Chapter 353: The moment of lifting the trophy!

(The end of the previous chapter was a mistake; in the end, Xu Beifang used an AK to take down stewie.)

"Congratulations to Vitality for winning this Mirage map with a score of 16:12!" Ma Xixi shouted excitedly in the live broadcast room. "By taking this Mirage map, they also officially announce that they have defeated Liquid with a 3-0 score in the 2019 ESL One Cologne finals, winning the championship of this series of events!!"

"GG!" MO also echoed from the side. "Vitality's hand-feel is simply too good. Ever since they lifted the StarSeries trophy in Shanghai, they have maintained an astonishing form. This victory in Cologne also means they have won 4 consecutive major tournament championships. Vitality is still creating their best historical record!"

The moment the match screen froze, accompanied by the eruption of the air column machines around the stage, the cheers of tens of thousands of Vitality supporters at the scene and the music sounded together, playing the movement belonging to the victors at this moment.

When the Faze players saw that Liquid had no money at match point, they had already stood up from their seats and cheered and celebrated with the Vitality fans around them.

Then, seeing the ultimate move Vitality pulled out at match point, especially seeing Xu Beifang fly from the T-spawn to the B-stairs and take down three Liquid players with a single spray transfer, they couldn't sit down anymore.

"Nice!!!!" NIKO covered his headset with both hands, unable to believe the scene before him. "This can work too??"

"This Vitality is simply too much of a 'Lao Liu' (sneaky player); they even hid things when playing practice matches with us!" he complained. "They must have been worried about slipping and falling and being mocked by us. Never mind, I'll learn this move immediately when I go back; it's too cool!"

Xu Beifang was on the stage; whether it was praise or complaints, he could be completely uninhibited.

And this wave, really descending from the sky, instantly killed everyone on the opposite side; it was simply the dream of an entry fragger!

"Forget it." The surrounding noise was too loud, so Rain could only lean into NIKO's ear and shout, "Nice's movement is very good. If it were you, I think you would have already reached downstairs."

A burst of laughter erupted in the room again.

Hearing this, the overly excited apEX and JackZ slowed down their movements.

"Brothers, let me out!" Although Xu Beifang, who was sandwiched in the middle, really wanted to say that the three of them must live a good life, he was almost being crushed to death.

apEX also leaned over from the side, and together with JackZ, they hugged Xu Beifang in a pincer movement. "Beifang, this last five-kill was too crazy; you took them all out by yourself!! We took down Liquid once again! This time it's 3-0; we didn't give them any chance to struggle!!"

Not far away, pasha and NEO looked at Xu Beifang hugging his teammates on the stage, turned their heads to look at each other, and were also quite moved.

All the members were laughing to their hearts' content at this moment. They didn't hide their inner emotions at all, speaking out their ambitions. That joy and happiness after victory rushed out from the inside out. The excitement on each face could not be covered, and their eyebrows seemed to be dancing.

Xu Beifang took a few deep breaths, and only then did he recover.

Perhaps he had been looking forward to the confrontation with Astralis for a long time; his state was fully activated.

Especially swani, who was of great help to him.

"Hehe!" Xu Beifang turned his head to look at his two teammates and saw them laughing uncontrollably.

From the poor state at the beginning of the group stage to the subsequent adjustments, thinking, preparation, and research, they spent too much effort and too much thought. This journey was not easy, and now, he could finally enjoy this glorious moment that belonged to them.

Although this was not a Major tournament, Cologne is one of the most important CSGO tournaments every year, and the gold content of this tournament was extremely high; almost all the strongest teams had come to participate.

In the very center was the team captain and commander, apEX. Although he looked like a happy comedian in the match, his official photo was particularly serious. If one didn't know the match, they would think he was a very serious commander. His left and right guardians were Xu Beifang and Zywoo, the two standing sideways next to apEX. However, compared to the cute Zywoo, Xu Beifang showed off his biceps, paying tribute to his big brother.

Analyst swani smiled and said: "Liquid simply couldn't play their due state; they were all restricted by us. Plus everyone's performance, our performance in this match was quite astonishing!"

"Seriously, I've been wanting to say this for a while. I'd already planned out what I was going to do with the prize money, but I was afraid of popping the champagne before the match was over, so I kept it to myself. It was killing me!" shox bumped his shoulder against apEX's back. "Guess what I'm planning to do with the prize money?"

