Chapter 351: Launching a Wide-Area Bombardment!

At night, inside the Lanxess Arena in Cologne, a draft blows through, and the moonlight is so dazzling.

The dome lights sweep across the arena, and what emerges on camera are faces full of excitement and fervor; they wave cheering sticks or clutch their jerseys with both hands, showing the teams they support to the camera. As the images on the screen shift, the intense roar of the crowd startles the birds and beasts around the arena.

With nearly twenty thousand spectators in the arena, watching the match enter Map 3, everyone is releasing their pent-up excitement.

Liquid fans feel uneasy, yet they hope their Primary Team can emerge from their predicament, rise up in this desperate situation, and complete this incredibly difficult reverse sweep. However, they also understand that the possibility is extremely slim; quite a few Liquid fans have already left the arena after the failures on the first two maps to go outside and smoke to calm down.

But those who remain are here precisely because they want to witness the birth of a miracle.

A stifling atmosphere spreads among the fan groups.

"Woohoo! It's 2-0. Vitality wouldn't really sweep Liquid in this Cologne, would they?" NIKO wears a smile on his face; he thoroughly enjoys the nightclub-like atmosphere of the Lanxess Arena, and coupled with his own fame, it is easy for him to become the center of attention in the crowd.

Compared to the stifling mood of the Liquid fans, the members of Faze appear very joyful.

Although they were eliminated early, it is precisely because of this that they can watch this final without any pressure.

The peak data for a CSGO major tournament in history was still created by NIKO during his time at Mouz.

Because that guy stewie2K is particularly arrogant, there is no shortage of people among Professional Players who dislike him.

Thinking of this, he suddenly understood why Xu Beifang likes to read netizens' discussions after matches so much.

At the A Connector position, one can hear the footsteps under A Slope.

In their view, the third map of this final is officially starting!

Vitality vs TeamLiquid

Map: Vertigo

This is a Pistol Round tactic that Vitality had prepared beforehand, inspired by Xu Beifang seeing Team Astralis use HE Grenades to repeatedly blow up NIKO.

But this time, Vitality has stepped on all the major teams to get here, so the quality of their run is truly maxed out.

Although Vitality knows how to play this map, the number of times they have actively selected it is relatively low, and another reason is that Xu Beifang's position on this map is rather awkward.

T: nitr0, Elige, NAF, stewie2K, Twistzz

CT: apEX, Nice, shox, JackZ, ZywOo

The match officially begins!

"Come on! Brothers, we've arrived at the familiar Vertigo again, let's get hyped, shall we?" apEX rubs his hands together; they have a lot of preparation for this map and are ready to unleash it all today. He is very curious about the audience's Reaction after these tactics are executed.

But the A Slope position is too long, and when playing as CT, it is slightly difficult to push forward to get information.

Hearing the information relayed by apEX, Xu Beifang is not at all polite and directly starts to peek out from the A Slope side to scout.

But at first glance, he really didn't see any information.

Thus, his favorability toward Liquid also dropped quite a bit.

Xu Beifang's performance after entering the Playoffs can also be called the best individual show in CSGO history.

If one says that the map Nuke is a paper-skinned map, where everything can be wall-banged.

When you put a lot of effort into something, you naturally want feedback from the people around you later.

The brief exchange ends, and everyone acts according to the plan.

"Only one map left until victory, everyone get active and communicate more." After apEX reminds them, he begins to arrange the Pistol Round tactics: "For the Pistol Round, Xu Beifang and shox buy Half Armor to scout, ZywOo and JackZ follow me to buy utility, and we'll play that Bomb Tactics set later."

However, in that major tournament, Mouz only played 5 maps in total; the number of matches was not high, and the overall quality of early CSGO was not this high either.

He and Xu Beifang are equivalent to two extremes.

Then the map Vertigo is a steel-skinned map; the sound of footsteps in many areas can be transmitted very, very far.

His playstyle is relatively aggressive and forward-leaning.

"Fine, then I'll go directly to the forward point to scout, apEX you take information in Mid," Xu Beifang responds.

The audience present already understands that regardless of the win or loss of this match, Xu Beifang has already become a phenomenal player.

