Ultimate Scheming System

“No!”

With a mischievous smile, Xu Que walked over to the Heaven Orc Generals, ignoring their screams. The dark, ominous lightning clouds followed him as he moved.

The Heaven Orc Generals were utterly flustered. However, they could not wriggle out of Xu Que’s Field of Sinisterness. One of them quickly yelled, “Li Bai, are you insane? If you pull us into your Heavenly Tribulations, we will all die together!”

It was common knowledge that when multiple cultivators appeared together under the tribulation clouds, the heavens would automatically register that they would bear the tribulations together. When that happened, the strength of the tribulations would be multiplied to match the number of cultivators!

“Eh, now that you said it, I remember it’s quite dangerous. I almost forgot!” Xu Que nodded.

The orcs thought that he had finally abandoned the idea and heaved a sigh of relief. However, to their dismay, Xu Que did not leave but inched closer instead. He pulled out a green helmet and a cape and put them on. He also quickly pulled out a pile of palm-sized crosses and hung them all over his body.

“Okay! A Spirit Visage and an Anti-mana Cloak, as well as 20 Banshees Veils. I’d say that these are enough!” Xu Que smiled.

In actuality, the System had ruled that he could only equip himself with six equipments from the League of Legends at any time. Thus, other than the Spirit Visage and the Anti-mana Cloak that he was currently wearing, he was left with four Banshees Veils for spell resistance. The other 16 were just replacements should they get destroyed by the Heavenly Tribulations.

“Come on. I’ll give out the cards now!”

Xu Que was well prepared and therefore fearless. He took out a pack of poker cards and sat right beside the orcs, as he waited for the tribulations to strike.

Crap! The group of Heaven Orcs felt so angry that they almost vomited blood. They had never seen anyone this crazy. Did he really believe that he could survive the tribulations by putting on some flimsy green armor and cloak while wearing crosses all over his body?

Mind you, that’s the golden lightning, the legendary Ancient Catastrophe!

These days, who else could bear them aside from those powerful demonic beasts?

“Claim!” Xu Que suddenly shouted after issuing all the cards. The gang of Heaven Orcs all jumped up and almost exploded with anger.

How could he still be in the mood to claim land at this point in time?

What the hell was he planning with these pathetic cards?

“I’m bloody unlucky! If I had known that he was this crazy, I would never have volunteered myself to assassinate him, not over my dead body!” one of the Generals blurted out miserably. For him, dying just like this was too hard to swallow. The rest of the orcs also had anger spelled out on their foreheads, but were powerless to do anything. Even now, they remain locked within the Field of Sinisterness. With Xu Que so close to them, it was as if he had used his Taoist Connotation to hold them down!

… …

Not far away, Jiang Hongyan stood at the mountain peak. Her eyes shone like stars as she contemplated. She still thought that it was too risky for Xu Que to try to pull this off.

His tribulations were already unusual and several times more ferocious than that of the ordinary cultivators.

That was just his Heavenly Tribulations, 79 Heavenly Tribulations in total, for stepping into the Form Synthesis Stage from the Void Training Stage. However, on top of that, he had included 17 powerful orcs in the Crossing Calamity Stage. It was too much of a risk!

But now, Jiang Hongyan dared not go near the area of tribulations; otherwise, instead of helping Xu Que, she would have worsened the severity of the tribulations. “It might help if I attach some Kismet on him!” Jiang Hongyan suddenly thought of an idea. She closed her eyes, and suddenly, a light formed between her brows.

Swoosh!

With a light pop, a piece of green, flawless jade with the shape of a semicircle emerged from her forehead. Glowing sizzles flowed out as they showered onto the earth beneath.

“I part with my Kismet. May it protect you from the tribulations!” With utmost seriousness, Jiang Hongyan squeezed out some blood from her fingertips. She dabbed it onto the jade, then faced in the direction where Xu Que stood.

Boom!

The air suddenly dipped, and a slight wind swept past. An unclear and untouchable mass of heavenly fortune seemed to gather around Xu Que.

Jiang Hongyan paled as the color of blood faded from her cheeks. The half-moon of jade that she had activated was the Celestial Artifact that had helped her to be reborn, but her cultivation stage was too low to unleash its full power. She could not control it entirely, just part of it. She had gone beyond her abilities to transfer a small part of her Kismet to Xu Que.

…

At the same time, Xu Que suddenly felt a faint breeze sweep past his body. He felt a bit more spirited, like when he had activated the Lucky Aura. He felt comfortable.

Crack!

The deafening crack from the skies signaled that the first Heavenly Tribulation was finally about to descend. Within the thundering clouds, the dragon-like golden lightning bolt split the heavens and thundered down! It pierced the heavens with high speed. Armed with a tumultuous power of destruction, it went straight for Xu Que and the Heaven Orc Generals!

