Chapter 461: 160,000 Spring Department Poets

As a Major-winning IGL, Boombl4's concerns were not without reason.

Because in the ensuing offense and defense, Complexity's defense became much more aggressive.

Or rather, Complexity was able to trade for effective kills more easily during their defense, and they could smoothly drag the match into late-game situations, which made things quite uncomfortable for C9.

Although Boombl4 believed his teammates' aim was also quite outstanding, the opponents' late-game ability was indeed more powerful.

Nice, NiKo, and jks were all famous late-game masters.

On his side, only Perfecto could be considered to hold the title of a late-game master.

Moreover, that guy Nice's aim was truly a bit too rigid.

Several times they tried to push B, they couldn't trade for effective kills; many times, he was even suppressed inside the B-doors at the start of the round, unable to gather any information, making it very stressful to play.

The final result was a wild scoring spree from Complexity; in the subsequent rounds, they only managed to win one round by relying on Hobbit's inspired timing to turn the tide.

After the first half, the score was locked at 6:6.

"On this C9 map, Complexity is playing unexpectedly well!" Maniac looked at the score overhead and exclaimed, "Although they didn't play well in a few rounds after entering the full-buy rounds at the start, they adjusted quickly enough. In the end, they finished the first half with an even score."

Then, the first-half stats appeared on screen, and Maniac looked even more conflicted: "Everyone thinks of donk when talking about firepower these days, but I want to say, we have our own 'donk' at Complexity. Whose IGL gets 23 kills in a half?"

"To be fair, C9 actually played quite well in the middle of the first half, but Beifang's frontal aim is just too rigid. He can IGL, he can entry, he can play late-game, and this guy can even AWP. There really is a Superman in the server, brothers!"

【Complexity has their own donk, what kind of heaven-defying logic is this?】

【23-7, whose IGL is this fierce?!】

【Ancestor Beifang has lived a second life in the forbidden zone and is starting to suppress the world again.】

【You have to know, when Beifang was at Vitality, Shushu had to play second fiddle to him.】

【He gets almost two kills per round; how is there someone in professional play fiercer than the Zhihu concept god?!】

【I thought donk at Katowice was invincible, but I didn't expect there to be an even higher expert.】

【Actually, Beifang is the real heavyweight; donk has always lived in Beifang's shadow.】

【Younger viewers might not know, although donk is fierce in CS2, he is only the player closest to Beifang.】

The viewers in the stream were stunned. Although Xu Beifang's presence was strong in the first half, only when they saw the actual kill count did they realize how exaggerated this guy, who was welcomed back by the entire professional scene, really was.

They also finally understood why Maniac said "C9 actually played quite well."

Because with this kind of performance, C9 really seemed to have no good solutions.

Before, their attention was more on whether C9 could take this map to reach map three; now, more people wanted to see how many kills Xu Beifang could get after finishing this map two.

Of course, Xu Beifang himself didn't care about the kill count.

As the IGL, he was more focused on arranging the tactical execution for the second half.

Although they successfully achieved an even 6:6 score, for them, it was just pushing forward from zero.

There were many rumors that Ancient was a CT-sided map, but in professional competition, Ancient was actually a relatively balanced map, with win rates fluctuating around 50%, slightly favoring the offensive side.

Therefore, they were just starting from zero and trying their best to chase the score.

In the second-half pistol round, Xu Beifang directed a second-timing B-site explosive bomb attack.

Actually, Ancient and Mirage were very similar, except the two areas of the two maps were reversed.

Ancient's B-site was the real large site and also the relatively harder position to defend.

So Xu Beifang chose to use explosive bombs to speed up here, which was relatively easier.

However, what he didn't expect was that this offensive round encountered a flexible fatty; Boombl4 used a pair of Dual Berettas in the Black Room during the mid-round to pull back and forth, dragging out too much time.

Although they planted the bomb, they still lost the pistol round.

The score came to 6:7.

"Buy?" NiKo asked.

Although it was a pity they didn't win the pistol round, they at least planted a bomb, so they actually had the capital to force-buy.

Xu Beifang nodded: "Try to buy. We don't have many grenades, but the guns are good. We can group up and try to hit A on the second timing."

Although he hadn't played against C9 much, he had played against NAVI many times.

He knew some of Boombl4's IGL style; the playstyle was relatively aggressive, but it also had a limit.

He preferred to take map control of an area in the early game, then let the team structure their formation and do the most basic default play.