If one hears no movement under A Slope, one can also shift the focus to the B Site or the Mid area.

Discovering that even though Xu Beifang only got 1.41 data on Map 2, the data from the first two maps combined is also very exaggerated; in the upcoming match, as long as his rating can exceed 1.5, he will be able to break the best historical data created by NIKO.

In today's match, Liquid was suppressed the entire time, and coupled with stewie2K's incredibly poor performance, this led many people to come and watch the drama.

Xu Beifang, who is responsible for soloing, walks with big strides toward the A Slope direction.

If Vitality really 3-0s Liquid in this Cologne, then they have witnessed the birth of a new king.

Xu Beifang has good relationships with most Professional Players in the circle; his sunny + social butterfly attributes make him very well-connected in the circle.

It is somewhat unethical for people who can't even make it into the Playoffs to mock the teams in the finals, but the inner secret joy cannot be stopped.

"Vertigo appears relatively rarely in everyone's field of vision, so the tactics of both sides are still relatively fresh." Ma Xixi analyzes while looking at the mini-map, "Vitality and Liquid are both playing unconventional things; Vitality has three sets of utility, Liquid has two sets of utility, both are prepared to execute tactics."

From this technique, many playstyles can be derived.

apEX is at the A Connector, bowing his head to listen for movement.

"Nothing seen under A Slope, pay attention to Mid and B."

However, Liquid is clearly also very savvy; they didn't expose any information at the start.

When encountering those simple-minded teams, listening for movement here at the start allows one to rotate to Retake A early if there is a lot of movement under A Slope.

Moreover, quite a few people calculated the data.

stewie2K, on the other hand, has very poor relationships with most professionals in the circle; even as a CSGO player, one can often see him trash-talking with some player on the Ladder.

However, there was no movement at all below. After holding the angle for a while, Xu Beifang still cautiously pushed forward from the Yellow Cloth.

This is a small technique.

"But Vitality's tactic is quite strange, three people stayed near CT Spawn, are they preparing to wait for information from both sides before Retaking?"

MO's Reaction is quite fast; having once been a professional in-game leader, he has a natural sensitivity to this tactic:

"This HE Grenade should be prepared to directly blow up the bomb carrier; they will likely let people into the Bomb Site from the front... Look at Xu Beifang's position, he is also pushing out at the second timing, so this wave is very obvious; Vitality is preparing to give up the B Bomb Site and then catch Liquid in a trap!"

"Now it depends on Liquid's choice, but they are highly likely to hit B as well; although there are 4 people in Mid, there is also one person left under B1, they should be preparing to execute a B-split."

Both sides are moving very slowly, and Liquid is very meticulously taking Map Control of Mid.

nitr0 confirmed there was no aggressive push in Mid, and seeing his teammates in position at B1, he spoke: "Push forward, prepare to execute the site take with utility!"

At 1:10, the Liquid group actively peeked, cleared the close angles in Mid, and confirmed it was empty; the group quickly aimed and deployed their utility.

A Smoke Grenade under the Jump Platform blocked the CT Spawn vision of Mid, but this smoke did not fully cover Mid, and apEX immediately tried to skirt the smoke to sneak past.

Yet Liquid did not overlook this detail; a fire quickly forced apEX back from his position.

On the CT Spawn side, Zywoo and JackZ also had their vision cut off by a smoke, and for the first moment, they could only fire a few random shots toward Connector.

(Liquid's utility execution is roughly as shown in the image)

(Adding another map of the B site positioning and callouts)

(This map has a slight error; the middle-lower area is not called Jump Platform, it is called Ninja Spot, and the pillar next to Three Boxes is called Headshot Position)

"Liquid's utility execution is quite successful; they used their utility to split Vitality's battlefield!" Ma Xixi spoke faster, "Now shox is left alone inside the B Bomb Site. He knows the information that there are many people in Mid, so he chooses to actively push out!"

"But NAF is also applying pressure from B Stairs, shaking his body at the Headshot Position to constantly bait shox; this time, shox is done for!"

"Fortunately, before the opponent could find him, his Gunplay performance managed to take down NAF. Both sides traded one-for-one, but Nice, who was pushing forward, has already arrived at B Stairs. This time, it is actually Vitality that has trapped Liquid on the Bomb Site."

shox trading for NAF in the end really helped Xu Beifang a lot.

