Chapter 546 - Surrounded (1/2)

King of the World’s lips curved into a bloodthirsty smile as a devilish killing intent stirred in his heart.

A woman’s intuition was never wrong. Xie Yao was right to say King of the World was a dangerous individual.

After fighting in war zones for so long, King of the World’s killing intent was quite potent. At this moment, he wasn’t concealing it in the slightest.

Even in the face of death, King of the World could maintain absolute calm. Compared to braving through hails of bullets, this kind of situation was trivial.

The instant the two Thieves came close, King of the World determined their positions and plan of attack. As he lightly leaned to the side, one dagger stabbed past his ear while another brushed past his cheek.

King of the World could feel the sharpness of the daggers’ blades.

This exquisite skill was something King of the World had developed during his time as a mercenary, after countless brushes with death. From the eyes of an ordinary person, such movements seemed impossible.

The ambush failed!

The two Direwolf Thieves were dazed. Escaping the pincer, King of the World circled behind as his dagger pierced through one of their throats at a seemingly impossible angle.It was a reverse grip Smothering Strike.

Both sides were top experts. This exchange ended in the blink of an eye.

Every skill had a particular set of movements, including Smothering Strike.

Logically speaking, executing a Smothering Strike in such an awkward angle was impossible. However, King of the World had succeeded! The Direwolf Thief was stunned.

This was a special trick King of the World had mastered after practicing Smothering Strike non-stop. Even players like Sun and One Strike Vow would fall victim to this move without prior knowledge.

King of the World was quite familiar with a certain principle. A move that existed outside common perception was the most likely to succeed. Even if the opponent was a peak expert, the result would still be the same!

The slightest mistake and the Smothering Strike would’ve failed. King of the World was precisely challenging the boundaries of the system.

King of the World immediately followed up with a Reverse Grip Backstab and Lacerate before disappearing with Gale Step.

The Direwolf Thief collapsed to the ground as his health bar bottomed out.

Seeing his companion’s corpse lying on the ground, the other Thief was slightly trembling while tightly holding onto his dagger. Looking around him, King of the World was nowhere to be found. However, he didn’t dare to relax his guard.

“Old Seven, what happened.” Raven and the others rushed over. Their expressions morphed into ones of shock as soon as they laid their sights on their fallen comrade.

“We failed our pincer attack, and Old Eight got killed.” Old Seven bitterly smiled.

This information greatly unsettled Raven and the rest of the group. Others might not have known who Old Seven and Old Eight were, but they did. During Dark Hero’s prime, Invincible and the several hundred top experts under him had swept through virtual reality game after virtual reality game without ever once being defeated. Old Seven and Old Eight were core members of the group. Exclusively playing the Thief class, they both earned the titlesof Thief God along the way. Shadow Killer, Nirvana Flame, Sun, and the others had all risen to fame later. Old Seven and Old Eight were only slightly inferior to them.

“Was it Nirvana Flame?” Raven asked, believing Nie Yan was the only one who could achieve this kind of feat.

“No, it was a Thief called King of the World.”

“King of the World?” Raven was dumbfounded before recalling such a person. King of the World was originally an obscure character. During the conflict between Bloodlust Blades and Asskickers United, though, he achieved great fame by successfully ambushing more than a thousand Bloodlust Blades players. Afterwards, he vanished without a trace. Who would’ve thought he had joined Asskickers United?

One Nirvana Flame was already bad enough. After that Sun appeared. Now a King of the World had popped up too? Asskickers United’s Thieves truly left other guilds speechless.

“A single lousy Thief left you two in such a sorry state. And you call yourselves Thief Gods,” Krow remarked.

After hearing these words, Old Seven cast an angry glare at Krow.

Raven glanced at Krow, then said, “If you think you’re up to the task, when we get back, how about you face off against Old Seven and Old Eight and see if you can win so easily.”

Krow thought for a moment before letting out a cold snort.

“Let’s get out of here. Nirvana Flame can’t be too far behind,,” Old Seven urged.

After killing Old Eight, King of the World had never left. He was still closely watching these players.

Nie Yan had finally finished up things on his end.

「Is everyone finished? We’re about to pay those Direwolf players a visit/back with interest. Who wants in!?」Nie Yan asked.