Danking looked at his economy and directly threw out an AK: "Come, Beifang, use your signature move and let the viewers watching the stream know what the hell is called a 'Hero AK'!"

Xu Beifang just wanted to refuse when he saw Danking had already thrown the AK out.

"You guy." Xu Beifang shook his head in reproach, but he took the AK.

Danking said with a grin: "Then I'll pull the gun line for you later."

Speaking of which, Tie Dan's positioning in Complexity was very special now.

In other teams, the sniper was generally a very important firepower point.

But Complexity already had three powerful firepower points, so generally, there was no need for him to do too much.

Danking also understood; many times when there was no need to buy an AWP, he became more of a support player.

Pulling gun lines, throwing grenades, helping fill gaps in the formation—he slowly started doing these things.

But when he was needed, he would also shoulder the AWP to consume those resources.

So his positioning was very contradictory, and in the entire history of CS: GO, it was also a very special kind of sniper positioning.

Xu Beifang was also a bit moved by Danking choosing to trust him; being able to do this was actually not easy, after all, this was the professional stage, and everyone wanted to make themselves shine brighter under the spotlight.

In many teams, there had been infighting because of competing for resources.

But some players' personal charisma was indeed powerful, like S1mple and players like him.

They could use their personal ability to conquer others, making them voluntarily contribute their economy.

In the entire team, he had actually been relatively restrained in his personal thoughts, but some things couldn't be hidden.

His personality, his strength, would all cause his team's resources to tilt toward him.

Xu Beifang didn't think that much at this moment; his mind was more on the match.

While picking up the AK, he bought a small amount of grenades, and at the same time, he had NiKo and the others supplement full armor, Galils, and grenades, preparing to assist the upcoming offense.

Because there weren't many grenades overall, he didn't do much map control in the early game, just letting his teammates gather information.

At the start, C9 took Mid, sealing off Mid and the Jump Platform with smoke grenades, and also gave quite a few other grenades.

They didn't do much on the A-site; there was no movement at all.

Xu Beifang considered for a moment: "jks, give an A-site CT-spawn smoke, see how the opponents react."

jks immediately aimed and threw an A-site CT-spawn smoke; soon, Elige in A-hall sent information: "The opponents threw a HE grenade back, it should have been thrown around the One-Box."

Hearing this, Xu Beifang quickly started thinking.

Before the match, he had watched C9's match recordings; on Ancient, the ones responsible for A-site defense were mainly A Le and electronic.

In the pistol round, A Le didn't get any kills, and electronic only got one kill.

However, in the end, both A Le and electronic died, which meant they needed to use $1000 to supplement full armor after the pistol round.

This meant that if they were double-A, they would have at most one FAMAS, and as for grenades, the only damaging grenade should be the one just thrown, and perhaps one or two smoke grenades could be used.

However, he believed more that electronic should also have an MP9, and the grenades in his hand might have been used up in the Mid control just now.

So the upcoming A-site offense was their opportunity!

Rifles against SMGs; unless the opponent was possessed by shox, MP9s wouldn't be able to trade for too many people when facing concentrated fire.

Now, even if they dry-peeked out to trade, it was an advantageous duel.

However, Xu Beifang considered for a moment and planned to bait the opponents again: "Tie Dan, you don't need to pull the gun line. Go back to the T-spawn and give a VIP smoke. After giving it, go to the T-spawn and give a Mid flash, making it look like we are going to pinch B from Mid."

Saying this, he threw the two grenades in his hand to Danking.

After arranging Danking, he supplemented the frontal side: "On the front, we will play silent contact and just fire the train. Try to engage at long range; the opponents are likely holding two MP9s."

Danking quickly arrived at the T-spawn and started aiming to throw that VIP smoke; everything went according to Xu Beifang's thoughts.

"Complexity's guns are clearly better this round, so C9 will definitely be at a disadvantage in duels, so the people in the two defensive areas must drag out the time, then C9 will have room to operate."

"Danking gave a VIP smoke grenade and came over to give a Mid flash; are they preparing to pinch A from Mid?"

Maniac glanced at the mini-map and immediately realized something was wrong: "All 4 terrorists are concentrated in A-hall, and they came out silently the whole way. A Le was attracted by the explosive bombs that might unfold in Mid, and he is still in the Donut."

"This dry-peek on A-site might actually succeed!"

"electronic's vision was blurred by the VIP smoke, and he immediately started rotating back from the CT-spawn, but can he realize that someone has actually sneaked into A-site?"

The vision in Mid was blurred; with an MP9, even if he pushed through the smoke to cooperate with A Le, it would be very hard to operate.

