Douluo Continent: I can overdraft the future in advance

The second semester of second grade was much easier than the first semester.

The biggest change compared to before is that he started to frequently visit the Soul Guidance Department.

When the news reached Xianlin'er, she came over in person.

"You finally decided to give it up?" Xian Lin'er stood at the entrance of the Soul Guidance Department's teaching building, arms crossed, her tone carrying an ambiguous meaning. "I thought you were going to keep the Soul Guidance Department token I gave you as a souvenir."

Luo Yun chuckled awkwardly, "I was busy before and didn't have time."

Xian Lin'er didn't say much, and had a fourth-year senior show him around the Soul Guidance Department. The teaching buildings, workshops, material warehouses, and laboratories—the scale of the Soul Guidance Department was much larger than he had imagined. There were actually more than a dozen mentor studios that could make level seven soul tools, each equipped with top-quality materials and stable soul power output devices.

From then on, Luo Yun went to the Soul Guidance Department at least two or three times a week. Sometimes he attended classes, sometimes he practiced inscription, and sometimes he just spent time in the materials library flipping through books. The teachers in the Soul Guidance Department treated him exceptionally well, probably because Xian Lin'er had given him advance notice.

The system went through two more years of overdraft.

After two synchronizations, his soul power steadily climbed from level 35 to level 39, and with his own cultivation, he is about to break through level 40.

His innate soul power, nourished by three Profound Water Pills, has reached the threshold of the seventh level of the Innate Realm. This is considered excellent among ordinary people, but compared to those monsters at the eighth or ninth level of the Innate Realm, his foundation is still lacking. In addition, the Ice Phoenix Martial Soul is an extreme attribute, and its cultivation speed is naturally slower than that of ordinary Martial Souls. Under this double suppression, being able to advance from level thirty-five to level thirty-eight within one semester is already the result of his all-out effort and the system's assistance.

But what satisfied him most was not soul power.

Level 3 Soul Master.

In the experience of returning from the second overdraft synchronization, the creation of soul tools accounted for a large part. The understanding of level three magic arrays, the skills of material handling, and the precise control of soul power output—it was as if someone had stuffed them all into my brain. Although I couldn't immediately master them, when I practiced, the feeling of "I know what to do" was incredibly clear.

Not long after, he passed the Level 3 Soul Master certification in the Soul Guidance System assessment.

His reputation was growing in the foreign language department as well.

In the second half of the second year, someone started calling out the name "Three Wonders of the Foreign Languages ​​Department," and it began to circulate among the students.

Luo Yun, Bei Bei, and Xu Sanshi.

Beibei, a fourth-year student, possesses the Martial Soul Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex, a powerful attack type, and is a level 36 Soul Master. Her lightning attribute is domineering and fierce, making her the strongest attacker.

Xu Sanshi, a fourth-year student, possesses the martial soul Xuanming Turtle, a defensive type, and is a level 36 Soul Master. His tortoise shell defense is unbreakable, making him the strongest in terms of defensive power.

Luo Yun, a second-year student, possesses the Martial Soul Ice Phoenix, a control-type character. He is a level 37 Soul Master with ultimate ice control over the battlefield, handling any battle with ease, and so far seems to have never used his full strength.

(These levels are the soul power levels at the time the titles were passed down.)

The relationship between the three is quite simple – it developed from casual conversations.

It started when Bei Bei challenged him to a duel. The two fought in the Soul Arena. Bei Bei's Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex was indeed domineering, with lightning speed that pierced through Luo Yun's ice mist before it could fully spread. However, the battle ended in a draw—Luo Yun used Ice Thorns to trap Bei Bei's retreat, while Bei Bei's lightning shattered his ice wall, forcing both of them out of the way by each other's attacks.

Xu Sanshi joined later.

The three of them fought at least once a week. Sometimes it was one-on-one, sometimes it was a free-for-all, and later on, Luo Yun even took on two opponents at once.

And so the three of them got along. They weren't exactly best friends, but they were still pretty good friends. Luo Yun would occasionally eat in the cafeteria with Bei Bei, and Xu Sanshi would sometimes drop by his dorm room, saying he was "just checking in on you," but actually he wanted to mooch off the nutritious meals Lu Xiaoxiao prepared for Luo Yun—although Chen Jiyong always stopped him at the door.

