Douluo Continent: I can overdraft the future in advance

Liu Yue reacted quickly.

As soon as Wang Yan finished speaking, he drew his bow. A cyan arrow materialized on the bowstring, its tip aimed at Luo Yun. Zhao Lei stepped forward, shielding Liu Yue, his keratinous skin gleaming grayish-white in the sunlight, like a human shield. Sun He circled around from the flank, his speed leaving a blur, and pounced on Su Xiaowan.

"Earth Wall." Chen Jiyong waved his hand, and three chess pieces flew out, exploding in front of him and turning into three earthen walls lined up in a row. Liu Yue's vision was completely blocked. The arrow hit the first earthen wall, and with a "thud," the arrowhead embedded itself in the wall, cracking several times, but it did not collapse.

Luo Yun exhaled a breath of icy mist, and his pale yellow spirit ring lit up. The icy mist didn't envelop Zhao Lei, who was charging at the front, but instead bypassed him, precisely covering Liu Yue behind him. Liu Yue had just drawn his second arrow when the icy mist hit him in the face, the temperature plummeted, his fingers stiffened, and the arrow veered off course, embedding itself in the ground beside him.

Seeing that things were going badly, Zhao Lei roared and charged towards Luo Yun. He wasn't fast, but every step he took shook the ground, and his fist slammed into Luo Yun's face with a whooshing sound.

Luo Yun stepped aside without retaliating, but continued to suppress Liu Yue with his ice mist.

"Su Xiaowan!" he called out.

Su Xiaowan was locked in combat with Sun He when she heard the shout. She feinted a claw attack to force her opponent back, then turned and unleashed a fiery ray at Zhao Lei. The fire struck Zhao Lei's back, burning his calloused skin red. Zhao Lei groaned and knelt on one knee.

Sun He tried to come to her aid, but was stopped by Chen Jiyong's meteor shower of earth and rocks. Five clods of earth came from different directions. Sun He dodged left and right, avoiding four of them, but the fifth hit her on the shoulder, causing her to stumble back several steps.

Liu Yue was trapped by the icy mist, his vision blurred, his fingers stiff, and he couldn't even draw the bow. He gritted his teeth and tried to retreat, but the icy mist followed him like a shadow, wherever he retreated, the icy mist followed.

"I surrender," Liu Yue finally said.

Wang Yan raised his hand: "Class 3, Luo Yun's team wins."

The whole process took less than three minutes. Luo Yun withdrew his martial spirit, Chen Jiyong put away the chess pieces, and Su Xiaowan extinguished the flames in her hands. The three of them stood together, breathing steadily, without even breaking a sweat.

Wang Yan made a note on the roster and then looked up at Luo Yun.

"You three have great teamwork." He paused, then continued, "With a little more practice and good play, you have a chance to win the championship. It seems Coach Zhou is going to deliver another outstanding result this year."

Luo Yun nodded: "Thank you, Teacher Wang."

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In the next nine points matches, Luo Yun's team won all of them.

They weren't without strong opponents, but the trio's teamwork became increasingly seamless, and their tactics more refined. Chen Jiyong's Earth Flow Wall and Ice Mist combos improved dramatically; when the two unleashed their combined soul skills, they could reliably and temporarily eliminate an opponent's fighting power. The remaining two quickly succumbed to the combined attack of three. At this point, the first person recovered, but even facing three opponents, he was powerless and had no choice but to surrender.

Luo Yun still only used his first soul skill.

Ice mist plus fists, that's enough.

His opponents came and went, but none of them could force him to use his second soul skill. On several occasions, the opposing team was indeed quite strong, with one control-type player controlling the field, one strong-attack type suppressing from the front, and one agile-attack type flanking and ambushing from behind, all working together quite well. But as soon as Chen Jiyong blocked with his earthen wall, Su Xiaowan swept with her fire line, and Luo Yun enveloped him with his ice mist, the opposing formation broke apart.

The news spread quickly, and a few days before the end of the assessment, the news that a team from District 27 had emerged victorious had basically spread throughout the entire School of Foreign Languages.

"Have you heard? The class monitor of Class 3 in the first year has a purple spirit ring."

"It's not purple, it's yellowish-purple. I heard from others that it's a near-thousand-year soul ring, no different from a proper thousand-year soul ring."

Similar conversations echoed repeatedly in the cafeteria, classrooms, and dormitories. As Luo Yun walked along the road, he could occasionally sense people watching him, pointing, whispering, and gossiping. He didn't pay much attention.

After the final match of the qualifying rounds, Luo Yun's team advanced to the knockout stage with a perfect record of ten wins. Out of sixty-four teams, they were tied for third place. Rankings were calculated based on a combination of win points and net winning time. Although they were undefeated, their net winning time was not as high as the top two teams. Rumors circulated that the top two teams both had players with level 30 Soul Master status.

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On the night the assessment ended, Luo Yun sat alone in his dormitory.

Chen Jiyong went to take a shower, leaving him alone in the room.

The system's cooling-off period, which has been overdrawn for five years, has come to an end.

This time, he chose to overdraw his credit for a year. He is still not very stable at Shrek Academy. After experiencing the system multiple times, he found that the consequences of overdrawing can actually be predicted to some extent. The cooldown period for overdrawing for a year is shorter, which will make him more flexible in controlling the situation.

After selecting synchronization, a familiar, slow, and continuous feeling of fullness washed over me. Soul power flowed through my meridians, each circle faster than the last. From level 25 to level 26, from level 26 to level 27—a year's worth of soul power cultivation had been completed in sync.

A one-year overdraft doesn't have such a violent impact; it's more like a wide river, gently pushing him forward.

He also gained more experience in making soul tools. Although he had neglected his practice during his time at the academy, the system could help him catch up.

The changes in his arms were even more noticeable. The miniature meridians that had already been opened had been further strengthened over the past year. Soul power flowed faster through the channels, his muscles reacted more sensitively, and when he clenched his fist, he could feel every fiber exerting force. It wasn't brute force, but control.

Then the back.

A faint warmth rose from both sides of the spine, slowly extending along the shoulder blades. Not one, but two—symmetrical, starting from the waist, ascending, bypassing the shoulder blades, and extending to the shoulders. Soul energy had opened up new channels there, as thin as a hair, but undeniably present.

Miniature meridians on the back.

Luo Yun moved his shoulders and felt a soreness in his back muscles, as if something had been stuffed between the muscle fibers, creating a little space.

He tried rotating his upper body, several times to the left and right. His flexibility was no different from before, but he could feel that the path of power transmission had changed—before, the power was generated from the legs to the waist, and from the waist to the shoulders, with some loss in between. Now there were two more channels along that path, and the soul power flowed more smoothly than before, with less loss.

The miniature meridians in both arms have been fully opened; now it's time for the back. Although there are only two, the direction is right—from the arms to the back, from the back to the torso, step by step.

With a soul power of level 27, his arms shrank slightly and his meridians were fully opened, and two channels opened on his back. He advanced to the next level with a perfect record in the freshman assessment.

Currently, everything is unfolding according to its expected trajectory.