So electronic came over to supplement A-hall, helping A Le carry the vision for A-hall.

Because he knew A Le didn't throw a smoke and missed the timing, he peeked very carefully.

And with this look, he saw two terrorists crouching and creeping out in a crab walk.

"Bang bang!"

【Nice+NiKo used AK47 to headshot kill electronic】

"They've already sneaked into A-site!!" electronic shouted in the voice chat, his expression instantly turning into a mask of pain.

He knew this timing might cause trouble, but even with full preparation, trouble still happened.

He didn't expect the opponents to have already sneaked to this position.

"electronic was directly taken out by the 'World's Number One Brothers', both sides have obtained information, the front side also moved directly, the CT-spawn smoke was thrown, and then Elige peeked the Donut, A Le still wanted to use the MP9 to hit the crossing, but was instantly killed!"

"Danking in Mid seized a good timing and also came out to hit Boombl4's back, but the Glock's damage is a bit low; he shot 6 times and was counter-killed." Maniac was a bit conflicted: "I have to say, the current Complexity is really interesting; every time there are a few guys playing very bravely on the front, but there is always one guy who will become humorous."

"But it's not Tie Dan's fault, the Glock's damage is indeed a bit too low."

Maniac said this just as the director gave a shot of Danking and Xu Beifang passionately fist-bumping.

The barrage in the stream instantly started teasing.

【The noobest Danking died】

【Danking cheers excitedly, as if everything has something to do with him】

【You really can't say that, this round really has something to do with him, the AK made a great contribution, okay】

【That was indeed too critical】

However, in the next round, the force-buying C9 gambled four people in the Black Room, and by relying on continuous one-on-one trades, they forcibly turned the game around.

C9 chased back a point again.

But Complexity's economy was still good, and in the next round, they could still play a full-buy round.

However, this time during the A-site offense, they encountered a very uncomfortable timing.

At the moment of the explosive bomb attack, A Le cooperated with Perfecto to counter-clear.

At this moment, A Le seemed to have no influence from his injury, returning to that peak of the online era, giving them 3.9 kills with a spray transfer.

Subsequently, jks and the low-HP Danking tried hard to operate, but they still couldn't win the late-game.

C9 took the rhythm back again.

They pushed the score all the way to 9:12.

Just when everyone thought C9 could take it in one wave and end this map, and Xu Beifang would turn into a prisoner king, NiKo suddenly exploded in a desperate situation, chasing back a match point with a four-kill.

The next few rounds became very interesting.

Complexity had people standing up to perform one after another, playing so well that Boombl4's mask of pain appeared in front of the camera; every time it was just that little bit short.

But the score kept moving in a bad direction.

10:12

11:12

12:12

The match smoothly entered overtime.

And in the first overtime, C9 finally successfully scored.

But how C9 wished this point could have been a little earlier, because then map two would have ended smoothly.

However, after entering overtime, they also successfully took two rounds in the first three rounds, which was a blessing in misfortune.

The score came to 13:14, and the two sides switched sides for the first time.

Complexity came to the defensive side again, and C9 came to the offensive side.

Although they had the advantage in score, everyone on C9 was in a state of high tension.

Because they noticed Nice's kill count.

"40/8/18, how are we being fish-fried!" A Le said in confusion.

In the match, it was truly the first time he had seen the opponent have such an exaggerated performance.

You have to know that only 27 rounds had been played; getting more than 1 kill per round steadily is simply abnormal.

He had also had many frontal duels with Xu Beifang today.

Based on his quick recollection, only a few two rounds were successful.

In other rounds, even if he actively peeked out, as long as he didn't headshot that guy in the first instant, he could go die.

Many times, he didn't even have the chance to fire first.

He originally thought donk was already outrageous enough, but he didn't expect there to be an even higher expert here.

Boombl4 smiled helplessly: "You'll get used to it. You missed this guy when you were at your peak, so you don't know his power. Nice's firepower is indeed very fierce."

However, as an IGL, he didn't keep boosting others' morale: "But so what if he carries so much? We are the side with the advantage now."

Saying this, he fell into thought: "Now that guy Nice is mainly defending the B-site, so we try to avoid him as much as possible. So after probing in the early game, we will still attack the A-site to trouble jks and Elige."

After switching to the defensive side, Xu Beifang still did relatively standard map control in the early game, taking Mid control, and then pushing out from B-Long to take B-site control.

Playing so standardly was actually a helpless move.

