CS: Demon King C, you said I was a genius?

Chapter 200: Only one relic remains on the seat.

JL has always disliked any kind of prodigy.

He was once ridiculed for having a ceiling of only being able to play as a Bot in a second-tier professional team, and that his talent was only average among many professional players.

His early professional career was also bumpy, and he didn't make a name for himself in second- or third-tier professional teams.

He was unwilling to accept defeat and eventually achieved a comeback through his own efforts.

From the moment he joined NAVI, he was always cheerful and played the role of enlivening the team atmosphere. He was just the same old GOTA player who was always the go-to radiator for the team's heatsinks, until recently when he won the Copenhagen Major championship and MVP.

The twists and turns and hardships he experienced along the way made him look down on those genius teenagers who were touted by the media.

Because he felt that he worked harder than anyone else, and that the genius teenagers were nothing compared to his efforts.

The trophy and MVP medal, which symbolize the highest honor for CSGO professional players, further solidified his resolve.

Not to mention Su Zhe, JL has always disliked people like Donk and M0NESY, and they often "interact" with each other during matches.

He had just arrived at the hotel with his team when he ran into Su Zhe. Seeing this rising star celebrating his victory, he couldn't help but make a few sarcastic remarks.

But Su Zhe's response was unexpectedly strong as well.

I'm a Major champion, what are you?
"you!"

JL wanted to say something as he watched Su Zhe enter the elevator, but was interrupted again by Xiao Li Zi next to him.

"Alright, we're all professional players, we'll run into each other all the time, why make it so awkward?"

JL looked at the closed elevator doors, clicked his tongue, and said, "See them often? Those kinds of teams? They're probably destined to be eliminated early on. I don't see them many times."

After saying that, he pursed his lips, looking completely unconcerned.

"I hope I can meet them in the main competition this time!"

Just imagining this highly acclaimed prodigy being trampled underfoot by himself, a "second-tier team Bot," made JL feel incredibly satisfied!

In the elevator.

Watermelon has a good alcohol tolerance; although she was a little unsteady on her feet, she was still clear-headed.

He was completely confused, thinking about the conversation between Su Zhe and JL. He looked at Su Zhe and asked, "God A, do you and JL have some kind of conflict?"

Upon hearing this, Su Zhe shook his head and said, "No, at most it's just a stray dog ​​from my hometown village that always inexplicably likes to bite passersby."

Xigua couldn't help but laugh when he heard the analogy, but regardless of whether it was right or wrong, he still sided with Su Zhe, though he still felt a bit emotional.

'Although Su Zhe is now a foreign player for LVG and is from the same country, we are simply not on the same level as him as professional players.'
'Those I get along well with are all NIko, kids, and the opponents I have some friction with are Major champions. We treat each other like children.'
Afterwards, Su Zhe helped send his drunk teammates back to their respective rooms, and then returned to his own room.

He didn't drink much today, and no one dared to force him to drink. After taking a shower, he became much more sober.

Thinking about the friction with JL in the hotel lobby earlier that day, Su Zhe smiled.

"I also have to thank him...the system."

As Su Zhe called out, a semi-transparent system panel appeared before his eyes.

Su Zhe only glanced at his character attributes.

Then, using his mind, he scrolled down and arrived at the [Mission] panel.

"Ding ~"

[Host detected participating in EPL tournament... Host detected being provoked...]

A true prodigy should shatter all doubts and challenges...

[Temporary Mission: Defeat NAVI once in this EPL Bo3 tournament to receive a random reward (failure to meet NAVI in the schedule or losing the match is considered a failure)]

"We exchanged a few words, and I didn't expect to get a mission..." Su Zhe looked at the temporary mission and couldn't help but feel happy.

The main problem is that the speed at which he gains improvement through the system is getting slower and slower.

Sometimes, even if you finally get a reward, if you're unlucky, the improvement in your abilities is barely noticeable.

I'm naturally happy to suddenly receive a new task.

He then suppressed his joy, because the prerequisite for receiving the reward was to defeat NAVI.

Given LVG's current overall strength, how could they possibly defeat NAVI, who just won the Major?

Su Zhe felt a headache just thinking about it. Although it seemed difficult, it was not impossible, just with a very small probability.

Otherwise, what's the point of having matches between strong and weak teams? Just announce the results directly.

"If we encounter them, we'll have to find a way to deal with them; maybe there's hope... Tonight, we'll give them some military training in the simulator..."

……

……

With LVG advancing to the main tournament, domestic viewers who enjoy watching esports are also looking forward to their future performance.

[Go LVG! They might actually have a chance to make it to the playoffs!]

[Bold prediction: LVG will go home 0-3]

[Not necessarily. At least Xiao Zhe is still around, so there might actually be a chance now.]

CS:GO is a team game; even the best player like A-God can't carry a team single-handedly!

Making it to the main tournament is already great; at least now we have three chances to play against strong teams, so we can treat it as a learning experience.

[Go go go! If we can win one best-of-three series, I'll brag about it for a year; if we win two, I'll brag about it for a lifetime; if we really advance, I'll tattoo LVG on my body!]

