Chapter 519

Everyone thought that after Xu Beifang's clutch in the third round, COL would smoothly take control of the tempo.

But to their surprise, COL and Vitality traded clutches, playing a total of 7 rounds.

Both sides were truly fired up; top players like Nice, Zywoo, NIKO, and spinX kept stepping up with highlight moments, making people sigh that this was the quality only a final could have.

It wasn't until 4:3, after Vitality's attempts to clutch back ended, that COL finally started taking consecutive rounds.

However, Vitality later relied on a coordinated play by Zywoo and FlameZ to take two more rounds.

Finally, the first half ended, and both sides got a short break.

They were all frantically rehydrating and adjusting their states.

"7:5, COL leads by two rounds as the defensive side," Wanjiqi summarized while looking at the score on the screen. "The first half was truly spectacular; players kept stepping up, the quality was maxed out."

The star players from both sides kept stepping up, and with Xu Beifang and Dou Dou constantly taunting each other over the mic, the audience couldn't help but smile, feeling that this was what CS should be like.

【Old-school CS is still exciting, these old guys are so passionate.】

【Awesome! This is the charm of muscle CS!】

【They've already got 5 points, much better than Mouz yesterday.】

【Although there aren't many people on-site, I feel like these two sides are playing like it's a Major.】

【Dou Dou and Beifang have been taunting each other, hilarious. Dou Dou stopped shouting at Beifang later.】

【He can't out-shout him; Beifang is playing dirty with a cheat, Dou Dou's throat is hoarse, but Beifang's expression hasn't changed.】

【That moment was hilarious, Dou Dou admitted defeat, haha.】

……

The confrontation in the first half was exhilarating, and Xu Beifang was really enjoying it.

He held the loudspeaker and joked with his teammates: "It's a good thing I brought this today, otherwise I definitely wouldn't have been able to out-shout Dou Dou."

NIKO laughed when he saw the loudspeaker: "In the round where spinX played well, I saw apEX wanting to stand up, then he seemed to look over at you and sat back down himself."

As soon as he said this, the COL player booth burst into laughter.

Elige took a sip of water from his cup on the floor, "Let me say, apEX actually calmed down. After all, Beifang can keep shouting at him, and if he shouts a few more times, his throat will be ruined."

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Danking also gave Xu Beifang a thumbs up: "How did you think of this trick?"

Xu Beifang squinted at the other side: "After all, I played at Vitality for so long, I know that guy Dou Dou too well. If he has a chance, he will definitely stand up and shout."

"If we really just shout at each other, I definitely can't out-shout that guy, so I definitely had to think of a way."

Soon he returned to the content of the match: "Vitality's form is average today, only Zywoo and spinX are performing, so it's not hard to play against them. Let's focus our offensive on A in the second half."

During the first half, he clearly felt that FlameZ and mezii were in poor form.

Now that he knew, he would naturally target them.

Vitality's default defensive setup was Zywoo in VIP and spinX in B Small.

So Xu Beifang simply avoided them and focused on the A site.

The group discussed the pistol round tactics, the halftime break ended, the sides swapped, and the second half officially began.

For the pistol round, the strategy discussed by Xu Beifang and NIKO was a pinch on A from Archway and VIP.

By sending people to VIP and Archway, and coordinating with teammates at A2 Floor, they would pinch the A site.

The early-stage tactic was successfully deployed, but Zywoo in VIP intervened, catching the people pushing VIP and Archway, and with spinX in B Small, they crushed their pistol round.

Later, JKS and NIKO could only force a bomb plant at A, and the pistol round was taken by Vitality.

"What a pity."

After losing the pistol round, everyone fist-bumped to encourage each other.

There was no helping that; the tactic was deployed successfully, but Zywoo was just too accurate.

You could only say that this is the ability of star players; they have the ability to break the norm.

JKS looked at his economy and asked: "Beifang, do you want a hero AK? I can drop you one."

The bomb plant plus kill economy made his finances relatively sufficient.

Enough to play a hero AK round.

In the whole team, when it comes to using a hero AK, it definitely has to be NIKO or Xu Beifang.

Xu Beifang accepted the suggestion: "We can try, but others shouldn't spend too much money. Let's try to focus on taking guns."

"Vitality's economy isn't great. As long as we can take three guns this round, we'll have a huge advantage in the next."

After winning the pistol round, Vitality's economy wasn't actually that good; this round was definitely a mix of rifles and SMGs.

If they took down more than three rifles this round, Vitality's weapon configuration in the next round would be very awkward, and they would have four well-equipped AKs, making the chance of winning very high.