They hadn't practiced this map much, and their tactical reserves were not enough, so the further they played, the more they suffered.

Because their proficient "three axes" were easily seen through by opponents.

Fortunately, there were no major problems with Mid control and B-Long control in the early game.

Everything was unfolding in an orderly manner.

"On the second timing, all of C9 are gathering toward the A-site, so it looks like they are going to hit an A-site explosive bomb attack directly, but Complexity's formation is still relatively close to the A-site."

"Elige and Danking are preparing to trade in the Donut, C9 directly gave Mid smoke and Recess, Mid started pushing up directly, Boombl4 gave a flash and started!"

"This flashbang effect is very white, but what, Elige hit Danking while his eyes were white, Complexity had a big problem! The Donut was directly lost!"

"jks rushed out grabbing timing at the One-Box, trading a headshot with Perfecto, but due to the gun disadvantage, the A-site trio collapsed at light speed."

The director gave a shot of Elige; Elige's expression was painful, and his face was full of self-blame.

He subconsciously wanted to hammer the table to vent, but worried about affecting his teammates, he finally just put it down heavily.

He said muffledly: "I made a mistake this wave, sorry."

If he hadn't hit Danking this wave, there would actually still be a chance to defend.

At least two people could trade for a certain number of kills, then jks wouldn't have such great pressure, and wouldn't have directly peeked out to find the opponents to fight.

In such a critical round, the appearance of such a critical mistake was a considerable blow to morale.

And it wasn't just a morale problem.

If this point was lost, the score would enter 13:15.

Then C9 would get the match point for overtime, and with one more round, C9 could still take this map.

Xu Beifang and NiKo were already trying hard to rush, but the A-site collapsed too fast, and they still didn't make it in time.

"Should we save it." Danking said, "Elige and I didn't stand well this wave, we made a mistake."

Xu Beifang took a deep breath: "No need, after losing this round, it will be match point. NiKo, let's try it."

After losing this round, every round would need to spend all the money.

So saving the gun had no meaning; it was better to gamble.

The two walked silently to the CT-spawn; C9 had already sealed the CT-spawn with smoke, but didn't throw a fire behind the smoke.

Xu Beifang thought for a moment: "NiKo, give me a pop-flash, I'll go inside and operate."

They had already spent quite a bit of time rotating back; if they wanted to win, they had to use some aggressive means to play this late-game.

NiKo nodded; he watched Xu Beifang walk silently into the smoke grenade and also threw the flashbang out.

"Team CS: GO Guide": The best flashbang is always the flashbang thrown by a teammate.

If Xu Beifang gave the flash himself, the opponent would definitely be able to hear the movement, then they would turn away from the flash in advance, or become vigilant.

But the flashbang given by a teammate was different; the trajectory thrown from a distance was short, and there was no wall-bouncing sound.

"Although it is 2V5, Complexity still wants to operate!" Maniac's voice, which had already calmed down, had waves again, "But C9's discipline is quite good; after planting the bomb, they have already found gun positions in various places. Can they really find an opportunity this wave?"

The flashbang exploded, and Xu Beifang entered the bomb site with a spin-jump from the smoke grenade.

While completing the spin-jump, Xu Beifang quickly turned a circle in the air, gathering information on the bomb site.

At this instant, he saw a terrorist standing under the double-boost position, facing him with his back.

Then on his left, a terrorist was fully blinded by the flashbang, crouching in the corner covering his eyes and crying.

And in front of the CT-spawn smoke, someone was directly holding an angle at the smoke.

"Someone is holding an angle to the right of the CT-spawn smoke!" Xu Beifang shouted loudly, reminding NiKo.

After C9 entered the bomb site, the crossfire positions were indeed a bit exaggerated; NiKo's flashbang was good, but it didn't fully blind everyone.

He couldn't instantly headshot enemies from several angles, so he could only trust NiKo.

After landing, he directly fired at the terrorist crouching in the corner on the left covering his eyes.

"Da da da!"

【Nice+NiKo flashbang used M4A1 to headshot kill Hobbit】

Then instantly a pull-gun, moving the crosshair to under the double-boost position; the opponent had already reacted and was turning, but it was completely too late!

"The 'World's Number One Brothers' still want to operate, but is there really a chance this wave?" Maniac couldn't help but question; after all, it was a 2V5 late-game, and C9's formation had already been set, the difficulty was too high.

"But a good flash matches a good person; Beifang rushed out and hit the close-range Hobbit, he also spray-transferred and took out the long-range Boombl4! A Le, who was holding an angle behind the CT-spawn smoke, reacted and immediately turned around wanting to hit Beifang, but NiKo thought of something, and this wave completed the trade!"

