The Ultimate Sacred Power, Ma Xiaotao's Shyness

As Li Qingming's first soul skill suddenly lit up, the Six-Winged Angel behind him slightly opened its eyes. A radiance of utmost sanctity enveloped his entire body, covering him in a golden sheen.

Li Qingming's first soul skill was called Angel's Will. It was a soul skill bestowed upon him by Qian Renxue.

The effects of this soul skill were utterly heaven-defying: it greatly enhanced sacred power while also vastly increasing his own strength, defense, and the destructive effects of sacred power. At the same time, it provided complete immunity to all negative conditions.

Yet Li Qingming's purpose in using this soul skill was neither to attack nor defend or enhance himself. He only wanted to amplify his sacred power.

As the ultimate sacred power within him emerged, coupled with this terrifying amplification, Li Qingming's sacred power began to soar dramatically in an instant.

A terrifying sacred golden glow covered his eyes. The mark of a holy sword appeared between his brows, and the Angel Domain instantly spread around him.

The Angel Domain was the domain granted after his angel martial soul evolved into the Six-Winged Angel—or rather, it was an innate domain.

This domain possessed absolute control.

Though its current range was small, within that range, Li Qingming was the ruler of the entire domain.

As sacred power gathered, a sacred radiance enveloped Li Qingming's hand before he suddenly struck out with his palm.

Terrifying golden power instantly engulfed Ma Xiaotao.

The terrifying evil fire around Ma Xiaotao gradually began to subside, and the chaos and murderous intent in her eyes slowly cleared.

Only when he saw Ma Xiaotao's gaze gradually regain clarity did Li Qingming let out a long breath.

Naturally, he could not defeat Ma Xiaotao. She was a genuine Soul Emperor—how could he possibly beat her?

But while he could not defeat her, he could directly restore her sanity.

After all, ultimate sacred power possessed overwhelming suppressive force against Ma Xiaotao, whose fire had not reached the level of ultimate fire—or rather, against the Evil Fire Phoenix itself.

At that moment, Ma Xiaotao's body trembled slightly.

Her mind had originally been filled with murderous intent, and she had only wanted to slaughter and even destroy everything around her.

But as a mother-like radiance enveloped her, Ma Xiaotao only felt her body grow light.

As her gaze gradually cleared, warm sunlight seemed to fall over her body, making her slowly warm up.

When she raised her eyes, she saw an incomparably handsome face.

Those pale golden eyes were looking at her. There was no gentleness in them, yet for some reason, they made her feel close to him.

As their gazes met, Li Qingming froze for a moment, because Ma Xiaotao did not stop.

After regaining her senses, not only did Ma Xiaotao not retreat, she advanced instead and charged straight at him. What was going on?

Before Li Qingming could react, Ma Xiaotao had already crashed into him, knocking him to the ground.

A soft sensation pressed against him. Li Qingming lowered his head slightly and stared at the girl before him.

The girl's long red hair spilled across her face. She stared at him, breathing heavily.

She was not wearing a veil at the moment, revealing a face beautiful enough to topple nations.

However, Li Qingming frowned as he looked at Ma Xiaotao.

Seeing that the two were unharmed, Wang Dong hurried over.

Looking at the woman sitting on Li Qingming, Wang Dong's expression turned strange, as though some inexplicable emotion was surging within him.

"Hey, who are you? Why did you attack us? And... why are you sitting on my classmate?"

After saying that, Wang Dong glared at Ma Xiaotao.

Only then did Ma Xiaotao come back to her senses. One hand rested on Li Qingming's chest, and a shy look appeared in her eyes. She slowly stood up, her face gradually returning to its usual calm and aloof expression.

"I'm sorry. What happened today was an accident. I'll explain it to you, and I'll compensate you as well."

As Ma Xiaotao spoke, her body trembled faintly.

That soft feeling wrapped around her, leaving her entire body relaxed.

She gazed greedily at Li Qingming.

Li Qingming's brow had already furrowed. He did not want to expose himself so early, nor did he want anyone to know that his sacred power had reached the ultimate level.

Ultimate sacred power would naturally draw the attention of many people. It might even attract Yan Shaozhe's attention.

That was not a good thing for him. Revealing his strength so quickly was even less so.

With that thought, Li Qingming's eyes flickered. As he watched Ma Xiaotao prepare to turn and leave, he silently reached out and grabbed her.

At Li Qingming's action, both Wang Dong and Ma Xiaotao froze.

The two of them looked at Li Qingming almost simultaneously, their eyes wide.

An oddly shy expression appeared on Ma Xiaotao's face.

Before Li Qingming, she could never quite remain aloof, especially when she sensed the warmth surrounding him. It even made her body go weak and tingly for a moment.

Wang Dong, meanwhile, was somewhat angry.

The boy before him was so cold toward him, yet so gentle toward this beautiful older girl. He had even directly grabbed her hand. Wang Dong found it rather unbelievable.

But he suddenly felt confused as well, because this emotion seemed wrong.

Li Qingming grabbing Ma Xiaotao's hand had nothing to do with him, so why did it make him feel so uncomfortable?

Before Wang Dong could figure it out, Li Qingming's calm voice rang out.

"You're a senior from the inner court, right? There is something I'd like to ask you to keep confidential. I hope you won't reveal my power, nor mention my ultimate power."

Li Qingming spoke calmly when he mentioned ultimate power.

Normally, only ultimate ice could suppress Ma Xiaotao's evil fire.

But sacred power was different.

No matter what kind of elemental enhancement it was, or what kind of augmentation was involved, it could be purified or eliminated by sacred power.

Upon hearing the young man's words, Ma Xiaotao was visibly stunned. Her beautiful red eyes fixed on Li Qingming.

She had already suspected that he possessed ultimate power and had originally planned to return and tell her teacher.

But after hearing his words, she froze for a moment before nodding. Then she opened her mouth, seemingly wanting to say something.

Seeing Ma Xiaotao's red lips move and the hesitation in her eyes, Li Qingming felt somewhat helpless.

Clearly, this troublesome matter had landed on him.

He even felt that there was something wrong with him. Why had he come to the Sea God's Pavilion to eat grilled fish for no reason?

"It seems your evil fire needs to be suppressed, Senior. How about this? As long as you agree not to reveal my power, if you cannot suppress your own fire, I can help you suppress it. But I'll need one hundred Gold Soul Coins each time."

Li Qingming spoke calmly.

Though he had money on him, he did not have much.

After all, the Gold Soul Coins of this era were different from those of ten thousand years ago.

They were both made of gold, but their designs differed. The ones he had were given to him by Nangong Wan.

Ma Xiaotao froze upon hearing Li Qingming's words. After only a second of hesitation, she nodded decisively.

If someone else had proposed such a condition, she would naturally have been displeased, or at least felt something else about it.

After all, it meant keeping it from her teacher. She definitely would have refused.

But as she met the young man's gentle yet calm gaze, Ma Xiaotao realized that she could not refuse.

"I understand... What year are you in, Junior? And what is your name?"