"You guys find an opportunity to act on the front, give them a little pressure." Xu Beifang communicated quickly over voice chat, "My position is very mysterious right now; as long as you can get a kill on the front, I can definitely sneak a side shot!"

"Mm, no rush, just wait for them to plant the bomb." apEX's stable state allowed his somewhat excited teammates to calm down.

Although Liquid's tactic put them in a somewhat passive position, when Xu Beifang designed the tactics, he had considered this situation, so he had carefully studied the utility aim points for both A and B sites.

Besides apEX who was still holding an angle, Shushu and JackZ had finished aiming and were ready.

"Beep—"

Hearing the opponent start to plant the bomb, apEX immediately turned to aim and shouted quickly: "3, 2, 1, go!"

At this moment, the Vitality CT Spawn trio was like teammates driving a single mech; from the observer's perspective, they looked like one person operating three computers, jumping and throwing their HE Grenades at the exact same time.

"nitr0 enters the Bomb Site without taking damage, confirms the site is empty, and directly plants a default bomb, but nitr0 doesn't know that Vitality was waiting for exactly this!" Ma Xixi's voice was very excited because, after MO pointed out the possible tactics earlier, he was already looking forward to the final scene.

The observer pulled the camera to the third-person view; on the broadcast screen, one could see three HE Grenades flying toward the Bomb Site in a perfect arc.

Wide-area bombardment is being deployed!

nitr0 was planting the bomb and communicating with his teammates, considering how to play the Clutch, when suddenly he saw several unidentified objects flying over.

He didn't even have time to think before everything went black.

"Boom!"

【apEX+ZywOo killed nitr0 with an HE Grenade】

Excited shouts spread throughout the venue; excellent individual ability makes the audience marvel, but they love top-tier utility and tactics just as much!

"Hiss!" The sudden change made Twistzz gasp.

His Reaction was fast, and he happened to be holding that direction; the moment he saw the HE Grenades flying over, he sensed something was wrong and immediately pulled to the side.

Yet even so, those HE Grenades still blew away a full 76 HP from him.

Twistzz sighed at his narrow escape.

"Puff!"

【Nice+JackZ killed Twistzz with a USP】

In the world of CSGO, surviving a disaster doesn't necessarily mean good fortune follows, but there will definitely be a Trade Kill.

Twistzz froze for a second before reacting, shouting the callout in voice chat: "People coming from B Slope!"

He hadn't seen anyone on the front just now, so it could only be bullets from the side.

However, Xu Beifang did not stop; after getting one kill, he took advantage of the Terrorists still being in chaos and Firing wildly.

"Beifang took the shot the moment the bomb planter was blown up; the timing was chosen perfectly!" Ma Xixi praised, "The low-HP Twistzz was directly taken down by a Trade Kill, and Banana, who was preparing to go pick up the bomb, was taken out from the side before he even knew what happened."

"Elige, who was behind One Box, only realized what was happening then and pulled out to trade Beifang, but Beifang had already completed his mission; he did what he was supposed to do!"

After this chaotic exchange, the 4v4 Clutch became a 3v1.

Although they were three CTs without Armor, once they confirmed Elige was at the One Box position, the three of them pushed forward together; Elige was not particularly skilled with a handgun to begin with, and he quickly died under concentrated fire.

The score was 1:0; Vitality relied on a battle of wits to win the Pistol Round.

The Pistol Round ended, and the observer was replaying the highlight kills.

【This tactic is truly top-tier!】

【A grenade barrage at CT Spawn, I'm not joking!】

【Watching Liquid's utility execution so smoothly, I thought Liquid was going to win this round, but then...】

【Liquid has been playing really badly in Pistol Rounds lately】

【Ji Ge really threw this round, letting his teammates get flanked】

Watching the scene of the three HE Grenades blowing up nitr0, MO said: "Vitality is still quite bold; three HE Grenades in a Pistol Round to blow up the bomb planter directly—this synchronization was very beautiful."

