Legendary Skill, Absolute Focus!

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[Ding! You have obtained Stamina Potion * 2] (Common)

(Can be used at any time during the match to restore your condition to optimal.)

[Ding! You have obtained Focus Potion * 1] (Rare)

(Can be used at any time during the match to prevent your attention from waning during long holds, lasting for 10 minutes.)

(Note: System products are always top-quality. This potion contains no prohibited ingredients.)

[Ding! You have obtained Dream Points 30 * 1] (Common)

[Ding! You have obtained Dream Points 1 * 4] (Common)

[Ding! You have obtained Skill Card: "Absolute Focus Lv.1" * 1] (Legendary)

[Ding! You have obtained Talent Card: Sniper Rifle Mastery (SSS) Fragment * 1] (Epic)

"Got some good drops?" While the AIMBOT Map was still loading, Qin Feng looked at the card shimmering with golden light.

[Absolute Focus (Lv.1)]

[Skill Level: Legendary]

[Skill Description: Your attention will not be scattered by holding angles; instead, as your holding time increases, your reaction speed will also increase accordingly.]

[Note: Maximum increase of 100% reaction speed. Approximately 5% reaction speed increase per second of holding angle, reaching the cap in about 20 seconds.]

Judging solely by the skill description, the 20-second activation time to reach the skill's cap wasn't short.

After all, even the team's sniper couldn't be in a constant hold position.

But Qin Feng knew that Absolute Focus would absolutely live up to its Legendary skill rank.

On the competitive stage, snipers from any team face the risk of their attention being diverted, allowing riflemen to peek out and get an easy kill.

Absolute Focus, however, minimizes the occurrence of such situations to the greatest extent.

After directly using the Absolute Focus card, Qin Feng's gaze shifted to another fragment glowing with purple light.

[Sniper Rifle Mastery (SSS) (Fragment)]

[This fragment can be used. Upon use, you will gain Sniper Rifle Mastery (SSS) for 24 hours, with a cooldown of 30 days.]

[3 fragments can be combined to create one complete Sniper Rifle Mastery (SSS) card.]

Qin Feng then looked at the system's introduction to talent ranks.

Even snipers at the human limit like Zywoo and s1mple were only rated SS+ by the system.

If it weren't for the 30-day cooldown, Qin Feng would have definitely tried the Sniper Rifle Mastery fragment's effect immediately.

"It's a shame the cooldown is so long. I'll save it for a crucial match," Qin Feng shook his head, glancing at Absolute Focus, which was already in his skill bar.

He was already eagerly anticipating the next match.

Finally, at 2 PM local time in England, the first round of the PGL Major Qualifiers concluded.

Fnatic's opponent was determined to be Heroic (Team X), who had just defeated forze 16-9.

To maintain good competitive form, several Fnatic players, including Qin Feng, didn't eat much for lunch, opting for simple fruits and salads from the restaurant.

Inside Fnatic's training room, the atmosphere was somewhat tense.

"Listen up, lads, our next opponent is Heroic," Samuelsson's expression was serious. He clearly hadn't expected to face one of the strongest opponents in the group in the second match. "They probably won't pick Dust II or Inferno. Most likely, the final map will be a choice between Mirage and Nuke."

"Should we pick Nuke, which just crushed GL?" The person speaking was poizon, still clearly buzzing from their 16-2 victory over GL.

ALEX shook his head, glancing at the data from the analyst's notebook. "Although our Nuke just dominated GL, Heroic's Nuke is one of their strongest maps."

"Danish teams' Nuke, you all know how it is."

"Whether it was North, Astralis in the past, or Heroic now, Nuke is definitely one of their super strong maps."

"In previous matches, the only Nuke Heroic lost was to Faze Clan, another top-tier team."

"And Aether only recently joined the team. Playing Nuke, a map that heavily relies on tactics, against seasoned veterans like Heroic will put us at a significant disadvantage."

"Let's go with Mirage. Heroic's Mirage isn't weak either, but a simpler map like this can minimize our disadvantages to the greatest extent."

Samuelsson listened to ALEX's conclusion and nodded.

Nuke is a large map with many intricate details for map control. Fnatic, having only been together for less than half a month, would clearly struggle to outmaneuver Heroic in tactical details.

Instead of that, it was better to choose the relatively simpler map, Mirage.

However...

Despite all the considerations, once the game actually started, the situation took a different turn.

As predicted by the analysis team, the match map was indeed Mirage.

Fnatic, as the attacking side, had prepared quite a few tactics for the start.

But no matter how meticulous the tactics, they all rely on the execution of raw aim.

Since the attacking side could barely utilize two snipers, Qin Feng had no choice but to hand over the sniper role to poizon, taking up a rifle himself to fulfill the team's entry fragger duty.

Facing several of Heroic's top players, Qin Feng truly realized that his 90 Gunplay wasn't quite enough anymore.

Let alone him, even if n1ko or dycha were here, it would be difficult to gain an advantage in head-to-head duels against Heroic's crossfires.

Coupled with the fact that the 25-round laser gun M4A1-S had too much of an advantage in holding sites this version, Fnatic could barely organize any effective offensive tactics in the first half.

Even after winning the pistol round, Fnatic's score in the first half was still only 5 points.

With a 5-10 score, Fnatic entered the second half.

Qin Feng, still wielding mezii's Dual Pistols, went to defend under the white car below the B Second Floor.

However, just a few seconds after reaching the B site, Qin Feng directly saw the kill feed scrolling like crazy in the top right corner of the screen.

[Heroic.stavn headshotted Fnatic.ALEX with Glock-18]

[Fnatic.mezii headshotted Heroic.stavn with USP]

[Heroic.CadiaN killed Fnatic.mezii with Glock-18]

[Heroic.refrezh headshotted Fnatic.poizon with Glock-18]

Heroic instantly completed a 1-for-3 trade on the A site.

Qin Feng, forced to save his half armor and Dual Pistols, could already feel that the situation was not looking good.

His 14-9 KD and 95 damage per round were still commendable. However, the Fnatic players defending A seemed completely out of sync.

As the team's main sniper, poizon's stats were now a dismal 5-14.

On the map Mirage, besides controlling mid, the Terrorists' most likely attack direction was a full-on rush to the A site.

Although in the subsequent full buy rounds, Qin Feng continuously tried to push mid with his sniper rifle.

Heroic quickly figured out Fnatic's strategy.

You like controlling mid?

Fine, control it!

We'll just rush A.

The out-of-form mezii and poizon were completely unable to stop Heroic's A site rush.

What awaited Qin Feng were mostly incredibly difficult retakes on the A site.

Ultimately, the score was locked at 12-16.

Facing the strong opponent Heroic, Fnatic was forced down to the 1-1 bracket.

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