Various tactical systems were all built around Xu Beifang.

In a BO5 match, it is still rare to directly shut out the opponent.

shox slapped apEX's butt directly: "Go to hell!"

Although there was no substantial operation on the field, the game of chess in the pre-match preparation felt a bit like strategizing.

Coupled with his powerful analytical ability, Xu Beifang could see the opponent's information more clearly, allowing him to play more comfortably in the match.

Finally, JackZ and shox on both sides came over to help raise the team's appearance level, focusing on being handsome.

As an analyst who had just joined the team, swani also really wanted to prove his ability.

swani's confidence in Xu Beifang's personal ability was even more exaggerated than Xu Beifang's own.

Xu Beifang would not attribute all the credit to himself.

It wasn't that the other party's expression or the previous action was funny; it was mainly because they were happy now, and the emotion was radiating from the inside out.

In the team, swani's admiration for Xu Beifang was exaggerated. To use apEX's teasing, "swani is Nice's die-hard fan."

But he also understood that without the team's help, he wouldn't be able to have such a good performance.

This allowed Xu Beifang to fully exert his personal ability.

In such a gold-medal tournament, defeating the opponent with a 3-0 score, this record was really a bit terrifying.

But at this moment, no one was thinking about whether the official photo looked good; everyone's eyes were on Vitality's player area, looking at that room immersed in celebration!

Xu Beifang threw off his headset and stood up to hug his teammates beside him.

Even some of the tactics he proposed made Xu Beifang feel perverted.

The moment the match ended, the dome lights in the venue accelerated, the air column machines beside the stage erupted, and the Vitality team logo on the left screen burst into raging flames, then occupied the main screen. The meaning was already very clear: Vitality had become the center of this stadium!

The passion of the music rendered the emotion. While the audience cheered, the official photos of the five Vitality players began to appear on the big screen.

"Ahhh!" JackZ hugged Xu Beifang directly, excitedly hammering Xu Beifang's back. "We really beat Liquid 3-0!!"

"Bro, you were also very critical." Xu Beifang hugged swani. "Without you helping in the back, I definitely wouldn't have been able to play so easily."

"Guys played too well today!" Vitality's players were still chatting when they saw other members of the coaching staff rush in.

Now that he had successfully won the championship, he felt that he finally enjoyed the happiness that the analyst profession brought him.

"You aren't planning to reward me with a Fire Serpent, are you?" apEX said very surprisingly. "Don't be so polite. If you are really so polite, I will reluctantly accept it."

Even as strong as Astralis, in a BO5 during their peak period, they often ended the match 3-1.

For example, letting Xu Beifang walk in the first gun position at the start, not getting a kill, changing to the second gun position, and not getting a kill again, becoming the third gun position...

Since the semi-finals, his state had been surprisingly good. He could clearly see this from the status bar in the system; he was in the 【Full Firepower】 mode.

Before at ECS, although they eventually won the match, that match didn't use much of him; it basically relied on the players' personal ability to push through.

Hearing Xu Beifang say this, swani felt a warmth in his heart.

Wholeheartedly providing his own ideas for the team and finally being recognized is really a very good thing.

Xu Beifang continued to chat with his teammates for a few words, and soon, under the leadership of XTQZZZ, he came to the opposite side of the stage to find the Liquid members to shake hands.

While walking out of the player area, he turned his head to look at the audience below. He could see the audience excitedly waving at them. Amidst the cheers, he could also hear the voice of the English stream commentators.

"To be honest, Liquid's performance today is not particularly ideal." The English stream commentator hit the nail on the head. "The first two maps were crushed and flattened; Liquid couldn't even make an effective counterattack. This is the main problem."

"However, Liquid is just such a team. When they are in good form, they can flatten the peak of all teams, but when they are not in good form, this team really feels like no one can stand up."

The Liquid fans below were also very silent, but they had to admit that what the commentator said was a fact.

Liquid's matches were completely two extremes.

When they were in good form, fans could see a feast of gunplay, watching Liquid members rely on gunplay to play many beautiful rounds, relying on gunplay to win some impossible clutches.

But when they were not in good form, it felt like watching an Asian team's match.

