Reborn As Divine Doctor to Rule the World
Chapter 330 - Chapter 330: Chapter 331: Leave a Survivor

Chapter 330: Chapter 331: Leave a Survivor

Qing Shan’s body was slashed open in several places, her clothes soaked with fresh blood, while she tightly held Xiao Linzhang in one arm.

“Hand him over!” one of the men in black yelled loudly.

Qing Shan sneered, “You want him? Then come exchange your life for his!”

Before her words faded, two figures suddenly burst from the side, attacking Qing Shan directly.

Qing Shan drew her sword to fight, and the Hidden Guard joined the battle, quickly slaying the men in black.

At this moment, Qing Shan’s face was as pale as paper, covered in sweat beads, the fight having drained her of too much strength.

The Hidden Guard was also panting heavily, looking very weak, while Xiao Linzhang kept from crying from beginning to end, seemingly bewildered by everything happening before him.

The Hidden Guard whispered urgently, “Let’s go!”

Xiao Linzhang looked up at Qing Shan, as if afraid of slipping from her embrace, tightly clinging to her neck.

“I’ll hold them off, you run.” The Hidden Guard roared, expending all her strength to block the men in black.

Qing Shan gritted her teeth, picked up Xiao Linzhang, and rushed towards the courtyard gate.

The leading man in black moved swiftly in front of Qing Shan, his sword descending in a chop, which Qing Shan instinctively parried with her own.

With a “cling” sound, her sword snapped in two, its broken tip piercing Qing Shan’s right shoulder.

The man in black pulled out his long sword with a grim smile while Qing Shan groaned, kneeling on one knee and clutching her wound, protecting Xiao Linzhang behind her.

“Who are you?” Qing Shan eyed the men in black, their skills far from ordinary assassins’.

The man in black snorted coldly, “A dead person doesn’t need to know so much.” With that, he launched another palm strike, while Qing Shan, supporting herself with her left hand, slowly stood up.

With a loud “bang,” Qing Shan’s body was sent flying back, slamming against the wall before rebounding to the ground, coughing up a mouthful of fresh blood.

Meanwhile, Xiao Linzhang was captured by the men in black, one of whom drew a dagger and placed it against the child’s neck.

“No…” Qing Shan and the Hidden Guard shouted together.

At a critical moment, a silver needle flew, striking the wrist of the man in black. He cried out in pain, dropping the dagger, and thereby Xiao Linzhang escaped danger.

Shao He rushed over to embrace the child, but the man in black was quicker, scratching the child’s cheek and catching the dripping blood with a porcelain bottle.

“Waaah…” Xiao Linzhang wailed heartrendingly, his tiny arms flailing, much like a startled infant.

Shao He’s heart ached, and she immediately held him in her arms, gently patting his back to soothe him.

The man in black took the opportunity to try to flee.

“Seeking death!” Shao He shouted angrily, her silver needles flying at the man in black again.

He dodged with extreme speed, but one of the needles still pierced his leg, causing him to lose balance and fall to the ground.

The Emperor, seeing Shao He hurriedly leave, arrived with the Empress Dowager, the Empress, and others in tow.

Just as the man in black stood up, preparing to run away, he felt an intense sword aura coming from behind.

Turning back, he dodged a lethal blow but was grazed by the sword’s edge on his shoulder.

Blood splattered instantly.

Gritting his teeth against the intense pain, the man in black looked toward the opposite side, and soon he was surrounded by the household guards.

The Emperor stepped forward to pick up the child and, seeing the wound on his face, his eyes brimmed with intense murderous intent.

“Leave one alive!”

Hearing this, the man in black quickly changed tactics, trying to escape through the side of the encirclement.

Just then, a light rain began to fall from the sky, creating a sense of confusion and blurring visibility even further.

“Not good!” the man in black shouted, then turned and jumped towards the rooftop, trying to use the eaves to make his escape.

Unfortunately, he was too late. As he reached the roof, a sword descended from the sky, forcing him back down.

Those watching intently realized it was Ying Yi, who had anticipated the man in black’s escape route and had come to intercept.

“Who sent you?” Shao He asked the breathless man in black coldly.

A trickle of fresh blood leaked from the corner of the man’s mouth as he struggled to reply, “You… will never know.”

“Heh, quite the tough one, aren’t you!” Shao He said indifferently, then grabbed a long sword from a guard and plunged it deep into the chest of the man in black.

A wretched scream pierced the air, the man’s face turned the color of a liver, his body shuddering uncontrollably.

His blood gushed out instantly, staining the ground bright red.

The man in black bit down with a bit of strength, breaking the poison hidden in his teeth. Blood spewed forth from his mouth as he fell backward.

Shao He rushed over, checked the black-clothed man’s breath, and shook her head, saying, “He’s gone.”

The Emperor’s gaze fell on Qing Shan and the Hidden Guard, and seeing them seriously injured, he asked sternly, “What exactly happened here?”

Shao He applied the golden sore medicine she had developed to Xiao Linzhang, her eyes filled with sorrow at his facial wound.

Pei Huaian also dealt with the fire in the neighboring courtyard and hurried over; the fire had been so fierce that he hadn’t noticed the commotion here.

Xiao Linzhang, perhaps frightened, now lay asleep on the Emperor’s chest.

“What is going on here?”

Pei Huaian suppressed the fury within him and looked at the person kneeling on the ground.

“This servant did not protect my charge well, please punish me, my lady.”

“This subordinate did not protect my master well, please punish me, my lord.”

“Speak,” Pei Huaian commanded, hands clasped behind his back, his gaze icy cold.