Calamity System

Douluo Continent, Heaven Dou Empire, Holy Soul Village.

"Tang San, please wait!"

Tang San was carrying a wooden basin full of dirty clothes out of the village. At the call, he couldn't help stopping and turned around with some impatience to look at the person who had called him.

"What is it?"

His tone was calm and cold, giving people the impression that he was difficult to approach.

"Have you heard?"

"The Lord Soul Master from Spirit Hall will come tomorrow to awaken our Martial Souls."

As soon as Lin Chen finished speaking, a mechanical voice rang out in his mind.

[Successfully inflicted Disaster Curse on Tang San. Obtained God-tier Martial Soul: Sky Thunder Whip.]

"Three months, and I finally got a Martial Soul. And it's even a God-tier Martial Soul."

Lin Chen was overjoyed.

At the same time, a wisp of black aura—visible only to Lin Chen—slipped into Tang San's forehead, making his already somewhat darkened glabella look even gloomier.

"Good grief, that's quite a lot of bad luck you've piled up."

"Just don't kill Tang San in one go. Otherwise, Tang Hao will go mad."

Lin Chen felt a sudden pang of worry.

"I know. Grandpa Jack already told me at my house this morning."

Tang San tossed out those words, turned around, and left.

He really couldn't understand this guy. Every day, it was "please wait, please wait."

Must've had nothing better to do.

Lin Chen didn't call after him again, or he might really make him lose his temper.

"Open panel!"

With a thought from Lin Chen, a light screen appeared in the air three feet in front of him, visible only to him. It displayed some information.

[Name: Lin Chen]

[Martial Soul: Sky Thunder Whip (Unawakened)]

[Level: 10]

[Spirit: 10]

[Physique: 10]

[Techniques: Mystic Origin Technique, Basic Whip Technique, Basic Movement Technique]

"Still at level ten, huh?"

"It's a God-tier Martial Soul, at least. Didn't it come with even a single level of Soul Power?"

Lin Chen couldn't help pursing his lips.

That level ten Soul Power was all something he'd farmed from Tang San over these past three months. In other words, the God-tier Martial Soul hadn't even given him half a level of Soul Power.

Wasn't this God-tier Martial Soul just a bit too pathetic?

"Forget it. As long as I make Tang San suffer a little more, I'll get everything I need."

Lin Chen couldn't help shaking his head.

Three months ago, he had inexplicably awakened the memories of his previous life and learned that he had transmigrated—or perhaps been reborn—into the world of the novel Douluo Continent.

Along with those memories, he had also awakened a Calamity System.

The system's function was simple. As long as he called out, "Someone, please wait," from behind a target, and they stopped and responded, he would receive a reward. At the same time, the target would be afflicted with a bad-luck curse.

That was what it meant to inflict a Disaster Curse.

The dark mark on Tang San's forehead was the bad-luck curse that had yet to erupt.

The bad luck might strike at once, or it might build up to a certain point before erupting. And this child of destiny, Tang San, didn't seem to be having much luck.

The more bad luck accumulated, the more fiercely it erupted.

No one knew what he would have to face when it did.

For example, he was going to awaken his Martial Soul tomorrow. If Tang San's bad luck erupted then...

"Hiss!"

At the thought, Lin Chen couldn't help drawing in a sharp breath.

"He is a child of destiny, after all. He can't be that unlucky, right?"

Lin Chen shook his head.

What did it matter to him whether Tang San was lucky or not?

He only wanted to farm rewards.

For the sake of his bright future, he'd just have to make Tang San suffer a little.

After all, his parents had died early, and he'd survived until now only thanks to the villagers' charity. He couldn't repay all those benefactors by inflicting bad luck on them, could he?

Lin Chen closed the panel and leisurely headed home.

His house stood in the southern part of the village. It was a three-room rammed-earth home, with a small courtyard of about a hundred square meters enclosed by a fence woven from Ten-Year Solitary Bamboo.

Lin Chen pushed open the courtyard gate and went inside to cultivate the Mystic Origin Technique.

The next morning.

Old Jack brought Lin Chen and Tang San to Spirit Hall early.

Su Yuntao was already waiting there.

After a few brief pleasantries, Old Jack left Spirit Hall.

"Children, line up!"

As soon as Su Yuntao spoke, Lin Chen moved to the front.

There was no way he was going to save the best for last.

The others lined up behind him, with Tang San still shrinking at the very end.

"Remember, no matter what happens in a moment, don't be afraid."

After a brief self-introduction, Su Yuntao said this.

Then he took out six Awakening Stones and a blue crystal ball.

Before long, Su Yuntao had set up the Awakening Array.

"Come on, stand in the middle."

Su Yuntao looked at Lin Chen with a faint smile.

Lin Chen stepped forward and stood in the array.

"Lone Wolf, possess me!"

Su Yuntao suddenly shouted. In an instant, he transformed into a wolfman, and two Spirit Rings, one white and one yellow, slowly rose from beneath his feet.

"So this is a Beast Martial Soul?"

Lin Chen's eyes held nothing but curiosity. Behind him, one of the children was so frightened that he stumbled backward, letting out a piercing scream.

Su Yuntao glanced at the child who had screamed, but soon turned his attention back to Lin Chen.

This child was rather unusual.

He'd traveled through so many villages, yet had never seen a child this composed.

"Focus and feel!"

As he spoke, Su Yuntao slapped his hands out repeatedly. Six pale green beams poured into the Awakening Stones on the ground, and a golden glow suddenly rose.

Lin Chen was quickly enveloped by the golden light.

Warm. Incredibly warm.

An indescribable warmth wrapped tightly around Lin Chen.

Then, a surge of energy welled up inside him.

The moment it appeared, the energy shot straight toward his right hand.

He instinctively stretched it out.

A long whip appeared in his palm. It had a black, wooden handle, a slender body, and an extremely sharp tip. Purple lightning coiled around it.

The instant the Sky Thunder Whip appeared, a terrifying aura of destruction swept outward.

The children behind Lin Chen stumbled backward in shock, all staring at the Sky Thunder Whip in terror. Even Su Yuntao instinctively took a step back.

"This..."

Along with the shock, a hint of excitement appeared on Su Yuntao's face.

Anyone with eyes could see that the whip was extraordinary.

A Martial Soul this extraordinary could not possibly lack Innate Soul Power.

And its level was very likely to be high.

Was good fortune finally coming his way?

Lin Chen lowered his head to look at the Sky Thunder Whip in his hand. He had already received information about it.

It hadn't come from the Martial Soul, but from the system.

Sky Thunder Whip: Can grow long or short, hard or soft.

At the very back of the line, Tang San stared intently at the whip in Lin Chen's hand.

That whip made him feel a sense of dread.

Even Su Yuntao's Martial Soul hadn't made him feel that way.

Was that guy's Martial Soul really so powerful?

Tang San instinctively lowered his head and raised his right hand, looking at his palm.

"What will my Martial Soul be?"

"I hope it won't be too bad. The glory of the Tang Sect is still waiting for me to restore it."