"The 2-vs-5 late-game instantly became 2-vs-2!"

This wave of kills was surprisingly fast, even the director couldn't react; several frames were all scenes of sudden death.

But this didn't affect the viewers seeing the change in the situation from the kill information in the upper right corner.

Xu Beifang's exaggerated spray plus NiKo's inspired trade, the number of people instantly tied, and many Complexity fans got goosebumps.

【Could it be】

【Won't this be a 2-vs-5】

【Holy crap, there are defuse kits, there really is a chance!】

The viewers in the stream discussed heatedly, but more people still focused their attention on the live broadcast screen, fearing they would miss any detail.

"The late-game has already come to 2-vs-2, Complexity still has a defuse kit this wave, what about the 2-vs-2 late-game?"

When NiKo completed the trade, Xu Beifang breathed a sigh of relief, and Danking and the others also became excited.

"A-Long doesn't have one, there should be one left in Ancient, one in the Donut." jks reported the position calmly.

NiKo also directly pushed through the smoke from the front to help.

Xu Beifang walked up and directly tapped the bomb; soon, electronic in the Donut peeked out to look, and after realizing they weren't really defusing, he quickly hid.

Xu Beifang tapped the bomb again, and electronic simply didn't come out this wave.

Time passed second by second; although they instantly killed three people, this 2-vs-2 late-game was still very hard, because C9's cross-positioning didn't give them any chance to operate at all.

Just then, Xu Beifang noticed a smoke grenade on the dead terrorist under the double-boost position.

He immediately rushed up and got that smoke grenade: "NiKo, you hold the angle, I'm force-defusing!"

Facing old foxes like C9, sometimes you can only choose a tougher method.

Xu Beifang directly threw the smoke grenade on top of the C4, then found an angle and directly started defusing.

"Beifang is directly force-defusing on the front, hearing the smoke grenade, C9 knows the situation is not quite right, two people came out from Ancient and the Donut respectively."

"NiKo is holding the Donut next to the smoke grenade, but he missed his shots at the critical moment, electronic also missed!"

"But electronic's last bullet finally hit NiKo; Perfecto is trying hard to mix, but the angle is wrong, he didn't dare to change bullets before, and the bullets were also empty!"

"electronic and Perfecto directly rushed up with knives, 1 second left!"

"Beifang threw a flashbang, both were fully blinded, slashing knives randomly in the smoke grenade!"

"Perfecto knifed electronic to death!!"

Xu Beifang defused the bomb, then directly mixed out of the smoke grenade, firing a spray directly at Perfecto's position.

"Oh!! Nice!!!" Maniac laughed while commentating, "Complexity's top-tier 2V5 late-game, the World's Number One Brothers are too outrageous, mainly the first wave, Beifang and NiKo instantly melted C9's three people, which brought the late-game to life."

"Later, Perfecto and electronic were indeed calm, mainly dragging out time, but Beifang still found an opportunity in this desperate situation; he used a smoke grenade to completely reverse the situation!"

"Beifang's spray transfer and late-game decision-making are all eye-catching."

"As for C9, that's a bit of a blackout; this smoke-mixing is indeed a bit inhuman."

In the words of the friends, this C9 poet holding.

【2V5!!! Holy crap, is this the upper limit of Complexity's ability now?】

【Beifang and NiKo are too rigid, holy crap!】

【My god, it's burning】

【Is this the charm of the old kayak?】

【Too fierce, Beifang, he has already killed 43】

【Ni's trade to kill A Le was also critical, otherwise Beifang wouldn't have had a chance to operate】

【Finally Perfecto knifed A Dian, which made me laugh; I can only say it's worthy of being A Dian】

【As long as A Dian is on the field, you can always believe in his luck】

【Hahahaha】

"Nice!!!!"

"Woohoo~~"

Listening to the cheers and shouts coming from the Complexity match room not far away, the mentality of the C9 members had completely collapsed.

CS: GO competition, playing until the final overtime depends on the resilience of both sides.

Tactics, gamesmanship, and cooperation are sometimes not as real as morale.

Although this wave was just Complexity chasing back one point, the score of the two sides was still even.

But everyone understood that this match was already gone.

In the following rounds, they wanted to cheer up and ignore the previous influence, trying hard to win the match point.

But in the following two rounds, they didn't manage to win a single point.

Finally, in the first overtime, the score of Ancient was locked at 16:14.

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