"Why do I say they are bold? Because the risk of this playstyle is also very high. If Liquid hadn't chosen to split B but instead rushed CT Spawn to get kills, they would have been at a disadvantage in the direct aim duel."

In the game of CSGO, Armor not only represents damage reduction but also allows you to maintain your aim during a duel even after being hit.

If you don't buy Armor, when hit by a bullet, your entire perspective will jerk upward, making it impossible to maintain a steady aim in a frontal duel.

"Another point is that Beifang played well; he took the shot during the chaos at the Bomb Site, getting two consecutive kills and expanding the man-count advantage—this was too critical."

Elige felt a bit helpless; this was purely a matter of timing, or rather, he hadn't thought that far ahead.

When the Bomb Site was hit by HE Grenades and the bomb was suddenly dropped, he immediately intended to come over to help hold an angle to ensure the bomb could be planted on the front.

But who could have guessed that after he had held B Stairs for an eternity, Xu Beifang would suddenly pop out at that exact moment.

Because they failed to plant the bomb in the Pistol Round, Liquid chose to Force Buy immediately after.

Although Twistzz used a Desert Eagle to Pre-aim and kill apEX at A Long Slope right at the start, Xu Beifang held his ground at A Slope, using cover to peek, and forcibly got 3 kills from that position, coordinating with his teammates to successfully take the round.

In the subsequent eco rounds, Liquid couldn't create any miracles, and Vitality successfully pushed the tempo to a Full Buy Round.

"Let's focus on gathering information for the first Full Buy Round, a standard 2-2-1 start. Zywoo, you hang out at the B Bomb Site alone with the Sniper Rifle, and shox and I will apply a little pressure in Mid."

On the map Vertigo, for Map Control of Mid, both sides only go so far.

It is very difficult for the Terrorist to control Mid, and it is also very hard for the CT to push up.

Xu Beifang called JackZ to A Site; he threw a Smoke Grenade at A Slope at the start, then peeked at the close angle, preparing to coordinate with Old Jack's Flashbang to perform a retake at the second timing.

But just as they arrived, they heard a shout from the voice chat: "Lots of people under B Stairs, the opponents might be rushing!"

The urgent voice made Xu Beifang and his teammate instantly tense up, and they immediately began to Retake.

But while still on the way to retake, Xu Beifang saw the kill feed in the top right corner constantly scrolling.

【ZywOo killed Elige with an AWP】

【ZywOo + nitr0 (Flashbang) killed stewie2K with an AWP Headshot】

"Nice, Shushu!" Xu Beifang shouted excitedly, "Use utility to stall for time, our retake is arriving immediately."

Liquid wanted to go for a direct B rush to catch them off guard.

The opponents' plan succeeded; at this timing, only Zywoo was at Bomb Site B with an AWP.

But Zywoo, defending B alone, used his individual skill to force the opponents back.

Two consecutive kills successfully delayed the opponents' offensive rhythm.

Liquid did not want to reorganize a second wave, and with stewie2K calling out that Zywoo was heavily damaged, the Liquid players spread out their utility and rushed up directly.

However, Zywoo used his AWP to trade one more, and the player count for both sides became 4 vs 2.

Although Liquid entered the Bomb Site and planted the bomb, this Clutch was still impossible to play.

A wave of continuous rhythm directly secured 4 points; this was definitely a good start!

The Vitality members bumped fists, stabilized their Mindset; in such an advantageous matchup, they didn't need to release too much emotion, staying calm was enough.

"The fifth round officially begins. Although the first Full Buy Round wasn't won, by planting the bomb, Liquid's economy is still quite good."

"Twistzz here has even bought Full Armor and an AK, coming directly to B Site. What is this situation? Are they planning to rush B right from the start?"

"But Zywoo has also brought his AWP over to look for an opportunity this round... but Twistzz!!"

"Twistzz's AK just shredded Zywoo; is he planning to open a barbershop on Vertigo today?"

"shox is fighting Twistzz at the Wooden Board close angle; he wants to use utility to stall for time, but Twistzz sprayed him down through the wall, B Site has fallen instantly!"

"apEX is retaking from Mid, but Twistzz has already turned into a mad dog; he just sprayed down apEX as well!"

