The warm, pure power of Ultimate Light flowed slowly, seeping into Ma Xiaotao strand by strand.
The Reignbow Arbiter's light was the bane of sinister, violent energies. It soothed the turmoil of her inner demons, and within a few breaths, it had completely subdued the black Baleful Qi surging around her.
Her tense, trembling body gradually calmed, and the savage crimson in her eyes, so close to running wild, faded away.
Huo Yuhao weighed the matter in his heart. Calming her was only a stopgap.
Ma Xiaotao's anger and hurt had festered for too long. Forcing them down over time would only drive her inner demons deeper, until they inevitably turned on her.
He would have to find the right moment to let her fight with everything she had—to let loose in one glorious, unrestrained burst and vent every dark emotion. Only then could she truly steady her mind and root out the danger.
Beside him, Wang Yan opened his mouth. His throat felt dry, but in the end, he had nothing to say.
Rumors blanketed the world. They were no longer mere shadows chased on the wind.
Outsiders openly accused Shrek of sheltering Evil Soul Masters. From Xuan Zi's gluttonous devouring Martial Soul to Yan Shaozhe's hidden origins and Ma Xiaotao's Evil Fire, every detail had been magnified without limit and smeared with malice.
He wanted to argue, but found no place to begin.
The leadership's secrets, the elders' pasts, the students' Martial Soul traits—all of it was rooted in Shrek itself.
The world's logic was simple and tyrannical: if you held authority, you bore every accusation and every sin!
Once a stain came to light, every fault became the fault of those in authority.
Back then, Huo Yuhao had confronted Xuan Zi in public and declared that Shrek's