"Only buy handguns without armor? How do we play that?" Elige asked, a bit at a loss.

Xu Beifang grinned: "Just dry-peek!"

The countdown ended; as the team member best at dry-peeking, Danking took the lead and rushed out of A1.

The image in his mind was to dry-peek out, and his teammates at A1 would follow him out.

But a fire from the enemy made his teammates behind him instantly cautious.

Danking had to charge forward through the fire.

"Tie Dan is having a barbecue this round; he's about to become a roasted egg." Wanjiqi liked to make small jokes in less tense rounds. "But his footsteps were heard, and Dou Dou under A2 Floor couldn't wait, taking an MP9 and rushing out!"

"Danking is still trying to play; he actually landed a headshot on apEX. apEX is so greedy, he didn't even buy head armor this round, and was instantly knocked to sliver health by Tie Dan."

Danking was killed, but landing a headshot with a Glock was good news.

Xu Beifang and the rest of the teammates didn't have the economy to buy smoke grenades, so they could only wait for the fire to extinguish before operating.

They had all taken their positions, so there was no need to rotate. Xu Beifang pushed forward with an AK47.

The trajectory of his AK47 wasn't biased to the left; after he was killed, his teammates could pick it up and continue using it.

In this kind of match, Xu Beifang didn't pre-aim too precisely, but pushed toward the A1 platform in a bold manner. If someone really appeared, he would immediately adjust his aim to compensate.

During his push, he caught a glimpse of a CT head appearing on the platform.

But the enemy's peek was too small, so he chose to hide for a moment, and JKS and Elige in A1 immediately helped.

Zywoo saw this and quickly adjusted his aim toward the Terrorists at A1.

But after Xu Beifang dodged the first wave, he took a step back to get an angle and opened fire.

"Zywoo smoked A2 Floor and actively peeked A1 from the platform, but there are a million people in A1 firing at him!"

"Beifang managed to kill Zywoo through movement!"

Xu Beifang knew there was another one under A2 Floor; the moment he killed Zywoo, he immediately shifted his focus.

apEX, as expected, couldn't wait and rushed over with an MP9 run-and-gun.

Look, rushing again!

This was Dou Dou's old habit; many times he would make moves that were hard for ordinary people to understand.

Xu Beifang was already holding A2 Floor, and Dou Dou was low on health, so he was instantly melted by Xu Beifang.

"Two enemies down!" he reminded in voice chat. "See if we can plant the bomb!"

If they could plant the bomb, this wave would be a huge profit.

Maybe... maybe they could clutch!

He camped on the A1 platform for a few seconds, didn't hear any movement, so he decided to take the initiative.

But the moment he jumped toward the platform, he saw a head appear near the bench.

Xu Beifang decisively counter-strafed in mid-air, changing his trajectory.

He was supposed to jump onto the platform, but ended up landing in the Sandwich.

At the same time, NIKO from A2 Floor actively pushed out of the smoke.

He took a shot at the CT firing at the bench.

"Bang!"

【NIKO killed FlameZ with a Desert Eagle headshot】

"NIKO came out to help, took FlameZ down with one Desert Eagle shot. The World No. 1 brother is still firing!"

"Now the CTs from CT Spawn are rotating, both B-site players have rotated to B, but the Terrorists are about to deal with the CT on the platform!"

"NIKO was killed by the rotating mezii, CT Spawn is stealing, but the Terrorists are also playing well!"

"Can spinX trade? He killed Beifang! But JKS's trade was also fast!"

"The situation has come to a 1v1 clutch! A confrontation between the best Australian player and the best British player."

Mirage temporarily quieted down, leaving JKS and mezii to duel.

Both positions were known.

JKS's only advantage was the AK in his hand, but he had no armor.

So, either side could win this clutch.

The members of COL could only watch JKS's play and choose to trust him.

JKS became expressionless again; the opponent was known, so he didn't need to enter his "Gyro" state.

He chose to press himself against the bench, waiting for the opponent to peek for information.

Soon, mezii from CT Spawn chose to take the initiative and peeked to scout information.

JKS's pre-aim was already there; the moment he saw the opponent, he crouched and fired.

"Da-da-da!"

【JKS killed mezii with an AK47 headshot】

"No problem! JKS secured the clutch for the team, COL has once again completed a hero AK clutch!!"

Wanjiqi explained the clutch: "JKS wanted to go to B; after all, in a 1v1 clutch, if he entered B site, he would have a lot of room to maneuver. But he was afraid the enemy would catch his timing, so he chose to hold his ground and wait. mezii's patience just wasn't enough."