"Twistzz is on fire, he is still looking for people, but Beifang, who was retaking, finally sanctioned him, ending the sinful life of the entry-fragging maniac."

Watching the killed Twistzz, Ma Xixi breathed a sigh of relief. Twistzz was a bit too fierce this round; looking at his posture, he was prepared to kill all the CTs before stopping.

However, even though Xu Beifang took down Twistzz, the round was still very difficult.

1 minute and 20 seconds into the round, Xu Beifang and JackZ needed to face this 2v4 Clutch.

A 2v4 Clutch does have some room for maneuvering.

It's just that Liquid still had too much utility, and using it stopped them in their tracks.

He and JackZ were both retaking from CT Spawn, and the angle was a bit stiff.

Xu Beifang did try to Double Peek with JackZ under the Jump Platform, but except for the crazy Twistzz, everyone else was very calm and didn't give Xu Beifang any chance at all.

Finally, as Liquid's utility dissipated, Xu Beifang tried to find an opportunity, but was taken down by the opponents' Crossfire.

JackZ failed to Trade Kill and decisively chose to pick up an AK47 and run away.

With the explosion of the C4 at B Site, Liquid finally secured their first point of the match.

Vitality didn't pay much attention to losing this round.

But in the next round, apEX actively moved his defensive focus closer to Mid.

However, what he didn't expect was that Liquid chose to go for a fast A Site rush this round.

Xu Beifang was playing A alone; he also planned to scout at A Slope at the start, and intended to trade shots with the opponents.

But after hearing tons of footsteps under A Slope, he decisively abandoned this idea, threw an Incendiary Grenade at the A Slope close angle, and immediately retreated to the Bomb Site.

After entering the Full Buy Round, Liquid regained their feel and strategy.

At least in terms of the game, Vitality wasn't having it as easy.

The map characteristics are right there; this is, after all, a map that favors the Terrorist.

Why this map favors the Terrorist can be seen from the defense of A Site.

Most of the positions that the CT can reach at the first timing have no cover, or the cover is very awkward, making it easy to be cleared out by utility.

Even the Bomb Site position must be played in coordination with A-Small control; otherwise, even the Bomb Site is a position that is extremely difficult to hold.

Xu Beifang retreated to the Bomb Site, and his teammates' retake speed was very fast; they immediately threw back Smoke Grenades and HE Grenades, attempting to trade utility with Liquid so that Liquid couldn't plant the bomb.

However, for Liquid to seal off their vision, only two Smoke Grenades were enough.

And most of their Incendiary Grenades had already been used at the start.

So Liquid quickly planted the bomb.

And the five members of Vitality could only stand at the Bomb Site, facing the opponents' Crossfire to play this Clutch.

After probing for a while, they were constantly pushed back by Flashbangs.

After consideration, apEX made a decision that went against his ancestors—a five-man Save Weapon.

"Hiss..." Ma Xixi gasped, "Vitality has started this too? All five people just left; does the current Vitality play this way now?"

Five-man Save Weapon is usually a playstyle of Astralis.

In a 5v5 retake, if Astralis feels the situation isn't going well, they will eventually choose a 5-man Save Weapon, a rational playstyle that preserves the team's error tolerance.

But for this kind of rational playstyle to appear on Vitality is still very surprising.

After all, apEX is a notoriously emotional hothead.

However, the saved Long Guns did not help Vitality regain the score.

In the following round, apEX put the focus back on A Site, but the map's characteristics are here, and the defensive positions are all a bit too disadvantaged.

Although Xu Beifang was able to consistently trade kills in the A area, it was difficult for him to land decisive kills; often, after getting one or two, he would be followed up by Liquid's trade kills.

Having regained their feel for the game, Liquid finally played at the level they were capable of.

The audience could clearly see that Liquid's individual skill was no match for Nice's; this could be seen from the fact that Xu Beifang was constantly getting the entry kill in the A area, and even had room to spare to hunt for a second kill.

It was just that Liquid's overall feel for the game had picked up, and the pressure they exerted head-on was more than just 1+1=2.

The 4:1 scoreline had, in the blink of an eye, evolved into 4:7.

