as long as they could win.

"Xu Beifang can carry usually, I just need to hold the angle behind."

If the team's results weren't good, then he might watch two more recordings and play two more Faceit games.

Zywoo didn't answer, just smiled embarrassedly.

"Not bad." Elige took a long breath.

However, even relying on his teammates' outstanding performance to open up the situation several times, Liquid still didn't return to the tempo of scoring consecutively.

No way, if they executed an explosive bomb attack on B, Zywoo's form was too good.

North American clutch master NAF could occasionally steal a kill in this situation.

If they executed an explosive bomb attack on A, they had to face Xu Beifang again.

Xu Beifang didn't have much pressure. Although he was on the defensive side in the first half, the opponent didn't really want to come over and fight him.

apEX shouted: "Then maybe we'll have to arrange Xu Beifang in the back later, letting you go to the front to fight, stimulating your potential!"

But Zywoo's performance was outstanding enough that he instead became the person helping Zywoo hold the fort.

Xu Beifang, playing A solo, used a big sniper to exert pressure on A Site. In subsequent rounds, Liquid's attack became hesitant again.

Although NAF's data wasn't very good, nitr0 could also understand; the lurker was just such a position. If you couldn't get an effective numerical exchange head-on, it was very difficult for the lurker to perform.

After the countdown ended, apEX led his teammates to rush into the sewer.

This 3-2 B-pinch was also researched by him, mainly to release some fake information.

3 people drove the train in the sewer, clearing the sewer in a fast-trading posture, confirming no one was in the sewer, and then opening the door directly to pinch the construction site and the long pipe.

The overall tactics weren't complex, and even the fake information delivery was very shallow.

But Vitality didn't need overly complex tactics; the role of tactics ultimately served gunplay.

As long as this information could simply pull the B Site CT's positioning, then the role of their tactics was achieved.

The main force drove the train in the sewer, while Xu Beifang and JackZ waited for the opportunity outside the long pipe.

After the sewer was cleared, JackZ saw that his teammates' positions were ready and took the initiative to throw a construction site flash.

The two sides engaged in a firefight quickly, and Xu Beifang saw the kill information floating in the upper right corner:

【shox+apEX killed Twistzz with Glock headshot】

【shox+JackZ flashbang killed stewie2K with Glock headshot】

"Oh! Great shot!" Xu Beifang looked at the kill information and immediately asked JackZ for a flashbang, synchronizing and rushing out from the long pipe.

"JackZ's flashbang is in place, Xu Beifang chased and easily took down the completely blinded NAF. Now there is still a nitr0 in B1; how many can he catch?"

"nitr0's form exploded, catching one first. Is there a second one?"

"shox is playing this pistol really well!" Ma Xixi praised, "This simply doesn't give nitr0 a chance for a second shot, directly headshotting him!"

"Remaining is the last Elige, he has already retaken to B2. He is trying hard to find an opportunity to steal a few, but shox strafed over and fired again!"

MO "tsk"ed: "Worthy of being the original pistol king!"

Because the "sun" in the team was too dazzling, everyone couldn't see the light of the "stars."

But actually, shox's performance had always been quite good; it was just that he wasn't a monster like the twins, who could make multi-kills a norm.

shox had also once been a man who got ten kills in a pistol round in a single match!

His pistol, that was definitely not bad.

The audience at the venue offered applause for shox, and there were even male fans of shox who held up his light board, shouting excitedly in the stands.

After winning the pistol round, the match entered a force-buy round.

Knowing Liquid's personality, Vitality held their angles very calmly.

The audience saw a very wonderful point at this time. After defaulting for a while, Vitality, except for Xu Beifang, were all terrifyingly steady. Only Xu Beifang was probing at the front point, looking for opportunities.

Then, everyone watched him use two headshot kills to break through B Site.

apEX then came to B Site to plant the bomb.

Liquid was here this round to suppress Vitality's economy. Their primary goal was definitely a comeback, but if they could take down a few of Vitality's full-buy weapons, the result would actually be quite good.

So after consideration, they took the initiative to come over and try this clutch.

However, the final result was somewhat miserable.

They only traded for one full-buy weapon, which was just a Mac-10, so it didn't have much overall impact on Vitality.

Entering the third round of the second half, it was also an eco round.

Xu Beifang watched apEX buy a Mac-10 again, and the weak body of a "fly head" seemed to appear on his glasses.

He expressed understanding; he couldn't stop the preference.

He arrived at the T-spawn, his crosshair holding Mid, waiting for apEX's subsequent orders.

In an eco round, he didn't intend to be a special forces soldier. If an AK was lost in such a time, the team would have pressure later.

