SSS-Rank Strength, One Frame Flick Shot!

The Antwerp Major Qualifiers were not held offline.

There were no cheers from the audience, nor grand venues.

All that could be heard were the sounds of mice and keyboards clacking in the practice rooms.

On the second map, Overpass, Fnatic found themselves down 0-3 after losing the pistol round.

In the 6657 Wan Ji Qi stream, the dense barrage of comments supporting Fnatic before the match had now dwindled to only a few drifting by occasionally.

"OG's gambling god nexa chose to gamble on the site again in the first full buy round."

"With no intel on A site, nexa decided to have his teammates gamble on B."

"My god, how did he make that call?"

"Fnatic happened to be planning a B site rush."

"It's over, they ran right into the line of fire."

"Under the crossfire, OG quickly wiped Fnatic in B site with a 2 for 5 trade, swiftly winning the first full buy round."

Even the usual fans of Aether weren't optimistic about Fnatic's chances of a comeback against OG.

[Ah, it's tough, carrying four others finally has its limits.]

[God A was carrying four back in TBD, I didn't expect him to still be carrying four in Fnatic, truly sigh-worthy.]

[Losing isn't shameful, we'll come back next time.]

[Truly - a glorious defeat.]

Watching the comments scroll by, Wan Ji Qi couldn't help but sigh wistfully:

"The current situation is very disadvantageous for Fnatic."

"Everyone knows that Fnatic's other players are in bad form right now, and their offense often relies on Aether to open up gaps."

"But in this match, valde proved his strength as the dean, giving Fnatic absolutely no chances."

"And even if Aether managed to break through first, he was often picked off by OG's players rotating from the back."

"This method of playing the back and trading kills really counters Fnatic's single-core offensive system."

"Should we go for a fast rush next round?" ALEX asked Qin Feng in Fnatic's team comms, sounding hesitant.

According to the strategy set before the match, they were supposed to rely on Qin Feng's sniper rifle to control the map's forward positions.

But with valde and mantuu performing well, Qin Feng's sniper rifle seemed to be struggling to find opportunities for picks.

"If we can't push in, we'll have to try a fast rush," ALEX said with a hint of helplessness.

Qin Feng looked at the [Sniper Rifle Mastery (SSS) (Fragment)] in his system inventory and shook his head.

"Next round is an ECO, we can rush."

"But in the sixth round, I'll be able to use my sniper rifle."

"Trust me, don't rush, let my sniper rifle break through again."

"Aside from playing default, everyone else should stick close to me and wait for my breakthrough."

With that, Qin Feng directly used the fragment from his inventory.

The fragment had a long cooldown, a full month.

But now, there was no need to hold onto it.

"In the fifth round, with their economy boosted, Fnatic opted for a half-buy."

"Will the Desert Eagle and TEC-9 create a miracle?"

"A gamble? It didn't pay off."

"valde, who got an M4A1, gave Fnatic's players no chances."

"Four headshots directly crushed Fnatic's fast-paced push into the site."

Wan Ji Qi's voice held a touch of disappointment.

Aether was, after all, the last Chinese player remaining in the Antwerp Major.

Almost all Chinese players hoped that Fnatic, Aether's team, could advance further and reach the Major venue in Antwerp.

But now, time was running out for Fnatic.

Many viewers in the streams couldn't bear to watch the rest of the match. They were afraid.

Afraid that Fnatic would ultimately suffer the same fate as Tyloo.

The sixth round, Fnatic's second long-buy round.

"Oh? Fnatic didn't choose to rush the start this time?"

"Fnatic is directly planning a four-man push at the T-spawn on Amusement Park?"

"The four-man push had no mistakes, Qin Feng immediately scoped in and looked towards the B site's second floor."

"OG wasn't paying attention, nexa's movement gave Aether an opportunity, can he do it?"

"Beautiful, he seized the moment when the CT just showed a sliver of their body."

The viewers in the livestream suddenly became active again because of Qin Feng's first kill.

[I know this map, Amusement Park, 1 minute as T is enough.]

[This sniper rifle is a bit fast.]

[Come on, God A, I'm still waiting for your four-kill streak with the sniper rifle.]

"The enemy T-spawn is pushing with four, we can position ourselves a bit further forward." Nexa, who was just killed by Qin Feng, looked at his teammates expressionlessly.

"Mhm, don't worry, I'm already holding the T-entrance from the balloon." mantuu seemed to have gained confidence, "Aether's sniper isn't as fast as they say, he can't push out."

After the baptism of the first map, Inferno, mantuu was naturally full of confidence.

"Bang."

[Fnatic.Aether used AWP to headshot kill OG.mantuu]

mantuu suddenly felt a bit awkward.

"I was talking just now, a bit distracted, they seem to be pushing out of T-spawn to control A."

With 3 players left against 5, the remaining OG members naturally couldn't continue to defend from the back.

However, what greeted OG was Fnatic's default hold from the back.

After a 0-for-3 exchange, Fnatic finally secured their first round on their map pick.

The score is 1-5.

The seventh round.

If Aether's kill on the holding mantuu earlier was considered an accident, and the OG members thought it was just mantuu being distracted.

Then, when Aether emerged from T-spawn a second time to extinguish the fire and once again instantly killed mantuu behind the balloon smoke, mantuu finally felt that something was a little off.

"This, this was a one-way smoke." mantuu sounded a bit wronged, "How could he have pre-aimed this position immediately? And I only saw the top of his head just now."

mantuu said this because he didn't know how Qin Feng managed to land that shot.

But everyone in the livestream had truly witnessed Qin Feng's incredible shot in its entirety.

"My god, how did Qin Feng pull off that shot?"

Wan Ji Qi shouted, his voice cracking.

The livestream clearly showed that although Qin Feng pre-aimed into the balloon smoke, he wasn't aiming at mantuu's actual position.

Qin Feng flicked his aim to mantuu, who was outside the scope's field of view, the instant he scoped in.

A true one-frame flick.

He hit an enemy who was outside his scope's vision.

"What, even with the director giving us a 0.2x speed replay, I still feel like this shot is magical."

"Even in slow motion, I can only barely see the blurry scalp of the CT inside the balloon smoke."

"mantuu was already very careful, how did Aether manage it?"

Wan Ji Qi clearly could no longer suppress his excitement.

"I originally thought that after Aether was targeted by OG, Fnatic might stop at the final round of the qualifiers today."

"But Qin Feng, he used this sniper shot to prove himself."

"He proved that as a Chinese CS player, he has the potential to be on par with any world-class sniper."

"He seems to be trying to tell the whole world that he has the strength to bring Fnatic to Antwerp!"

"Aether, this genius young player from China, can he complete the redemption for Fnatic?"

"..."