They had been hit by a continuous scoring streak from Liquid and were a bit dazed; seeing that the situation was not looking good, XTQZZZ took the initiative to call a timeout.

In these few rounds of offense, Liquid hadn't shown anything particularly special, mostly just some details: holding angles in Default, and then quick trade kills.

If you had to mention an outstanding tactic, it was at most in the 8th round, when Liquid performed a Triple Boost on the A Slope Platform and successfully picked off JackZ.

The problem Vitality needed to face now was that they couldn't gain much of a man-advantage on this A Slope, or rather, when the opponent's Explosive Bomb Attack came, they had no advantage and no position to allow them to play this Clutch.

"This map's A is really hard to defend..." JackZ complained after entering the timeout.

If it were purely a case of losing head-on aim duels, then he would have nothing to say; after all, it was a matter of Gunplay, and if you're bad, you just need to practice more.

But he and Xu Beifang were constantly being pushed back by utility, their defensive positions continuously being conceded, which was very frustrating to play.

Shushu suggested: "How about we put more people on A? I can actually play Single B Defense, as long as one of you is at A Link helping me control Mid."

"That doesn't have much meaning. If we release too much pressure on A Slope, Liquid will just rotate... They've played like that before," apEX said.

The voice chat fell into silence again.

On the defensive side, their strengths were all small tricks, like One-way Smoke, or holding angles in various positions to pick people off...

Their more prepared tactics were concentrated on the offensive side.

The control time for A Slope being too short made it very uncomfortable for them to play.

Xu Beifang also fell into deep thought, and then suddenly, a flash of inspiration struck him; a distant memory suddenly flashed into his mind: "Dou Dou, I'm going to play something crazy in a moment, but it requires a 3A start in the early stage. Can you help me apply pressure under A Slope?"

"Applying pressure under A Slope, that's no problem, but using utility, I can only stall them for a while," apEX responded.

Xu Beifang nodded: "That will be enough."

Listening to Xu Beifang's firm reply, although the others didn't know what strategy Xu Beifang was going to play, they felt much more at ease.

After the timeout ended, Xu Beifang pulled JackZ directly toward the Sandbag: "JackZ, crouch here and be a boost for me; I'm going to jump to the back and play like a rat."

Every top player's ultimate destination is to become a rat; there is absolutely nothing wrong with that statement.

If you can consistently trade kills, who would want to go head-to-head in aim duels?

Although JackZ didn't understand what Xu Beifang wanted to do, he still crouched on the railing.

Xu Beifang jumped directly from the railing onto JackZ's head, and then used a technique to jump to the left while turning his body.

When he heard a "click" sound and Xu Beifang stepped onto the iron, he understood in his heart that this maneuver of his had succeeded.

Xu Beifang held down "W" to ensure he wouldn't fall off, and only then did he start holding the Bomb Site.

"Ready!"

Hearing Xu Beifang's response, JackZ finally looked up.

He didn't know until he looked, and he was shocked when he did.

"WTF!!!!"

Originally, having lost several points in a row, his mood was quite heavy, but suddenly seeing Xu Beifang's positioning, he couldn't hold it in and started laughing.

"You can stand in this godforsaken place?"

Xu Beifang also smiled: "I also suddenly remembered that I had studied these Wall-Clinging Mastery positions a long time ago."

A long time ago, he had obtained a "Wall-Clinging Mastery" guide from the system, which contained quite a few techniques for clinging to walls.

Most of the techniques were not very useful, but a small portion could still be effective.

Just like this position now.

Directly above the Sandbag, because of the height, it was very difficult for opponents to spot him.

So there was a chance to catch the Bomb Site, and perhaps he could catch a few people with their backs turned.

However, everything has its pros and cons; this position requires teammate cooperation.

Once a Retake is needed, it will also be particularly time-consuming.

It was just that after failing to get points for several rounds in a row, he suddenly had a flash of inspiration.

It was also mainly because of Liquid's previous Triple Boost that reminded him.

They had actually tried to perform a Triple Boost using the Yellow Cloth, but Liquid was very wary of Xu Beifang; not only would they immediately throw fire at the Yellow Cloth, but they would also constantly wall-bang it.

