Douluo Continent: I can overdraft the future in advance

The next morning, Luo Yun woke up very early.

It was still dark outside, and the sky was a hazy gray. He lay in bed, staring at the ceiling, his heart beating faster than usual.

Today, he's going to press that button.

He took a deep breath, sat up, and with a thought, brought up the system interface.

Luo Yun stared at the lit "Overdraft for five years" sign, his finger hovering in mid-air.

For over a year, I couldn't use the system and had to endure my original innate level four cultivation speed, but in return, I made tremendous progress. The gains in soul power, soul tools, and body training over the past five years were all worth it.

Without further hesitation, he lowered his finger.

[Selection Confirmed: Overdrawing the Future for Five Years]

[Simulation begins...]

[Simulation complete]

[Synchronization begins——]

This is different from every previous overdraft.

The energy I had previously expended over the past year flowed in like a gentle, soothing stream, even somewhat comforting. But this time, it was a flood.

A surge of energy poured in from all directions, as if someone had opened a floodgate within his body. The speed at which his soul power increased was terrifying: from level 15 to level 16, from level 16 to level 17, from level 17 to level 18—each breakthrough was accompanied by a sharp, intense pain, as if something was exploding inside his body.

Level 18.

Level 19.

Level 20.

The moment Luo Yun broke through to level 20, he felt a "buzz" in his head, as if someone had hit him hard on the back of the head. His vision went white, his ears were ringing, and he froze on the bed, unable to move.

The white light lasted for more than ten seconds before slowly fading away.

Luo Yun was panting heavily, his whole body soaked in sweat. He looked down at his hands and tried to clench his fists.

Not the same.

It wasn't that his strength had increased, but rather that his entire body felt different. His soul power surged through his meridians, more than twice as fast as before. What surprised him even more were his arms—

He raised his right arm and rolled up his sleeve. From his wrist to his shoulder, faint lines could be seen beneath the skin, like veins or some kind of mark.

Soul power flows within it.

Not just one, but more than a dozen.

In the future, he not only opened up all the miniature meridians in his right arm, but also in his left arm. These channels were densely distributed between the muscles, each one as thin as a hair, just like the first one he had opened before, but his soul power flowed extremely smoothly.

Luo Yun tried squeezing his right arm with his left hand. The muscle's firmness had completely changed, as if it had turned from cotton into wood. He then pounded his left palm with his right fist—

"Bang."

A dull thud followed, and a tingling sensation spread through my palm.

This is not the physical strength a nine-year-old should have.

He recalled what Master Fang had said: "If you swing a hammer every day, all day long, after three to five years, your arms will be thicker than other people's thighs." Now, the strength of his arms is probably no less than that of blacksmiths who have been forging iron for many years.

"With this physical strength, he should be able to withstand a thousand-year soul ring, right?" Luo Yun muttered to himself, then stretched his arms again.

Then he closed his eyes and tried to sense another part of what the system was synchronizing back—the experience from the soul tool.

A pair of hands gripped a carving knife, inscribing a magic circle on a piece of pale blue metal. It wasn't the ordinary iron sheet he had practiced with, but a metal he had never seen before, its surface gleaming faintly. The patterns of the magic circle were far more complex than those of a second-tier heater, densely packed with numerous nodes, yet each stroke was executed with remarkable stability and fluidity.

Luo Yun opened his eyes and stared blankly for a moment.

"This is... a level three magic array?"

He wasn't sure, but he knew his understanding of soul tools was far greater than it had been yesterday. Those blueprints he couldn't quite understand before were now crystal clear. He also seemed to have learned a considerable amount of the theories that Master Fang hadn't yet taught him.

"A level two Soul Master, should be fine." He muttered to himself, his tone carrying a hint of uncertainty, but mostly excitement.

Then, he noticed the last thing.

It wasn't a feeling, nor an experience, but a scene—

A yellow spirit ring rose from a blade of ice-blue grass. The grass was about half a foot tall, with slender leaves edged with fine ice spikes that shimmered in the sunlight.

Ice Crystal Grass.

Nine hundred years old Ice Crystal Grass.

In the scene, the spirit ring was introduced into his body, and then his second spirit skill lit up—a cluster of ice spikes shot out from his palm, sharp as needles, and nailed straight into the tree trunk in front of him.

Ice thorns.

Luo Yun suddenly opened his eyes.

"This... can even predict spirit rings?"

He sat blankly on the bed, not moving for a long time.

The system can draw upon future cultivation achievements, synchronize future experiences and memories, and now it can even see future spirit rings in advance. This is amazing! Not only can it make him stronger, but it can also let him know in advance which spirit beasts to seek out.

Nine hundred years old Ice Crystal Grass.

He flipped through his memory of soul beast knowledge—Ice Crystal Grass, a plant-type soul beast with ice attributes, living in the outer ice plains of the far north.

"Easier to find than the Fogwood Owl," Luo Yun thought. "At least it lives in the far north, where everyone is an ice-type soul master."

He leaned against the headboard and mentally reviewed the information that the system had synced back.

Soul power, level 20 or above.

Body refinement, opening up both arms.

Soul tool experience, level 2 Soul Master.

The second soul ring is Precognition, Nine-hundred-year-old Ice Crystal Grass.

He can't take all of these things out at once.

Jumping from level 15 to over level 20 in soul power is an absurd speed of progress. Even with the help of herbs, it's impossible to jump five levels in half a year. We need to take it slowly, revealing level 16 first, then level 17 after a while, increasing it step by step.

Soul tools are easy to handle. Master Fang already said he was ready to take the Level 1 Soul Master exam, so it wouldn't be surprising if he took it now. After that, he could take the Level 2 exam after some time—anyway, he'd always shown exceptional talent in this area, which could be concealed.

The matter of body tempering must not be made public. The miniature meridians in his arms are one of his greatest secrets, and no one but himself can know about them.

As for the precognition in the second spirit ring...

Luo Yun frowned.

With his current level 20 soul power and the increased physical strength from tempering his arms, absorbing a 900-year-old Ice Crystal Grass shouldn't be a problem. The issue is, he's only ten years old. A ten-year-old two-ring soul master is considered top-tier across the entire continent.

"I can't say," he told himself. "I'll pass the Soul Master exam first, then slowly reveal the matter of soul power. As for the second soul ring, I'll see when the time comes. What if I don't absorb the Ice Crystal Grass? What if there's a better option?"

Luo Yun looked down at his arms, where the faint lines were faintly visible in the light.

He stood up and stretched his shoulders. His arms felt stronger than ever before, as if they could unleash tremendous energy at any moment.

"First-level Soul Master, let's start here."