Chapter 488: That terrifying ID is shining on the arena once again

"This... this isn't right, is it?" Broky sat in the Faze player booth, his face full of confusion. "Is this guy really capable of killing this much?"

Two consecutive 1v3 quad-kills—isn't that a bit too inconceivable?

They certainly made a few mistakes in those two rounds, but aren't you just a bit too good at killing?

This ability to seize opportunities is just too exaggerated.

Rain sighed: "Nothing to be done. Running into that self-discipline freak on the other side is just how it goes. It's pure sweat and hard work."

Broky rolled his eyes: "If sweat and hard work could get you to this level, I wouldn't be going to KFC this Thursday."

Karrigan also sighed: "Confrontations with these kinds of superstars are just so annoying. They can always use those performances that leave us baffled to affect our mentality."

"But thinking about it carefully, this is still easier to bear than when donk played us on Nuke before."

Rain found this teasing a bit hard to swallow. He recalled that confrontation with Green Dragon; donk had also performed excellently, but donk was even more outrageous, with all sorts of kills through smoke—they didn't even have a chance to duel.

Now, playing clutch games against Nice, at least you know how you died.

You die with a bit more clarity.

Coldzera joked: "It's fine, experts don't win the first 5 points..."

Karrigan smiled: "That might mean experts don't win the first 6 points. Let's force-buy this next round, adjust our economy, and let ourselves calm down."

"The superstar performance on the other side is indeed making us very uncomfortable, but we don't need to be afraid. Although they have a superstar, I have 4 superstars under my command too!"

"I don't believe you all are any worse than him!"

Karrigan's words were very calm, and they let the members of Faze feel his confidence.

The others were also inspired by him, and their mentalities were slowly adjusting.

Faze was originally a team with very strong resilience; it's hard to crush these star players before the very last moment of the match.

After the timeout ended, they attempted a semi-buy pistol round.

After calming down, this round even allowed them to find a few opportunities.

In the middle of the round, Broky caught a timing out of Yellow Room and instantly headshot Elige, who was on top of Yellow Room, kicking off the sequence.

Combined with ropz catching a timing in Iron Plate, they stretched out the overall formation.

After this wave of kills, Faze didn't rush to plant the bomb, but chose to rotate to B Site to operate.

Relying on the players' explosive performance and Karrigan's tactical maneuvering, they finally secured a point, achieving a breakthrough from zero.

The score reached 5:1, and the Faze group regained some morale.

But just as they intended to strike while the iron was hot and chase a few more points.

That guy Nice came again!!

Although this was just an ordinary 1v1 clutch, it still brought out the pain mask on ropz.

Do you have to be this exaggerated? Aren't you the Breakthrough Immortal?

How did you become the Clutch Immortal now!

The mentality of the Faze group didn't collapse; they also realized at this moment that COL's level on this map wasn't actually very strong.

The level of the other COL members on this map could be said to be fifty-fifty with them.

But that guy Nice's standard was too high, directly tipping the scales of victory!

This made them very painful.

"Well played, Beifang!" Danking exclaimed. "Worthy of being the Stage 2 BOSS, terrifying!"

NIKO heard Danking's last word, and his expression instantly became disgusted.

Xu Beifang bumped fists with the teammate beside him and just smiled.

"I'm quite familiar with Faze's playstyle. They are actually still using the same old stuff, mainly based on basic tactics, relying on the players' mid-round decision-making. This just happens to be where I excel."

He turned his head to look at Danking and teased: "I originally intended to use my Super Commander to crush Karrigan..."

"Why not use it?" Danking was already a qualified straight man.

Xu Beifang said indifferently: "My Super Commander signaled me to use my Super Breakthrough!"

Danking gave a thumbs up: "You're really something."

The advantage in the score made their atmosphere relatively relaxed.

This was also something Xu Beifang was actively controlling.

He had a lot of experience in major tournaments and knew that at times like this, the atmosphere within the team couldn't be too serious.