"Eco round, Liquid doesn't seem to be preparing to mind-game, taking the initiative to come to Mid, wanting to concentrate fire and fight."

"But this round Vitality's formation is concentrated on B Site, only Xu Beifang is at the T-spawn. Xu Beifang's positioning is a bit tricky; he might be able to run away directly."

A fly head suddenly appeared where the crosshair was holding the angle, followed by a flashbang exploding abruptly. Xu Beifang pulled the trigger and took a step back into the T-spawn.

【Nice+nitr0 flashbang killed Twistzz with headshot】

After his vision recovered, Xu Beifang saw the kill information in the upper right corner from the corner of his eye and raised his eyebrows.

But the footsteps coming from the front made him quickly focus his attention there.

Although Twistzz was headshot while pressing forward at the start, confirming there was only one at the T-spawn, a group of Liquid people came looking for him directly.

This round was Liquid's eco round; for them, even taking down one full-buy weapon from the opponent was considered a good result.

Elige, walking at the front of the team, held his crosshair tightly at the T-spawn.

Suddenly he saw a head pop out, and he immediately pulled his crosshair to the left.

"Bang!"

【Nice killed Elige with AK47 headshot】

"Still at the T-spawn!" Elige couldn't fire, but immediately passed the information to his teammates.

However, these two headshot kills had given Xu Beifang a feel for the game.

After taking down Elige, he immediately moved a body-width to the left and stood up again.

"Xu Beifang single-tapped twice in a row, directly blowing up the heads of Twistzz and Twistzz, but Liquid didn't intend to let him go and still pressed to the T-spawn."

"But Xu Beifang is still shooting, standing up and single-tapping again! Banana was killed instantly!"

The venue was in an uproar. Single-tap killing is a way of firing with a very small margin for error, and the difficulty is very high.

This way of firing proves that the player is also extremely confident in himself.

And Xu Beifang at this moment, even if the opponent rushed to his face, was still using the single-tap method to deal with the enemies in front of him, which was a bit exaggerated!

NAF jiggled left and right very smartly, making Xu Beifang miss a single-tap. Just when NAF thought there was a chance to counter-kill, Xu Beifang's second bullet hit his head.

"Sloth was also one-tapped by Xu Beifang. He used 5 bullets to get four kills, and there is still the last nitr0 behind throwing a flash, knowing he is already in Mid. Should he go find him?"

"Found him!"

……

In Vitality's voice chat, the initial two single-tap playstyles were completely coincidental, but the subsequent duels were Xu Beifang's head-on active operations.

Xu Beifang's current playstyle is more based on pre-aiming-positioning-recoil control.

He had practiced this kind of *onetap* playstyle for a period of time and played it well, but the margin for error was small, so he operated like this relatively rarely.

But listening to the shouts coming from outside the headphones, Xu Beifang finally understood why NIKO liked *onetap* so much.

This way of firing, once operated, is really refreshing!

Adrenaline soared at this moment, and Xu Beifang shouted excitedly in the voice chat: "Give me a five-kill, give me a five-kill!"

apEX also shouted quickly: "The last one is in Mid, seems to be hugging the wall on the right!"

Xu Beifang carried the AK and searched for him with big steps. Listening to apEX's report, he turned his head directly to look toward the sewer direction.

But halfway through searching, a bullet hit from the side.

A "bang" sound hit Xu Beifang's skull, making a crisp sound.

Instinctively, he turned his head and flicked his gun.

"Bang!"

【Nice killed nitr0 with AK47 headshot】

"Nice is looking for the last CT, but his judgment of nitr0's position seems to have some errors. nitr0 is not on the right, but in the toilet! nitr0 caught a perfect side..."

"But a blind-vision turn-around kill! Another *onetap*! Nice, are you really kidding me? Although it's an ANTI-ECO, 5 headshots in 6 bullets, is this too exaggerated? Too incredible, what kind of positioning ability is this!"

The English commentary was venting his emotions crazily. From his perspective, this wave was really exaggerated, no less than those wonderful breakthroughs in full-buy rounds.

Because this round was entirely the upper limit of the player's aiming ability.

5 headshots in 6 bullets—even if you brought over that headshot brother who only hits heads, he might not be able to pull it off.

When the last kill appeared, Xu Beifang roared excitedly at the teammates beside him, releasing his emotions.

Although it was only an eco round, the hot form, coupled with the interaction of the audience at the venue, had made him high.

Listening to the shouts of the surrounding audience, NIKO on the stands covered his forehead with a painful face.

The big rain god took a look and then asked loudly: "What's wrong with you?"

NIKO replied: "This *onetap* is so refreshing, it made me bite my teeth to pieces."

Don't fear brothers suffering, fear brothers driving a Land Rover.