However, many Liquid fans understood that Liquid's state today couldn't be considered bad.

Even at the beginning of the finals, they were in very good form.

At this time, they couldn't help but look at the man with the broad back on the stage. It was that guy who directly crushed Liquid in Map 1, and the hand-feel of the main team players was all gone afterward.

Liquid fans watched Xu Beifang walk toward the main team's player area and couldn't help but complain in their hearts.

How could there be such a perverted personal ability?

Elige's mentality had already shattered during that spray transfer from Xu Beifang in the second half. Once he was killed upon entering match point, he took off his headset early; by now, he had even packed up his peripherals.

Most of the people at the scene had entered a state of carnival, while he only felt it was noisy.

However, when Xu Beifang approached, he still couldn't help but ask: "At the last point, how did you break through this B site?"

He had just asked his teammates, but Twistzz and the others all said they didn't know, so he could only ask the suspect.

"Oh, you mean this last five-kill?" Xu Beifang replied. "I used a runboost technique, flying directly from the T-spawn to the B2 stairs here. Twistzz happened to be holding below the B1 level, and then NAF and nitr0 were both back-turned, so I just did a wave of spray transfer and took it down for you guys fiercely!"

Elige didn't understand Xu Beifang's description; he planned to review it after the match. However, listening to Xu Beifang's answer, he still said unhappily: "Really insidious, all ultimate moves, right!"

"Actually, not much was released." Xu Beifang said with a smile.

Elige believed this too; Liquid's tactical system was actually somewhat similar to Vitality's.

And Vitality had been winning consecutively after the second half, so there was no need to pull out too many new things.

Just like them, being dragged into the rhythm in the second half, many new things were not taken out to use, and it ended hastily.

Preparation is one aspect, but whether one can play the things out is another.

Elige sighed, then forced a smile and hugged Xu Beifang: "See you in Berlin at the end of the month."

"Hmm, see you in Berlin."

The Major qualifiers were almost over, the Challenger spots were being determined one by one, and the Challenger stage matches would also officially start at the end of the month.

Xu Beifang had heard the team manager say a couple of days ago that it seemed like Valve would officially start the Major warm-up in a couple of days.

So at the end of the month, they would have to meet in Germany again.

It's just that, they would still be opponents.

"How did you take me down on the last point?" Twistzz extended his right hand toward Xu Beifang, his expression somewhat relieved. "I really took the big blame on the last point."

In the team's tactics, he was the member responsible for holding points and giving subsequent pressure, but not only did he fail to hold, his teammates were also killed. He really took the big blame for this wave.

"I flew over using the runboost technique." Xu Beifang mentioned. "A technique that hasn't appeared before."

In his past life, he forgot which team developed this technique, but its subsequent spread was quite wide. As soon as Vertigo came out, Xu Beifang thought of this tactic.

Twistzz nodded; this actually matched his speculation, otherwise, according to the position, Xu Beifang wouldn't have reached the position so quickly.

What he was most worried about was that Xu Beifang had sneaked in while they were holding guns, and if that were the case, he would really feel like dying.

"You played very well in Map 3." Xu Beifang hugged Twistzz. "Actually, I really wanted to play a few more matches with you guys."

Twistzz only found his form in Map 3, especially in the second half; Twistzz killed Xu Beifang twice relying on his positioning and thinking.

Once the intensity came up, the confrontation became interesting.

It's just that Twistzz's state entered too slowly.

"I'll just take it as you praising me." The spirited young man had only a bitter smile on his face.

After saying goodbye to the Liquid members, Xu Beifang crossed the stage and began to return to the match's player room.

"Where is Beifang going?" Zywoo asked puzzledly. They weren't winning the championship for the first time; the current process should be lifting the trophy, right?

"Calling someone." apEX had an "as expected" expression.

They soon saw Xu Beifang standing at the door of the player room, pulling out the somewhat embarrassed swani.

Although as a behind-the-scenes member of the team, analysts are mostly behind the scenes, and not many people can walk to the front of the stage.

swani thought he could only look at the trophy after the match, but he didn't expect Xu Beifang to pull him out directly.

He came to the center of the stage somewhat uneasily. At this moment, the stadium had become a starry sky, and the flashlights below were blinking constantly.

swani felt as if many invisible fluffy tentacles were brushing against his neck, and goosebumps were about to rise all over his body. For a moment, his legs felt a bit weak.