Because that would cause the mental fluctuations brought to the team by the outcome of each round to be very large.

Feeling like a 'five-stack team' seriously climbing the ranks like this was great.

Facts proved that Faze still had quite a lot of things on this map; at the very least, their offensive rhythm was smooth, and many times they caught the moments when they had coordination errors.

However, his personal feel was very good, covering up the gap in the team.

And as they took a few rounds, Faze also began to show errors in their basic coordination.

After adapting for a few rounds, the COL members also slowly figured out Faze's tactical patterns and began to exert force one after another.

Subsequently, there was only one round where Faze relied on Broky and ropz exerting force simultaneously to win a 2v4 clutch.

The remaining rounds were all steadily taken by COL.

Finally, the first half ended, with the score locked at 10:2.

Everyone at the scene didn't expect that on the map Faze actively chose, they would actually be beaten into such a state.

Inside the CSBOY live stream, Ma Xixi was also beaming; as a loyal Beifang fan, he had long been labeled as a Beifang fan.

So he could express his happy emotions without any concealment.

Xu Beifang's god-like performance in this final made his voice rise quite a bit: "Beifang is too outrageous on Map 2 today! He once again made CSGO viewers realize what the ID Nice represents!"

MO laughed from the side: "Beifang has a way of playing against Faze; he's an old ship-breaker. I remember in 2019, when Vitality played against Faze, the deciding factor was 11:2; Faze was basically in a state of being captured by them."

"Though Faze was led by NIKO at the time."

Ma Xixi smiled and said: "In that case, it's not Faze's fault; COL is indeed playing well today. Everyone's resilience was maxed out on Map 1, chasing points through long overtime, and Beifang's state exploded directly on Map 2, simply not giving the opponent any chance."

As soon as his voice fell, he saw the director give out the post-first-half stats.

In an instant, Ma Xixi's eyes widened.

"Ah!!"

"Is this a KD a human can play!"

As a loyal fan of Xu Beifang, he certainly paid attention to Xu Beifang's stats.

And Xu Beifang's stats directly shocked him.

ID: Nice

Kills/Assists/Deaths: 21/1/1

Average Damage: 101.1

Ma Xixi was exclaiming, and the netizens watching the live stream were also stunned.

【KD ratio 21!!!】

【This... is this a stat a human can play?】

【Beifang uses his strength to tell us, if you can't do it, don't blame the road for being uneven; he can carry the old kayak forward all by himself】

【So in the 12 rounds of the first half, Faze only killed him once?】

【But why is the average damage so low?】

【Because Beifang is playing clutches, a crazy bottom-line master】

【So the biggest gap between COL and Faze is that there isn't a superstar, right?】

【Hard to swallow, the time Beifang died was by Karrigan, and that was also Karrigan's only kill in the half】

【So Karrigan is Faze's strongest firepower?】

Ma Xixi gasped: "These stats are really a bit exaggerated."

A KD ratio of 21—he hadn't seen it once in all his years of casting.

Looking at it this way, Faze really did fall into Xu Beifang's hands in the first half.

"Faze is actually quite afraid of those explosive superstars; they also struggle when playing against peak Zywoo," MO added.

"With the 10:2 score in the first half, it all depends on the outcome of the pistol round in the second half. If they can't win the pistol round, Faze won't have much room to operate."

And the COL boss in front of the stands was already incomparably excited at this moment.

He clenched his fists excitedly, muttering: "Is this real? We're only three rounds away from winning the championship!"

"Holy crab, we must win the second-half pistol round, don't give Faze a chance to turn it around!!"

"Champion! Champion!!"

But sometimes, the more you worry about something, the more likely it is to happen.

After entering the second half, the two sides swapped camps.

COL came to the offensive side, and Faze swapped to the defensive side.

For the pistol round, COL chose to give a first-line smoke to Outside, then rush into K1.

It was originally a pincer attack from Iron Plate and K1.

But JKS, who was responsible for the flank attack, was ambushed by ropz.

Once JKS died, the frontal push became a bit uncomfortable.