“No!” The Heaven Orc Generals howled in agony.

Xu Que leaped upward instead and swung out a punch. It was the King of Tough-Acting Fist, with a worth of 3,000 Acting Tough Points! That was the real reason why he had dared to face the Heavenly Tribulations head on.

However, he was stunned the very next second. The Tough-Acting Fist that he condensed from thin air had missed its target. It was as if that golden lightning had eyes; it moved so fast it avoided the punch the very moment that the fist was formed and swung. It then quickly shot behind him and landed heavily on the Heaven Orc Generals.

Boom!

The Heaven Orc Generals instantly exploded into a hot mess of blood and bones. Out of the 17, ten of them died before they could make a sound.

After all, it IS the Ancient Catastrophe. Back when Xu Que bore the blow for Jiang Hongyan during her Heavenly Tribulations, he was equipped with six anti-spell equipments and had an impenetrable body. Even then, a single strike of golden lightning was enough to throw him before the gates of Hades.

The immense power of divine punishment was not to be underestimated. Only something as absurdly powerful as the Tough-Acting Fist could go against it!

“Ayo, what in the world, it’s an intelligent lightning bolt!” Xu Que was stumped.

He had never encountered a lightning bolt that could sense impending danger, much less avoid it. That was so creepy.

Crack!

Within the area of the bombardment, the golden lightning had not dissipated. It sprung up from the ground again and crashed toward the final few severely injured Heaven Orc Generals.

Bam!

With that, even the last few orcs had turned into blood mist.

Ding! “Congratulations to Host ‘Xu Que’ for successfully acting tough! You have been rewarded 8,000 Acting Tough Points!”

Ding! “Congratulations to Host ‘Xu Que’ for eliminating a powerhouse at the Crossing Calamity Stage! You have been awarded 60 million Acting Tough Points!”

Ding! “Congratulations to Host ‘Xu Que’ for eliminating a powerhouse at the Crossing Calamity Stage! You have been awarded 60 million Acting Tough Points!”

… …

Ding! “Congratulations to the Host for your first kill of a powerhouse in the Crossing Calamity Stage! You have received a Big Mystery Bag!”

The System notification rang in his mind. Xu Que almost popped his eyes in disbelief.

What does that mean? Don’t tell him that the Heavenly Tribulations were here to help him?

He didn’t need to use the Tough-Acting Fist to annihilate the 17 orcs in the Crossing Calamity Stage. That had saved him a ton of Acting Tough Points.

More important, those 17 orcs added up to 1 billion, 20 million, experience points, and he had gotten them all!

“My tribulation’s awesome!” Xu Que almost clapped in joy.

Boom!

Suddenly, the lightning that had demolished the 17 Crossing Calamity Stage orcs with two launches sprung up and bolted right toward Xu Que with incredible speed.

“Hey, did you think that yours truly, the Act-Tough Saint, can’t deal with you?” Xu Que smirked and, with a move of his mind, released an astounding amount of Taoist Connotation. Then, under his control, the Taoist Connotation speedily reduced to a rich and thick substance, which he held firmly between his palms.

Snap!

The large golden bolt had arrived. Xu Que formed claws with his fingers and pounced toward it!

Pa! With that sound, Xu Que had captured the whole lightning bolt firmly in his hands. Horrifying energy gushed out of Xu Que’s arms. He swung the bolt over his shoulder and then slammed it hard into the ground.

Boom!

With one hard hit, the entire lightning crashed into the ground, forming a seemingly bottomless crevice. The glow of the lightning bolt dimmed. But before the golden lightning could do anything, Xu Que threw it over his shoulder again and smashed it into another part of the ground.

“Naughty!”

“You’re too naughty!”

“Try being naughty again!”

Boom! Boom! Boom!

After a few explosions, with Xu Que’s curses in the mix, the whole peak was destroyed by the smashing. Not far away, Jiang Hongyan was speechless at what she saw. She had seen the Heavenly Tribulations chase cultivators as they ran, but she had never seen someone smashing the bolts as if they were snakes.

Boom!

At last, with the sound of one final vigorous explosion, Xu Que had finally broken the first stroke of lightning apart. It cracked into several small golden beams, all of which he forcefully absorbed. Almost instantly, the thunderclouds up above boiled and rolled. Their pressure became more potent than before.

Xu Que raised his gaze to the skies and smiled. He shouted to Jiang Hongyan, “Little Missy, wait for me here! I’m off to the battlefield!”

As soon as Xu Que said that, he leaped into the sky. With thunderclouds hovering above him, he flew toward the battleground.