Chapter 546: Encirclement and Suppression

The corners of Wangzhetianxia’s mouth curled into a bloodthirsty, murderous smile, while a demonic impulse stirred within him.

The woman’s intuition was correct. Xie Yao had labeled Wangzhetianxia as a dangerous individual, and there was certainly justification for that.

After so long on the battlefield, Wangzhetianxia carried an aura of cold-blooded malevolence, which suddenly erupted.

Even when facing desperate situations, he remained absolutely calm. He had endured countless bullets and bombs; how much more trivial was this scenario?

As the two rogues lunged forward, Wangzhetianxia instantly determined their attack directions and likely tactics. Slightly tilting his body, one rogue’s dagger grazed past his ear, while the other’s brushed his cheek.

Wangzhetianxia could feel the chilling coldness emanating from the dagger tips.

This level of minute precision was honed through years as a mercenary, surviving countless brushes with death. To ordinary people, such a feat would seem nearly impossible.

They actually missed!

The two players from the Wolf Studio momentarily lost focus. Wangzhetianxia’s figure darted through their pincer attack. With an unimaginable angle, his dagger sliced past one rogue’s neck, delivering a backhanded stun.

Both sides were top-tier experts, and these actions were completed in an instant.

Each skill had specific movement requirements, including the stun.

In theory, executing a move with such an awkward motion should be completely ineffective. However, this stunning skill succeeded, leaving the Wolf Studio player stunned.

This unique stun technique was something Wangzhetianxia developed through relentless experimentation with the skill, yielding unexpected effects. Even top-tier players like Yichuandingqing and Sun fell victim to it upon their first encounter.

Wangzhetianxia deeply understood one principle: when a move completely defies players’ habitual thinking, it is most likely to achieve a surprising victory, even against top-tier opponents.

This unusual stun technique required absolute precision. Any slight mistake during execution would result in the system determining the skill failed. Wangzhetianxia precisely challenged this edge of the limit.

After stunning the rogue, Wangzhetianxia executed a reverse backstab followed by a laceration, causing blood to spurt from the rogue’s back.

Wangzhetianxia activated Wind Walk and vanished rapidly. Moments later, the rogue’s health dropped to zero and he collapsed to the ground.

Seeing his teammate fall, the other rogue hesitated slightly while gripping his dagger, scanning the surroundings for any trace of Wangzhetianxia, but finding none, he became fully alert and cautious.

“What happened?” Crow and others rushed over, staring blankly at the corpse on the ground.

The rogue addressed as Laoqi gave a bitter smile and replied, “We attacked him together, but Lao Ba was eliminated.”

This news was a major psychological blow to Crow and his companions. Who Laoqi and Lao Ba were, others might not know, but Crow and his men did. Back when the Dark Ranger Guild was at its peak, their leader, Dibu Tianxia, led hundreds of elite players across various games without ever tasting defeat. Laoqi and Lao Ba were among the Dark Ranger Guild’s core members, consistently playing rogues and dominating the class, even earning the title of “Thief God” at their peak. Players like Yingsha, Nieyan, and Sun emerged later, and Laoqi and Lao Ba were only slightly inferior to them.

“Was it Nieyan himself?” Crow asked, immediately thinking of Nieyan. In his mind, only Nieyan could possess such capability.

“No, it was a rogue named Wangzhetianxia.”

“Wangzhetianxia?” Crow was momentarily stunned. He suddenly recalled such a person. Wangzhetianxia was originally obscure, but later gained brief fame during the bounty hunting conflict between the Niuren Tribe and Zhanda Shixue, single-handedly ambushing and eliminating over a thousand Zhanda Shixue members before disappearing. He never expected Wangzhetianxia had joined the Niuren Tribe.

One Nieyan was terrifying enough. Then unexpectedly came Sun, and now Wangzhetianxia. The rogues of the Niuren Tribe were enough to leave any guild speechless.

“Just a rogue made you two look this pathetic. You still dare to call yourselves Thief Gods?” Keluo interjected with a sneer.

After hearing this, Laoqi glared angrily at Keluo.

Crow glanced at Keluo indifferently and said, “If you think you can do better, feel free to challenge Laoqi and Lao Ba when we get back and see if you can eliminate one and escape unscathed.”

Keluo weighed his options in his mind before finally giving an awkward chuckle.

“Let’s move quickly, or Nieyan will be here soon,” Laoqi said.

After eliminating one, Wangzhetianxia still didn’t leave but continued to watch this group.

Nieyan finally finished his tasks.

