Ultimate Scheming System
chapter-473

Xu Que had teleported to the foot of the Mountain of Imperial Tomb by reciting a magic inscription he learned in the Sky Incense Valley. When the old man had begun to struggle, he hit the old man with the blunt end of his sword and carried him up to the top of the mountain.

By the time the onlookers had processed what had happened, Xu Que had already reached the top of the mountain.

"Geez! He is going to increase the power of the Heavenly Trial with the help of the old man's Level Field."

"That old man is in the sixth level of the Infant Transformation Stage. How dare he do such a thing!"

"Wait a minute. The way he hit that old man looked very ordinary. Why on earth didn't the old man fight back?!"

"It seems that we have underestimated General Zhuge's power."

"Anyway, now that the old man is with him, the power of the Heavenly Trial is going to increase significantly."

"And that old man is doomed! But of course, that old man has to pay the price for his actions."

Seeing the old man being carried to the top of the mountain, no one felt sympathetic for the old man. After all, he had attacked Xu Que earlier.

The Water Empress was a bit surprised by Xu Que, but she was also relieved. Just as she had suspected, Xu Que never did things he was not sure about. So, no matter how powerful this Heavenly Trial became, she would no longer worry about Xu Que.

Meanwhile, the thundercloud above Xu Que's head suddenly stopped tumbling. With the old man next to Xu Que, the thundercloud began to re-evaluate the power of the two "sufferers."

Throughout the centuries, whenever a person would go through the Heavenly Trial, they were never allowed to call on someone else for help. This is because if another person tried to help, the thundercloud would target that person as another sufferer; thus, the power of the Heavenly Trial would double.

This was why the Water Empress chose not to get too close to Xu Que earlier. She was afraid that if she did, she would put Xu Que in a much more dangerous situation.

Xu Que had fully absorbed the energy of the golden lightning. His body had been greatly enhanced. Besides, with the help of his Negative Cloak, he would not die, no matter how severely injured he was.

Xu Que had decided to face the thundercloud again so he could absorb more of the golden lightning's energy. He wanted to act tough in front of everyone and make good use of this opportunity to purify the essence of lightning inside his body. He didn't care what price he would have to pay.

"How dare you!" the old man shouted as soon as he woke up. "How dare you sneak-attack me!"

Xu Que loosened his hands and the old man dropped to the ground.

"Who said I sneak-attacked you?! I conked you out in broad daylight."

The old man was furious. He was so mad that his face even turned blue. Suddenly, the old man felt the frightening pressure of the thundercloud above him, which scared him half to death. He looked up into the sky.

"No! No! No!" the old man cried.

The thundercloud was so close to the old man that if he reached up he could touch it with his fingers. He was now desperate and cried like a child. For him, being dragged into this Heavenly Trial was tantamount to a death sentence.

"Do not cry. You will be fine," Xu Que said with a laugh. Xu Que was amazed at how frightened the old man was.

The old man was extremely angry and stared at Xu Que.

I will be fine?! Nonsense! the old man thought.

"Young man, I won't let you get away with this! I will cut you into pieces before I die!" the old man shouted.

A green fog appeared around the old man's finger. The fog quickly changed into sharp green leaves that shone in a cold light.

"I see you come from the Wood Nation," Xu Que smiled, "but fire can burn your wood you know."

All of a sudden, a black flame appeared on Xu Que's palm. As suddenly and forceful as water spurting out of a fountain, countless sharp leaves quickly flew towards Xu Que. However, the black flame in Xu Que's palm had turned into a black wall of fire. As soon as the leaves touched the flaming wall, they all turned into smoke and completely vanished.

"This is impossible!" said the old man, shocked. He backed up a few steps.

For as long as the old man had lived, he had been famous for being able to perform a marvelous ability called the Life and Death Leave. The old man had killed countless cultivators with this ability. It had always worked for him—up until now that is. The old man could not believe that Xu Que had survived it.

"Calm down." Xu Que said. "The Heavenly Trial is going to come. Go through it with me. You will be fine."

Xu Que extinguished his Eight Waste Destruction Flame and looked at the sky. The sky was now as dark as ink. The thundercloud that was surrounded by the magnificent golden lightning was almost touching their heads. Xu Que was still wearing a smile on his face, while the old man was frightened out of his wits.

"You'll be fine." Xu Que comforted the old man.

"General Zhuge, please let me go. If you let me go, the Heavenly Trial will be even easier for you. Please do not kill me! I know you can master the Heavenly Trial, just let me go! I will remember your mercy to me all my life if you just let me go!"

"No worries! You will be fine! I'll make sure of it," Xu Que nodded.

"Are you serious?" The old man frowned.

"Of course!"

Bang!

The thundercloud roared. Countless golden lightning bolts were crawling through the cloud. Before either of them could react, one of the lightning bolts touched the old man's head.

Bang!

The old man was blasted away and fell to the ground with a thud. He screamed out in great pain. His head was bleeding severely. If he was in the sixth level of the Infant Transformation Stage, he would have died on the spot.

The old man started to chant some magic words to heal the wound on his head. It was common for a person of the Wood Nation to be able to heal themselves with Wood Energy.

"General Zhuge, stop the thundercloud immediately!" the old man said harshly while glaring at Xu Que.

"Here, I have something for you," Xu Que said. "This is called a lightning rod!"

Xu Que smiled and threw a needle to the old man. The old man was surprised.

A lightning rod? This is just an iron needle? Will it work?!

"Are you sure?!" the old man asked.

"Yes! Believe me, you will be fine."

Bang!

The thundercloud roared again. Suddenly, a golden lightning bolt whized out of the cloud and flew towards the old man.

"What?!" The old man shouted, backing away in terror. "General Zhuge, what is happening! That bolt almost struck me!"

"Don't worry. You will be fine."

Bang!

At once, a golden lightning bolt shot out and penetrated the old man. In the blink of an eye, his whole body turned into a ball of bloody fog and was blown away by the wind.

He just… vanished

Seeing this, the onlookers were speechless.