They might not have known Vitality's thoughts, they just didn't want to let Xu Beifang step out from the Yellow Cloth.

"shox has come to the front of Mid. Is he preparing to duel with you in Mid? Not really, shox is just helping the team get some information. Seeing someone, he immediately switches to fire to delay time, confirming that the opponent's Default isn't in a rush."

"shox is indeed fierce; he dares to push forward all by himself."

Ji Ge took over: "Normal. Before, he was always defending in the back and couldn't get much information, instead playing Retake every round. Since the back defense isn't working, then he must take the initiative to push forward and find an opportunity."

"And look, it's not just shox; Zywoo is also pushing forward with the big sniper rifle. But NAF has already reached B Stairs. Can he guess this position?"

"Zywoo! The big sniper rifle flicked and hit, taking NAF away directly; he got the entry kill!"

NAF, who was playing solo, was taken out by Zywoo, which caused them to lose control of the B site directly.

After considering it, Elige chose to go back and re-acquire information on B1.

Then, after regrouping with his teammates, they still wanted to play an Explosive Bomb Attack on the A area.

Although Xu Beifang was very good at trading kills head-on, their offense in the A area was still very smooth.

"After getting the man-advantage, apEX and JackZ on A Slope directly gave up the big slope, leaving only Beifang alone at the Sandbag. This should be in preparation for a second-timing counter-flash to trade kills..." As he said this, Ma Xixi suddenly froze, because he saw the God's-eye view cut out by the director.

They vaguely saw that Xu Beifang's position didn't seem to be behind the Sandbag, but in a position further back.

The director also satisfied everyone's curiosity, live-streaming the camera to push above Xu Beifang.

The arena was in an uproar; the huge sound outside his headphones scared Ji Ge into turning his head to look behind him. He was very worried about shox's position; if his rear was flanked at this time, it would be game over.

However, the discussions within the venue were not about him.

"No way, you can stand in that spot?"

"A Spider-Man on the building, I'm not kidding!"

"Teacher Jame would be ecstatic!! This position is too crazy!"

"What on earth is this guy Nice researching? This play is just too disgusting."

"Learned it, I'm taking this to the Ladder to rank up after the finals end today!"

"Don't do it, the opponents will look down!"

Amidst the discussions of the spectators, Liquid nervously launched their own offensive.

After the Sandbag Fire burned out, and confirming that Vitality was not performing a Double Peek in the A Corner area, Liquid threw another A Corner Fire and two Site Smokes, launching their attack directly from both sides.

"Don't rush, you can let the opponents into the Bomb Site, let me do the harvesting!" Xu Beifang reminded them over the voice chat.

JackZ gave a "hm," and as an excellent utility player, he understood all too well what kind of effect Xu Beifang wanted.

JackZ kept spraying from the front, then occasionally threw out two pieces of utility, drawing all of the opponent's attention to his side.

The opponent's attention was indeed drawn over, but the price was that JackZ was almost killed by a spray from Elige.

"nitr0 plants the bomb; from Liquid's perspective, this wave of attacks is flawless. They have successfully seized control of the Bomb Site, and now, just like the previous few rounds, they can just follow through!"

Ma Xixi raised his tone and said with great anticipation: "But Liquid wouldn't expect that hanging behind the Sandbag is a Spider-Man!"

"Beifang isn't rushing; he is waiting for the opponents to stop. His teammates have created the opportunity for him, and he must take as many heads as possible!"

Hanging there, Xu Beifang watched the three Terrorists at the Bomb Site, waiting for them to stop.

He had already roughly considered his firing method in his mind.

nitr0 was kneeling to plant the C4, with other bodyguards on his left and right sides.

Xu Beifang aimed and was ready, Firing immediately!

"Da-da!"

【Nice used M4A4 to get a Headshot kill on Nitr0】

After finishing the bomb planter, Xu Beifang immediately shifted his muzzle, dragging it onto the head of the Terrorist on the left.

"Da-da-da!"

【Nice used M4A4 to get a Headshot kill on Twistzz】

Immediately following that, the moment the Terrorist on the far right turned his head, he unleashed a spray of bullets at him.

"Da-da-da-da-da-da!"