"How about we forget it."

"I said, being able to lift this championship is our joint credit!" Xu Beifang said with a smile.

"Listen to me, just stand in front of the trophy now. We'll count down together in a moment, and you lift the trophy directly!" Xu Beifang said, looking at XTQZZZ again. "Coach, you are his 'Lao Da' (boss), you take him with you."

swani looked at the trophy in front of him; under the dome lights, it was so dazzling, making people love it so much.

No wonder so many players were working hard for this trophy; even if it was taken home as a vase, it was quite beautiful!

XTQZZZ knew Xu Beifang had good intentions. He wanted to refuse, but was soon pushed up by the players.

The two looked at each other, and then each held one side of the trophy.

"3, 2, 1..." Under Xu Beifang's leadership, the Vitality crowd counted down in unison. With the moment of "1", XTQZZZ and swani lifted the trophy high.

"This skinny guy is Vitality's analyst, right? I saw him in the Vlog last time, and this time he was pulled up by Beifang directly. Classy!" Ma Xixi exclaimed. "Sure enough, this CSGO is not about killing and fighting, it's about human relationships!"

The venue was full of cheers from the audience, the dome lights shone on the Vitality members, golden ribbons fluttered all over the sky, and it was as if a golden rain was falling in the sky.

"Congratulations again to Vitality; they successfully won the championship of this 2019 ESL One Cologne!"

"And with Vitality's championship, our Beifang will also refresh the major data in CSGO history. It's Beifang's turn to lift the trophy, haha, and it's one-handed. Brothers, do you understand the gold content of one-handed trophy lifting!!"

Xu Beifang lifted the trophy high with his right hand, drawing cheers from the audience. Although everyone had seen this segment many times, they all felt it was very aesthetically pleasing every time.

However, the audience was also very cooperative. For the trophy-lifting moment of each subsequent player, they cheered very loudly, pulling the emotional value of the Vitality crowd to the max.

"In just three months, Vitality has won three major tournament championships in a row. Their state is unusually hot, and they will also set their sights on the next more important Major championship!" The host in a blue suit walked onto the stage, his voice loud, carrying the rhythm of the scene. "But today, we can use all our passion to congratulate Vitality's victory. Let us shout out the name of the 2019 ESL One Cologne champion again..."

"Vitality!!" The whole audience shouted in unison.

"One more question, who is the best-performing player in this match?" The host extended the microphone toward the stands.

"Nice!!!" Almost without hesitation, Xu Beifang's ID sounded in unison at the scene.

Watching his brother being shouted by everyone in the lens, Xu Nanfang, who was watching the match at the internet cafe, wished he could be there in person. This scene really made him feel surging with emotion.

And the person himself, at this moment, also felt numb with pleasure!

"Then, let's see the final data of Map 3 of this match!"

The director gave the data of everyone in Map 3, but the first thing the audience saw was Xu Beifang's data.

ID: Nice

K/A/D: 33/5/13

Non-give-away rate: 89.2%

Average damage per round: 114.8

Rating 2.0: 1.84

Thunderous applause erupted in the venue; this data deserved it.

In the CSBOY live broadcast room, the barrage started to scroll again.

【Beifang's data, he's purely fish-frying in the finals】

【I really can't understand the match anymore, how can this guy be so C?】

【Twistzz's performance in Map 3 wasn't bad either, killing 23, but unfortunately, there's a monster on the opposite side】

【Whose substitute is 1.84?】

【1.84 isn't actually outrageous. I just took a look at HLTV; this guy's average rating in the finals is 1.92!!】

【Ah? Average 1.92? Is this two people playing every game?】

【Questioning Astralis, understanding Astralis, how can the opposite side play 6 vs 5 every game?】

【I feel that after this match ends, every team will put Beifang's recording under a microscope to watch】

Watching the director put out Xu Beifang's data for the three matches, Zywoo fully incarnated as an atmosphere group member.

Undoubtedly, Xu Beifang's performance today was absolutely phenomenal.

Except for Map 2 where the performance was slightly less exaggerated, the other two maps were really like a companion playing games with a boss.

Xu Beifang's exaggerated personal ability even made Vitality unable to use many prepared tactics.

It's just that exaggerated.