Xu Beifang decisively chose to change his thinking, issuing an order for a 'superNIP' tactic, which was to climb up from the pipe and rotate to A.

The idea was fine; they coordinated with the teammates left behind in the inner site from the pipe and directly performed an inner-site speed-up.

A wave of exchanges turned the situation into 3v3, but in the clutch, Rain, who crawled out from the pipe, seized the opportunity and took out two in a row. Under these circumstances, NIKO even counter-killed two, and even almost hit Rain as well.

Regrettably losing the pistol round, the COL group called it a pity.

But the Faze group on the other side of the stage was already sweating all over.

Winning a pistol round was just too difficult.

Entering the second round of the second half, COL chose to force-buy.

In this force-buy round, they directly used force; NIKO took a full-armor Galil and coordinated with JKS's flashbang to bravely rush into A Site.

In this wave of fierce breakthrough, he almost spun around in the inner site, taking three kills in a row.

But in the process of the exchange, everyone else died, but finally entering the clutch, they still had a numerical advantage.

In the clutch, Elige and Danking were very calm; the two huddled together and entered B Site, even choosing a one-hit-one-cover strategy.

But the person from Faze taking over this clutch was Broky. Broccoli didn't know how he read this information, sometimes firing while peeking.

He directly split this 1v2 and won, extending Faze's life.

"It has to be Broky; he's still trying his best. It just so happens that both of them were low on health, which allowed Broky to find the possibility of operating."

"The score is now 10:4, Faze has taken two points in a row, caught their breath, and the point gap is slowly shrinking."

Inside the COL voice chat, NIKO looked at Xu Beifang: "Buy or Eco?"

"Buy it." Xu Beifang's feel was good. "The last round was mainly because Broky played well; our ideas were fine. We can't give Faze time to breathe now."

Although they lost both rounds, Faze couldn't save much economy. He calculated that Faze couldn't even manage full-buy rifles with utility for everyone.

And Faze's economy would directly explode if they lost one more round now.

They had to strike while the iron was hot.

Their situation was actually better; although they lost two rounds in a row, their loss-bonus economy was increasing.

They were actually getting richer the more they lost.

The few of them communicated quickly; Xu Beifang sucked an AK out of Danking, and then he equipped himself with full armor and utility.

After the countdown ended, he directly came to Outside.

He knew the opponent didn't have much money this round, so he communicated with Danking in advance to let him coordinate with him for a double-boost in the sniper position Outside.

The defensive side didn't have much utility, so there were many more tricks to play with the sniper rifle.

Danking crouched down skillfully, and Xu Beifang directly jump-crouched onto Danking's head, and then he saw a policeman holding an SSG 08 in the warehouse within his field of vision, as well as a figure flashing past near the Red Box.

Broky held the SSG 08 and aimed directly at Outside, suddenly seeing a head appear at the upper right of his pre-aim position. He hurriedly flicked over, but the head-skin position wasn't that easy to hit.

"Da-da-da!"

【Nice used AK47 to headshot kill Broky】

The moment Xu Beifang got the kill, he walked forward two steps, stepped on top of the box in the sniper position, and then aimed directly at the vicinity of the Red Box.

He had just seen the person pass; in this exchange Outside, that guy couldn't continue to hide.

As he expected, when his crosshair had just moved over, he saw the CT near the Red Box directly pull out.

And that guy also happened to bump into Xu Beifang's crosshair.

Xu Beifang directly crouched and pulled the trigger.

"Da-da-da!"

【Nice used AK47 to headshot kill rain】

"Broky was ambushed by Beifang while holding the SSG 08, instantly killed by the double-boost method. After Beifang got the first kill, he directly started directing traffic. Rain pulled out but didn't beat him!"

"Karrigan at the main entrance also came to trade, but Beifang directly headshot three!!"

"Beifang has already played with confidence, directly holding the AK and pushing flat Outside. ropz on the third floor is aiming directly at the origin. Can Beifang headshot again? ropz finally traded, ending Beifang's sinful life, but Danking's SSG 08 also wall-banged to trade."