In the inner courtyard, Ma Xiaotao and Luo Yun's relationship is growing closer.

Twice a week, she would suppress her inner fire without fail. Ma Xiaotao's initial polite thanks evolved into natural ease, and now she was completely uninhibited. She would prepare before Luo Yun arrived, chat with him after the suppression, and sit directly opposite him in the cafeteria when they met, utterly disregarding the stares of those around them.

However, some special circumstances arose this academic year, and Ling Luochen frequently came to see him.

Because they were both students at Shrek Academy, and because he had a good impression of Ling Luochen from the original story, Luo Yun did help her a few times. Ultimate Ice is very beneficial for cultivating ice-attribute martial souls, but after a few times, the upper limit of its improvement was almost reached, and Ling Luochen's frequency of actively seeking him out decreased significantly.

But for some reason, whenever Ma Xiaotao was present, Ling Luochen would always show up.

"Luo Yun, could you demonstrate that ice element guidance method you taught me last time again?" Ling Luochen stood by the Sea God Lake, his tone calm and his expression serene, completely ignoring Ma Xiaotao's murderous glare beside him.

"You—" Ma Xiaotao was about to speak.

"I wasn't talking to you." Ling Luochen didn't even turn his head.

Luo Yun stood in the middle, his expression unchanged, but he was already sighing inwardly.

He tried to avoid Ling Luochen. He changed his cultivation location, changed the time, and even made excuses not to go to the inner courtyard—but nothing worked. Ling Luochen's intelligence network was extremely efficient; she could find him anywhere in the inner courtyard. Once, he hid in the toilet next to the Sea God Pavilion, thinking he was finally safe, but as soon as he opened the door, Ling Luochen was standing there, holding a book, without even looking up.

Why are you hiding?

"I didn't dodge."

"Oh." She turned a page in her book. "That's good."

From then on, Luo Yun stopped hiding. Hiding was useless anyway, so he let her be. Ling Luochen would only come to him under some pretext to chat for a few minutes; most of the time she was just trying to annoy Ma Xiaotao. To her, he was more like a tool.

Ma Xiaotao was always furious, but she couldn't vent her anger in front of Luo Yun, so she could only complain to Yan Shaozhe afterwards. Yan Shaozhe always tried to smooth things over, saying things like, "We're all classmates, it's only right to help each other," which made Ma Xiaotao so angry that she wanted to boil the water in the Sea God Lake.

There was one thing that Luo Yun took leave from during the semester to do.

Star City.

He learned through various channels that the Soul-Devouring Blade would appear at a small auction in Star Luo City. He didn't use his connections at Shrek Academy, but went as the young master of the Luo family, traveling alone for two days by carriage to arrive in Star Luo City before the auction began.

The Soul-Devouring Blade was more sinister than he had imagined.

After three days of struggling, Luo Yun finally came to a conclusion—he had no way to solve the problem.

We can only wait for Electrolux.

Back at Shrek Academy, he told no one. Only he knew of the knife's existence.

The progress of his self-created soul skills is faster than he expected.

He can now concentrate his pressure into his soul power and release it when attacking with his soul power. That invisible sense of oppression not only causes a mental impact on the opponent, but can also directly damage objects.

It's somewhat reminiscent of the scene when Shanks boarded Whitebeard's ship. Of course, its power is still far inferior to the later Conqueror's Haki entangling him.

In the days that followed, he began to try to combine his aura with his three soul skills.

The experiment combining ice mist with oppressive force was the first to make progress. When he released the ice mist, he incorporated oppressive force into it, and the white fog was no longer just a simple slowing skill. When opponents were inside the ice mist, they would feel an invisible pressure squeezing in from all directions, causing a brief moment of hesitation and confusion on a mental level. Although the effect was far less intense than a direct impact, for Soul Masters who needed to concentrate in battle, even a moment of distraction could be fatal.

The second and third soul skills progressed much slower, with only a little progress.

The last day of second grade.

Luo Yun stood by the Sea God Lake and let out a long breath.

Second grade is over.

The holiday has begun, and Huo Yuhao should be here soon.