Today, even if you forced the MVP onto other players, they would feel they didn't deserve it.

The performance was right there. If the gap wasn't big, there would still be some controversy, but this gap was too obvious.

So obvious that shox didn't have much sense of participation in this championship.

"Then I don't need to pave the way. The MVP player of this ESL One Cologne is!"

"Nice!!"

This MVP was expected. Xu Beifang fully demonstrated what true personal ability is at this ESL Cologne.

Everyone who finished watching the match was surprised at this moment; they all found it hard to accept the personal ability performance they saw.

The host didn't interview the MVP first, but leaned over to apEX's side and asked: "Just lifted a championship, as the team's commander, how do you feel now?"

"The mood is of course very good. This is our first championship in Cologne, which is of great significance to us. We want to make the people of this city remember Vitality." apEX said, turning his head to look at Xu Beifang, smiling. "Of course, I think they remember my teammate more."

Bursts of low laughter erupted below the stage; obviously, there was nothing wrong with what apEX said.

"It's just that there is one point in today's match that makes me a bit unhappy."

Hearing this, the host got excited and immediately passed the microphone: "Which point?"

"It's that when Nice makes a highlight, he always likes to let us see how good the details in his operation are, but do you think we need it? We just need to shout 'Nice' in the back!"

Listening to apEX's quite "Versailles" (humblebrag) words, NIKO in the stands shook his head with a smile: "This wave let apEX show off, but you said, why didn't our Faze communicate with him at that time..."

NIKO regretted it. A powerful firepower hand had once been placed in front of him, and he didn't know how to cherish it.

Only until he lost it did he feel regret.

Just as he was complaining to the teammates around him, apEX's interview had ended, and the host handed the microphone to Xu Beifang.

"Nice, you played an amazing performance on this stage today. How did you do all this?"

Xu Beifang smiled: "I once said a sentence to my teammates: if we can win the championship, it must be the result of hard work."

His crazy training was never to deceive himself. Even if he was in a bad state, he would still maintain exaggerated daily training.

In CSGO, a game that is extremely competitive, he could be called the "King of Rolling" (hardest worker), which shows how exaggerated Xu Beifang's hard work is.

"Then defeating Liquid 3-0 today, how do you feel now?"

The host continued to ask some formulaic questions, but the audience often liked this.

"Before the match, I was quite looking forward to this confrontation with Liquid because my recent state is actually quite good, and I really want to see what it would be like to play against Liquid."

【Quite good, refers to fish-frying】

【This state is only quite good...】

【Brother Beizi is too humble】

Xu Beifang's answer also looked very formulaic. While the audience was happy, they also felt a bit boring.

"Then after the confrontation ended? Do you think they satisfied you?" the host asked. Xu Beifang's humble answer made his questions start to become casual.

Then he saw Xu Beifang's face look a bit disappointed: "It's a pity, I feel I didn't get to enjoy it enough."

The host originally thought Xu Beifang would humbly answer all the questions and then successfully end today's post-match segment. He didn't expect such a big turn at the end.

Xu Beifang's somewhat arrogant "didn't get to enjoy it enough" after the match caused a burst of exclamations at the scene.

Saying this after the match was really a bit exaggerated.

"Liquid's state entered too slowly. If they could all maintain the state like Map 3, then the game should be more interesting." Xu Beifang felt a bit unfinished. He had just felt he entered the state and started to play chess with Liquid, and the match ended.

Yesterday, he spent a lot of effort on the game with Astralis. Today, coming to the finals, Xu Beifang originally planned to have a flesh-and-blood confrontation with Liquid.

As a result, after two heavy punches, Liquid was already unable to hold on.

Xu Beifang had a feeling of: I just started to exert force, and you fell down.

It was just very melancholy.

The host felt that tomorrow's forum would be full of explosive points.

The Vitality players finished their post-match interviews one by one, and then the music sounded again. Under the guidance of the staff, they got signature pens and came to the official Cologne camera to leave their own signatures on the lens.

Then, amidst the cheers of the audience, Xu Beifang carried the trophy and walked directly back to the match room with the team.

The host also held the microphone, lengthening his voice: "Then, let us shout for the new king of Cologne this time for the last time with the most enthusiastic cheers, tell me their name!!"

"Vitality!!"