【Nice used M4A4 to get a kill on Elige】

"This is a moment to expand the advantage. Beifang's M4 starts working, taking down one, two, three!!"

"A top-tier position combined with calm head-tapping aim; this wave, Liquid has become Beifang's aim-training bots, the situation has reversed in an instant!!"

"Only stewie2K is left at A Corner; Beifang's triple kill has directly caused Liquid to collapse!"

"stewie2K is holding an AWP at A Corner; although the bomb is already planted, he needs to handle this 1v4 Clutch alone!"

The low-health JackZ swung out wide and was instantly caught by stewie2K's AWP.

stewie2K cycled the AWP bolt and then peeked out again.

But with this peek, he saw a masterpiece of a painting.

On both the left and right sides of his view stood a fly-head, and even on top of the Bomb Site box, there was an AWP directly holding an angle on him.

At this moment, the despair in his heart had materialized.

"—Bang!"

【ZywOo used AWP to get a kill on stewie2K】

"NIIIIICE!!!" Excited shouts erupted directly within the Vitality voice chat.

The pressure from Liquid's near-manic comeback had been truly immense, and now that they had finally managed to score again, their suppressed emotions were released, and naturally, they were incredibly excited.

Taking advantage of the time while shox was Defusing, apEX leaned over and punched Xu Beifang: "Not bad, I didn't even think someone could stand in that position. Why didn't you mention it before?"

"How did I not mention it?" Xu Beifang shrugged, "I said before that I had researched some positions where you can hang on the walls."

"It's indeed an absurd position, but I feel like after this tournament, the Vacation Company will ban you." shox expressed that he would love to see it.

"Then I'll just have to play a game of wits with the Vacation Company." Xu Beifang stroked his chin, "Actually, there are quite a lot of these strange things in my research."

apEX smiled and high-fived his teammates beside him, then said: "Alright, Beifang, take the AK, shall we repeat the same trick this round?"

Xu Beifang was a bit speechless; as expected of someone who came out of G2, their philosophies were similar.

He shook his head: "Elige seemed to have seen me just now; that position probably can't be used anymore."

"However, I think I've figured out their playstyle habits now; I can try to operate from the Yellow Cloth for a few waves."

On the other side, Liquid was slightly bewildered; their sudden death in that wave was so fast that they didn't even know how they had died.

Only Elige said with some uncertainty: "It seems Nice was standing behind the Sandbag, the place with a pile of steel bars, stepping on the edge of the steel bars."

It took a while for the others to understand what Elige meant.

"No, you can stand in that position?"

"Is this a position a human could think of?"

Each of their faces was printed with the "subway old man looking at phone" expression, but thinking that the ID of the guy on the other side was Nice, they felt a bit relieved.

Nice was a famous grinder in the scene. On this new map, he had previously researched the instant Yellow Cloth Smoke and the A-Slope Smoke for Terrorist counter-pushes. These two pieces of utility could play a huge role in the Terrorist offensive, so it didn't seem strange for him to come up with some new tricks now.

"Remember to check that position later. His position should be quite restricted too; just use a fire to burn it." After the exclamation, nitr0 quickly found a solution.

Such a position could at most catch people off guard once; trying to use it every round would be very difficult.

So they just needed to be a bit more cautious.

They refocused their attention on the match, but after Vitality started scoring again, they swept away their previous slump, and Nice also began seizing opportunities to push out from the front, making their trades in numbers very difficult this time.

Nice pressing down from Yellow Cloth or hugging Yellow Cloth made their advancement speed very restricted.

Even though they knew it, the difficulty of dealing with this guy had become very high.

In quite a few rounds, they were caught by Nice's timing.

Fortunately, the feel of the game for Zonic and Elige was still there, and the subsequent rounds were not completely crushed by Vitality, with the confrontation remaining quite intense.

In the end, after the first half concluded, the score was fixed at the classic posture of 6:9.

On this map that leans towards the offensive side, switching to the attacking side with this score was very acceptable for Vitality.

"This is a T-sided map; we took 6 rounds, and although it didn't reach our expectations, it's already quite acceptable," XTQZZZ said, "Next, moving to the attacking side, we can unleash everything we've prepared!"