Single-tap shooting was originally NIKO's strength, and he was very fond of this way of firing.

Seeing this highlight reel played by Xu Beifang, he really wanted to rush onto the stage, pull Xu Beifang and say: "V you 50, let me play this round."

"I feel like Mai is crawling on me now!" NIKO said, then arched his back restlessly like a wild boar.

Hearing this answer, the rain god was speechless.

……

Vitality's tempo in the early second half was very smooth, but Liquid's pressure was already pulled to the max. The score gap between the two sides was widening further, and they urgently hoped to regain the tempo of the match.

In the first full-buy round, Liquid chose an unexpected second-wave construction site counter-clear, successfully gaining a numerical advantage during the firefight, helping them win back a point.

However, just when Liquid breathed a sigh of relief, Vitality's fast A Site speed-up, relying on Zywoo and JackZ's performance, took the tempo back again.

14:6.

They were only two rounds away from ending this map!

apEX turned his head to ask Xu Beifang: "About how much economy does the opponent have?"

Xu Beifang calculated simply in his mind: "They saved 3 AKs in the first full-buy round, and we wiped out their guns in the last round. This round they should be able to barely piece together a full-buy round."

"But if they buy this round, then Liquid will have no economy for the match point."

apEX took over: "Did you hear that, brothers? As long as we win this key round, we've basically taken map two!"

Once apEX said this, the members of Vitality felt different.

Although winning this map didn't represent the final victory.

But in the BO5 match, they had already taken two maps.

They could be considered to have crushed them by a large score, and the opponent's mental pressure would be very, very huge!

"Then Liquid will probably treat this round as the last round to play. They should play very aggressively, maybe they will perform some unconventional, all-or-nothing operations." apEX began to arrange, "In that case, we'll play a 1-3-1. Xu Beifang, you play alone near the long pipe, shox, you cut off Overpass. We'll try to actively let them out and see if we can lock them in the construction site in the second wave."

apEX gave the order, and Xu Beifang also followed the tactics.

He came directly outside the long pipe alone.

However, because it was a solo playstyle, he didn't need to contest the points.

Looking at the long pipe smoke given by the opponent, Xu Beifang calculated the time roughly, and then held the AK and sprayed a burst through the smoke at the long pipe crossing.

The opponent didn't wallbang, and Xu Beifang also hung directly on the wall outside the long pipe. This position can be hung using the gliding technique.

The opponent scouting from the other side of the long pipe couldn't see his vision either.

"Vitality is playing very steadily this round. shox gave a few flashbangs in Mid and then didn't move."

"stewie2K here heard the footsteps of many people in the sewer and actively retreated. Liquid is playing very cautiously this round."

"However, A Site felt the pressure and retreated. On B Site, Twistzz is actively sticking to the long pipe, preparing to defend at the near point of the long pipe? Is he planning to push out directly!!"

Ma Xixi raised his eyebrows: "Twistzz has a lot of ideas, planning to take information by pushing out actively after the smoke grenade dissipates, but Xu Beifang is still hanging on the wall playing with his knife..."

The time was about right, and Xu Beifang intended to actively probe for vision, or push to the near point of the long pipe and synchronize with his teammates.

But the moment he came down from the wall and peeked to the right, he saw a fly head inside the long pipe.

This gave Xu Beifang a fright; he didn't expect the opponent to push at this time.

But even though he was startled, he still reacted very quickly.

Directly a step back and crouch, then positioning and aiming.

"Rat-tat-tat!"

【Nice killed Twistzz with AK47 headshot】

"Long pipe entered!!" Twistzz, who was killed, shouted in the voice chat.

His face was somewhat unhappy. He had pushed forward for a long time and was just about to search the left side hugging the wall when Xu Beifang peeked out from the right.

He immediately took his crosshair to position, but felt the opponent just crouched, and he died instantly.

apEX was originally waiting for a timing, waiting for the opponent to make a mistake.

But suddenly seeing the kill Xu Beifang got in the upper right corner, he shouted excitedly: "Go go go, synchronize with Xu Beifang and hit B!"

Although he was excited, he didn't lose his head, but calmly threw two flashbangs, then opened the door and led his teammates to rush into the construction site.

"After securing the opening kill, Vitality started their attack directly!"

Ma Xixi quickly interpreted the information from the director's camera: "Xu Beifang secured the opening kill, but this round there is still a big sniper from nitr0 on B2. This big sniper is holding the long pipe directly, and the construction site utility didn't come that fast."

"NAF is helping to hold the bomb site crossing on B1. This position is quite tricky."

After securing the kill, Xu Beifang didn't wait for his teammates in the first instance.

Because the attack started suddenly, his position was slightly disconnected from his teammates.