Ma Xixi laughed while casting: "This Outside was directly pushed flat in one wave, the situation instantly reached 4v1, with only Coldzera left."

"Knowing ropz is guarding Iron Plate, then Iron Plate is likely controlled now. They directly pincer from K1 and Iron Plate. Coldzera went down to K1 from the pipe; he wanted to cut off Danking, but he didn't beat him either!"

MO gasped: "This Faze Outside didn't expect Beifang to come with such a wave, directly pushing their Outside flat."

"Then Faze is very uncomfortable now; losing a full-buy round makes their economy explode instantly, and they can only pure-eco to reach match point."

"Nice!!!" NIKO shouted excitedly as the round ended. "Brothers, that was too well played!"

Faze originally had signs of coming back to life, and he had some pressure in his heart, but Xu Beifang instantly pushed the opponent flat Outside, which really let him breathe a sigh of relief.

He stretched out his palm to bump with the two teammates beside him and clenched his fists.

Only two rounds away from victory... his gaze couldn't help but look at the trophy in the center of the stage.

"Be steady, brothers, don't give the opponent a chance, let's get off work smoothly, okay." NIKO's tone became serious, even becoming a bit solemn.

"Don't have pressure, the opponent is ECO this round, we'll just do a good default, and then huddle together for a wave." Xu Beifang calmly gave the idea for the next round.

Although he was also happy, he didn't have the psychological burden of NIKO and the others, so he could handle the emotions at this moment very well.

Under his instructions, Faze, who chose pure ECO for the next round, only took out one person and ended the round.

The match also smoothly entered 12:4.

Match point!

Xu Beifang thought for a moment: "For match point, let's just run a tactic, play something old from the ancient era."

"Outside first-line smoke laid out, everyone except JKS silent-walks down K1, play that silent-contact set."

The idea was simple, and all of them could execute this set of tactics.

At this time, NIKO, as the early-game commander, had already started to have a psychological burden, so Xu Beifang directly took over the command.

After the countdown ended, they executed according to the plan.

It could be seen that the COL members were under a lot of pressure, because Danking even threw a grenade poorly.

Fortunately, the overall problem wasn't big.

After they finished throwing grenades, they silent-walked directly to the Red Box.

Then Xu Beifang stopped them for a moment.

Two seconds later, a grenade flew to the position of the first-line smoke, blowing it open.

"Wait for the smoke to recover before we go over." Xu Beifang gave instructions to the teammates in an orderly manner.

He led his teammates forward silently.

Good news came from JKS's side.

"Iron Plate pushed out... I took one... the second one is also down!" JKS said excitedly. "Iron Plate is empty, I can coordinate with you to speed up directly!"

JKS's key performance changed the situation, but Xu Beifang didn't rush: "Still unfold according to the previous plan; we are very mysterious at this time, maybe we can catch an opportunity."

The teammates' excited mood calmed down again.

NIKO came to the forefront of the team, and the floor-sweeping robot started working again.

"These two kills by JKS are too critical. Now that Iron Plate is down, Faze is very uncomfortable because they have no support point!"

"Rain is peeking at the K1 corner alone, it's this familiar position again, and the opponent happens to be our classic player NIKO at the K1 pre-aim position."

"Can NIKO do it?"

"Pre-aim, directly wide-peek, Rain doesn't even have a chance to react!!" Ma Xixi shouted. "COL directly unfolds the speed-up, now B Site is empty!"

"The number of people has reached 5v2, could it be!!"

"Now only Karrigan and Broky are left, they directly came down from the pipe, but Beifang is stepping on it in the pipe!"

"Beifang took one, Broky continued to jump down wanting to trade, but the game is already over!!"

Accompanied by the cheers exploding at the scene, the score above the big screen reached 13:4.

This also meant that in this IEM Chengdu final, COL defeated Faze with a score of 2:0.

Becoming the champion of this IEM Chengdu!

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 489 =====