Have you guys finished? We’re going to confront the Wolf Studio players. Type 1 if you’re joining, Nieyan said in the team chat.

“1.”

“1.”

…

Cui Can Daoguang, Xie Yao, and others replied in succession.

Among the twelve Rings of Teleportation, one was in Wangzhetianxia’s possession, and all others holding the Rings were participating without exception.

“Divide everyone into ten teams, seize the castles, and finish the battle!” Nieyan ordered in the guild chat, and Knight’s Elegy went to execute the command.

After delegating the tasks, Nieyan put away the Dark Winged Dragon and used the skill from the Ring of Teleportation.

Wangzhetianxia was hiding among the bushes when he saw streaks of white light. Nieyan and others appeared beside him.

Twelve people had gathered completely. What kind of power could such a group unleash?

“Where are the Wolf Studio players?” Nieyan asked Wangzhetianxia.

“They went east. We can catch up with them in no more than two minutes,” Wangzhetianxia replied.

“Let’s go,” Nieyan said, and the group headed in the direction the Wolf Studio players had fled.

Crow and others were advancing through the jungle. Most of the Mage Alliance members had perished, with only a few hiding and too afraid to come out. When they inquired in the group chat, no one even responded. In this map without coordinates, they had become like headless flies, aimlessly wandering.

“The boss gave us orders to try to stall the Niuren Tribe in this map. He’s planning to take action against them,” Crow said, having just received news from Cao Xu.

Previously, the Niuren Tribe’s development had been tolerated by the Century Financial Group, but now, the Niuren Tribe had truly crossed the Century Financial Group’s red line. This time, the Century Financial Group was determined to act against the Niuren Tribe or else they would become a major threat.

The Century Financial Group wanted to teach the Niuren Tribe a lesson. In the gaming world, merely having strong power wasn’t enough for a guild to establish itself firmly.

“With just our small group, it’s going to be extremely difficult to stop the Niuren Tribe from capturing ten castles,” a mage beside Crow said.

“The Niuren Tribe has over two thousand members. Dividing them into ten castles means each castle would only have around two hundred people.”

“Whatever, we’ll stall them as long as we can. Just don’t get caught by Nieyan,” Crow sighed, knowing the defeat was already inevitable.

As they were chatting, distant rustling sounds came from the woods. One by one, figures began appearing within their line of sight.

Seeing Nieyan in the distance, Crow’s heart sank. He solemnly said in the team chat, “It’s Nieyan. We’re surrounded!”

They had never imagined that the Niuren Tribe would intercept them so quickly. It was nothing short of miraculous!

Nieyan surveyed the battlefield. The Wolf Studio had seven members, while the Niuren Tribe had twelve, giving them a numerical advantage. They didn’t have a clear concept of the Wolf Studio’s actual strength, but Nieyan was confident that across the entire Granian Empire, very few groups could rival theirs.

Keluo raised his golden greatsword. Even though he was usually arrogant, he was now fully alert. He understood the strength of the people before him was extraordinary.

“Nieyan, I never thought we’d meet again,” Crow faced Nieyan directly, speaking calmly.

“Magus Crow, having participated in five virtual games. Having been rated as the strongest mage twice, I also never thought I’d encounter a legendary figure here,” Nieyan replied, glancing at the members of the Wolf Studio. Without exception, they were all once renowned figures. After achieving fame and success, they had all disappeared, only to be recruited by the Century Financial Group.

In addition to Magus Crow and Keluo, three of the top five experts from the former Dark Ranger Guild were now part of Wolf Studio. The remaining individuals were renowned masters Nieyan had seen in videos—faces familiar from various gaming news platforms. Just how much hidden strength did Century Financial Group truly possess? It was utterly unfathomable.

“Each serving our own cause, I apologize in advance for the offense!” Crow said, slowly raising his staff. The sapphire-adorned staff emitted dazzling light.

Other members of the Wolf Studio also became fully alert.

“My target is Nieyan. Don’t try to steal him from me!” Keluo arrogantly declared.

“Finish this within three minutes. We have another major battle to attend to after we leave. No time to waste here,” Shuise Yantou said, casting a disdainful glance at Keluo’s golden-haired figure in the distance. How dare this golden-furred monkey claim to challenge Nieyan? Did he even know who he was? Was he worthy?

Nieyan and his group gradually surrounded them. The distance between the two sides was about fifty yards. The air was thick with a heavy gunpowder scent, and the battle was about to erupt.

Shuise Yantou’s statement of three minutes also enraged the Wolf Studio players. Among others, the Wolf Studio players were feared upon hearing their names. Shuise Yantou’s words were too arrogant.