[Bro, where are you planning to get this tattoo?]

Amidst the various voices from domestic players, LVG, located far away in Malta, also ushered in their first day of the main event.

Although LVG advanced smoothly in the qualifiers with a score of 3-1, when they entered the main event, they were matched against the world's number one ranked team, FaZe, in the first round due to their bottom world ranking.

Although this Galactic Battleship has not won any championships in major competitions since Han Wang took over as director at the end of last year.

Su Zhe also defeated NIP and G2 once each.

Even so, no one dared to underestimate the true strength of this team, after all, not every team has the ability to win the runner-up position.

And it was a three-time runner-up!
The sheer number of IDs within the team is enough to put immense pressure on everyone at LVG.

At 7 p.m. Malta time, the LVG team arrived at the arena's battle room.

Faze and his teammates were in the battle room to their left, while a circle of spectators sat nearby, eagerly awaiting their performance.

After both sides finished banning and selecting maps, Figure 1 shows the map Nukem selected by FaZe.

"Come on! Come on! Let's just try our best to perform what we've practiced in this match, and don't put too much pressure on ourselves!" Su Zhe encouraged the team after sensing the tense atmosphere within the team.

Jee closed her eyes and took a few deep breaths. Just as she felt her mindset calm down, she opened her eyes and saw the audience gathered in a circle in front of her, and she couldn't help but feel a little nervous again.

"What kind of venue is this? Couldn't they have set up the seating a little further apart? I feel like they could punch me if they just took two steps forward."

After complaining, Jee was also glad that the venue was overseas. If it were in China, if he missed a few shots with his sniper rifle, the audience in the first row might really get angry and come up to him to teach him a lesson.

Su Zhe smiled upon hearing this and said, "That's exactly the kind of atmosphere we want, sitting together like this. But if you can't accept that, you can treat the audience as background figures, or as bots."

Su Zhe didn't feel too bad about the venue environment, after all, he had already experienced big events before.

Compared to the physical venue in Katowice, this small venue with a few thousand people hardly stirred his emotions.

After trying Su Zhe's method, the other members of LVG indeed felt much better.

"OK! Much better! I'm going up against Broccoli today, right? Let him experience the strength of Asia's new generation of snipers!" Jee regained his optimistic demeanor.

"Go for it! Crush Faze! That team is the easiest to lose!"

"Indeed! A bunch of old men playing cards! They might actually win!"

Everyone shouted and bumped fists with each other to cheer themselves on.

Soon after being notified by the referee, both teams entered the match server for map one. As FaZe's map pick, LVG chose to start on the defensive side.

Before the match, everyone was determined to go all out and that there was no shame in losing. But when they actually entered the game, the pressure from their opponents' attacks weighed heavily on their minds.

Faze executed a classic speed-up tactic by immediately using the inner area for the pistol round. Their coordination in terms of utility and follow-up shots was impeccable, demonstrating a level of skill far superior to other second-tier teams.

Fortunately, LVG gambled on a 4A round, and Su Zhe, who was guarding the outer field, was also preparing inside the main gate.

With the help of his teammates' baiting and his own positioning, he successfully stole two backstab kills from behind the iron gate, helping his team win the point.

However, in the second round, Faze opted for a force buy, and after compressing the attack time, they immediately accelerated and attacked the Iron Plate. Xiao Hua, who was defending the Iron Plate alone, didn't get any trades and was directly hit in the face by several Tec-9s.

Everyone in LVG thought that Faze was going to rush into the underground to plant the bomb, so they hurriedly launched a counterattack. However, they did not expect that the opponent would go around to the third floor and take down the watermelon back body that was the last line of defense in the inner field.

Su Zhe was running back and forth to defend, but when he got to the K1 entrance, ropz, that old bastard, caught up with him and hit him in the head with two Tec-9 bullets, sending him straight to the black and white TV screen.

LVG's morale had just started to improve when they were completely overturned.

Entering the third round, without the economic boost from the losing streak, LVG could only choose to force a buy and defend. However, facing Rain's breakthroughs and Han's follow-up shots, LVG's interior defense was as fragile as paper.

Su Zhe, holding a Desert Eagle in the outer area, couldn't find a good opportunity due to the smoke screen at the main entrance, and could only be eliminated by the opponent's AK in the subsequent rounds when they were outnumbered.

Later in the rifle rounds, FaZe demonstrated textbook-perfect map control techniques and a variety of seamless offensive tactics.

This is a complete blow to LVG, who don't play Nuke much.

The score quickly reached 1-6.

Later, LVG and the others realized that simply holding onto points and defending would only lead them into the opponent's rhythm. So they started using unconventional tactics, such as pushing forward on the outside and ABGO pushing forward on the inside.

However, as a top team, Faze has probably experienced more matches than they have played in ranked matches.

They reacted quickly to various situations, and with just a simple opening move of setting up guns in the bandit's quarters, they neutralized their advance.

As the main player in the outer field, Su Zhe was confident that he could outgun anyone in FaZe.