【Awesome, clutched again.】

【JKS finally stepped up, redemption, brother.】

【Australian Dragon!】

【I don't know what Vitality is playing, they just went out and fed one by one.】

【Purely throwing.】

【Vitality is too impatient.】

After successfully clutching, COL's economy improved.

Everyone instantly equipped full armor and grenades, with even surplus economy.

Xu Beifang reminded: "Don't let your guard down. Vitality was clutching back in the first half too, don't give them room to operate."

"This round, we group up and default, don't give them a chance to pick up guns, and execute at 40 seconds."

However, this round, JKS, who was defaulting at B, stepped up.

While defaulting, he felt there was no movement in B site, so he took his teammates to probe.

Then they pushed into an empty B site, COL easily entered B to plant the bomb, and Vitality had no choice; they gambled on the wrong site and could only save their guns for the next round.

In the next round, they still chose to gamble on A, and this time Vitality guessed the site correctly.

But the problem was, they only had Desert Eagles and such; only Zywoo killed NIKO, and the others were instantly melted by COL's synchronization.

The score reached 10:6, and the audience could clearly see Vitality playing more and more impatiently.

XTQZZZ even called a tactical timeout, wanting to organize his thoughts before the long-gun rounds began.

Seeing the timeout called, Xu Beifang smiled first: "The opportunity is here."

"What opportunity?" JKS asked.

He explained: "Vitality calling a timeout usually means Dou Dou is playing too impatiently, and XTQZZZ is coming out to cool him down. But based on my understanding of them, this won't cool him down at all."

"Let's hit them with a fast play now, don't give them a chance to calm down."

Xu Beifang looked at his position: "Someone from A2 Floor come and trade with me, and Tie Dan, prepare to help us throw two flashbangs at A2 Floor. We're going to be aggressive at A2 Floor."

Xu Beifang always liked this aggressive playstyle, but it actually suited their personalities quite well.

If they were asked to play that kind of back-and-forth detailed mind game, they would actually find it very uncomfortable.

The countdown ended, and Xu Beifang took JKS and rushed directly into A2 Floor.

Elige threw a VIP smoke from home, and NIKO headed to Mid, intending to put some pressure on Mid and feint, at least to help Xu Beifang distract the enemy's rotation.

Xu Beifang didn't stop his footsteps and rushed directly into A2 Floor.

The moment he entered, he pulled out a fire and threw it to the right of the A2 Floor exit.

This fire and the enemy's A1 anti-rush fire exploded almost simultaneously.

It could mask their footsteps to a certain extent.

Xu Beifang arrived at the A2 Floor close point and switched to his AK47.

The first thing he saw when he peeked was no one.

Then, out of the corner of his eye, he saw half a body walking under A2 Floor.

Xu Beifang immediately opened fire.

"Da-da-da!"

【Nice killed FlameZ with an AK47 wallbang】

"They pushed A2 Floor!" FlameZ shouted after being killed.

He only vaguely heard some movement; he didn't expect the enemy to be so insane, dry-peeking directly from A2 Floor.

apEX behind the long box heard this and immediately peeked, but the moment he peeked, he was hit by a flashbang and was completely blinded.

"Da-da-da!"

【Nice killed apEX with an AK47 wallbang headshot】

"A site is being pushed aggressively. Beifang took JKS and dry-peeked from A2 Floor, Beifang instantly killed two people at A, melting the A site defense!!"

"After Beifang got the kills, he didn't rush down, but held VIP with JKS. Zywoo came over with a big sniper to peek, but didn't expect this scene, and was instantly taken down by the two!"

Three people at A site were killed in an instant, and spinX and mezii at B had no choice but to save their guns.

FlameZ said self-reproachfully: "My bad, I don't know why I didn't hear the A2 Floor footsteps."

He gave up the first kill, and the subsequent problems were very serious.

Because the entire bomb site would be very passive.

apEX rubbed his face helplessly: "It's not your fault, this is a very old tactic of Beifang's, but sometimes it has miraculous effects."

He took a long breath, but still couldn't lower the impatience in his heart.

Zywoo wanted to say something, but ultimately remained silent.

His teammates died too quickly; if he had to trade them all, it would be very hard to play.

As he expected, in the following rounds, even if he turned pressure into motivation and performed fiercely later on.

All COL players were stepping up and getting kills, but Vitality could only rely on his sniper rifle.

The form of the others on Vitality had already cooled down, and Zywoo was powerless to turn the tide.

Finally, Mirage ended, and the score was fixed at 13:9.

In this BO5 confrontation, COL took the first point and won the first map.