At this time, if he waited for his teammates and didn't actively disrupt the opponent's tempo, letting the opponent spread their utility, then it would be unplayable.

So he basically relied on individual ability, trying to find a way to get a second kill and help his teammates get information.

Xu Beifang threw a fire directly at the oil drum, confirmed no one was standing there, and pushed toward the cylinder quickly with pre-aim.

Throughout the pushing process, he kept guarding against the possibility of someone peeking out from the cylinder.

On the Overpass map, this cylinder is an accident-prone area.

If facing Faze, they would let you know how terrifying this position is.

The opponent didn't trade immediately, so Xu Beifang used the cylinder to jiggle and take a look underwater.

"—Bang!"

The big sniper's bullet drifted past his side, and only then did Xu Beifang realize there was another big sniper on B2.

"Ruthless, bought a no-armor big sniper!" He quickly explained this information and continued his breakthrough.

Although the big sniper on B2 had disappeared, he understood very well that there must still be one person on B Site.

nitr0 wasn't that kind of big-hearted mind-game IGL; his style was actually quite steady.

So this kind of double-B defense, and also sending people to push forward, he shouldn't be able to do it.

Especially when the second gun was a big sniper, this possibility was even smaller.

So Xu Beifang judged that there should still be one member on B Site, helping to watch the construction site area.

His teammates' smoke grenade had arrived, and B2 was completely sealed.

At this time, jiggling to look underwater, his peripheral vision saw a fly head on the left side of B1, above the crosshair, spraying at his position.

The opponent fired first. If he fired now, unless he one-tapped this fly head on B1, he definitely wouldn't win.

So he didn't stop his footsteps, but moved directly backward.

NAF was very anxious now. Originally, watching Xu Beifang search the point poorly, he could have hit a side with a spray.

But Xu Beifang's movement was really outrageous, deceiving all his pre-aiming.

After Xu Beifang took two body-widths, he pressed the opposite direction key, stopped, positioned, and fired.

"Rat-tat-tat!"

【Nice killed NAF with AK47 headshot】

"Brothers, come in quickly, B bomb site is already empty, come over and plant the bomb!" While shouting in the voice chat, Xu Beifang's footsteps didn't stop.

After taking down NAF, he still needed to complete his main mission: find the sniper's position and take this sniper rifle out.

That sniper had already disappeared before the B2 smoke exploded, but Xu Beifang could roughly calculate that he had already reached B1 at this moment.

He didn't care at all and arrived at the near point of B1 with big steps.

Then he started jiggling at the near point.

nitr0 saw Xu Beifang's arm, but after all, he wasn't a top sniper, so he didn't dare to fire in such a small body-width.

He still wanted to wait until Xu Beifang's body was exposed before shooting Xu Beifang to death with one shot.

But Xu Beifang wasn't here to tease nitr0. Two small jiggles in a row, followed by a big body-width crouch-strafe.

The top-tier technique learned from XANTARES made nitr0 take his hands off the keyboard directly.

"This Xu Beifang really just chases Liquid and hits them, but the problem is Liquid really can't beat him!"

"Look at this B Site wave, it's completely a solo operation. One person breaks through the long pipe, one person eats NAF, and then goes to eat the big sniper. How are you letting Liquid play?"

"This head-on gunplay is completely not on the same level. Even if Xu Beifang didn't slaughter crazily this match, as long as he breaks through, Liquid simply can't defend. How are you supposed to fix this?"

The audience at the venue were all cheering for their opponents; this feeling was very uncomfortable.

However, at this moment, nitr0 could only speak calmly: "Save weapons, keep two full-buy weapons, we'll have a chance for a comeback at match point later."

Elige and stewie2K didn't say anything and chose to find a place to start saving weapons.

But how could Vitality not think of what they could think of?

After confirming that Liquid wasn't retaking, Vitality started their weapon-confiscation operation directly.

Ultimately, the weapon confiscation ended at the cost of 3 for 2, but Liquid suffered a blood loss because they had no full-buy weapons at match point!

The score reached 15:6.

Although Liquid really wanted to operate, in the absence of economy, the match had lost its suspense.

Vitality, with full weapons and full grenades, didn't give Liquid any chance. A very simple second-wave explosive bomb attack on A—although Twistzz's gunplay performed, using a Desert Eagle to headshot two in a row, it still couldn't affect the final result.

Accompanied by apEX blowing up the head of the last retaking member, mist erupted around the stage, and the match screen of map two froze.

The score reached 16:6.

On this map chosen by Liquid, they only took 6 points from Vitality.

This was also the second map taken by Vitality in this final. In the confrontation of this final, Vitality had prioritized taking their match point!

They were only one step away from lifting the Cologne trophy!

…… ===== CHAPTER 350 =====