However, when facing the experienced foreign player Rain God, he was still hampered in various ways and unable to support his teammates in time.

LVG only managed four points by the end of the first half.

On this large CT scan, it is clearly a very poor score.

Faced with this situation, the LVG players could only exchange smiles, seeing a deep sense of helplessness in each other's eyes. They could only encourage each other as much as possible to try and score more points in the second half.

In the second half, LVG launched a direct attack on the outer perimeter during the pistol round, and Su Zhe finally had his moment to shine.

Using the P250 from Xigua, he successfully eliminated Yushen, who was far away in the warehouse. Then, when going down K1, he also eliminated Hanwang, who was trying to seize an opportunity by coming out of the main gate.

Facing a huge numerical advantage at the start, coupled with Su Zhe's subsequent kill on ropz during the bomb defense phase, LVG was able to catch their breath a little.

However, once they entered the rifle rounds, FaZe, fully equipped with utility and rifles, once again exerted enough pressure on them.

Trying to speed things up... Faze used anti-rush items and died before even seeing many people.

If you want to control the map and execute tactics... you won't even know how the enemy manages to flank you from behind.

For the FaZe players, the nuclear crisis probably lasted longer than they spent at home; their understanding of the map was on completely different levels.

Although Su Zhe was still in good condition, the restrictions he faced on this tactical map prevented him from even finding a chance to engage in a gunfight.

The final score for the first map was 7-13, even though Broccoli's sniper rifle missed a lot of easy shots.

After a short break, LVG faced significantly less pressure on their chosen map, Anubis, when they moved to map two.

After all, this map also has the lowest win rate on FaZe's map.

Just when everyone in LVG thought they had a chance to win a map, a torrential downpour suddenly started on this dry map.

Rain God's various unreasonable positioning and aiming techniques showed Su Zhe the true value of the MVP player at the Andwerp Major.

He himself is fine; he can handle Rain when he gets into a good rhythm.

However, his teammates really became tools for the opponent to practice their skills in front of Rain God.

Adding to that ropz's seemingly X-ray vision-like flanking maneuver, the final score for Map 2 was 10-13.

Su Zhe also left a burnt-out relic on his seat after the match.

His record in the first game was relatively poor, with a rating of only around 1.0.

However, in the second map, he achieved a KAD of 19-6-14, and his rating was second only to Rain God. With an ADR of 111, he also got a rating of 1.47.

After losing the game, Su Zhe leaned back in his chair for a long time to recover.

Although he had the expectation of losing the game, he was only two points away from dragging the second map into overtime, and maybe he could even wear down a bunch of old guys and win the game in the third map, Town. This seemingly hopeful situation made him feel somewhat unwilling.

He really wanted to lead LVG to defeat the Galactic Battleship again.

While they were silently packing up their peripherals, the FaZe players came over and shook hands.

His older cousin gave him a hug and joked, "I finally beat you this time, so you can be considered to have successfully avenged myself."

Faced with his cousin's joke, Su Zhe's mood improved considerably, and he said, "Then it'll be my turn for revenge next time."

My older cousin chuckled and said, "I'm waiting for you, young man. Keep up the good work, you still have a lot of room for improvement."

The older cousin patted Su Zhe on the shoulder and let out a long sigh of relief as he let go.

When Faze learned that their opponent today was Su Zhe again, they did special research to prepare for it. If they still lost after that... then Faze really should disband.

After the handshake session, the older cousin recalled Su Zhe's previous encounters with them and remarked with some emotion:
"If Arrow could join our team later, maybe we could make another run at the Grand Slam and Major championships."

The Rain God rolled his eyes and said, "Join us? For whom?"

"Haha, he's playing the penetration player position now, of course he'll substitute for you!"

"How can you say that to my face?"

As Han Wang listened to their conversation, a sudden pang of sorrow welled up in his heart.

He was extremely cautious throughout the match today, walking on thin ice, all to compete with Su Zhe on the statistics.

However, by the end of Figure 2, the overall data from both of their figures was still inferior to that of Su Zhe.

Although the outstanding performances of Rain God and ropz prevented him from getting many kills.

But if we switched roles, would I be able to perform like them if I were in a team of their caliber?

Han Wang was once again struggling with the question of whether something belonged to him now.

But it's alright, at least they won today's match...

……

After the match, the LVG team didn't stay at the venue for long. They boarded the bus to the hotel to review the day's game.

After the tension of the competition subsided, they relaxed considerably.

After all, the team they lost to was the world's number one, so even though they lost, they still deserve respect.

On the bus, Jee suddenly asked, "By the way, who's our opponent in the next round?"

"Let me see..." GUM picked up his phone and started checking, muttering to himself, "A 0-1 group, the opponents shouldn't be too strong..."

But his voice grew softer and softer, and his complexion became increasingly pale.

"Who is it? Stop keeping me in suspense!" Jee, impatient, grabbed GUM's phone directly.

Su Zhe, who was standing nearby, peeked out and couldn't help but burst into laughter.

“NAVI…”

"They actually lost to Eternal Flame, and now they're in the 0-1 group stage..."

(End of this chapter)