Tall and slender, standing straight and graceful.
His naturally born nobility and powerful aura, together with his exceptionally outstanding appearance, made the pedestrians passing nearby unable to stop themselves from pausing and casting their eyes toward him.
The hospital director had already been waiting for quite some time with several doctors under him.
As soon as Jiang Ruanning walked to the entrance of the hospital, she sensed an unusually rich amount of spiritual energy.
Her footsteps stopped, and she raised her head in the direction of it.
Five meters ahead stood a man dressed in a black shirt and black pants.
The man’s aura was very powerful. Even from a distance, one could feel that oppressive might of someone who had long been in a position of power.
He was surrounded by several people dressed in white coats as they walked toward her.
A trace of astonishment flashed through Jiang Ruanning’s eyes. She had not expected that in this world where the spiritual energy was so thin, there would actually still be such a favored child of the Heavenly Dao, one who was born with purple qi.
But very soon, her brows furrowed.
As the man drew closer, she suddenly saw a mass of black qi emerge in midair. Accompanied by a sharp shriek, it swept up a huge rock and hurled it down.
Without time to think carefully, she rushed over in a single stride and pushed the man away.
The next second, there was only a “bang”. A huge rock that had fallen from the sky heavily smashed into the place where Huo Chen had just been standing.
A clearly visible crack was smashed into the ground.
Everyone’s faces instantly turned pale, and they looked toward Huo Chen in great alarm.
“Mr. Huo.” Several bodyguards immediately stepped forward, shielding Huo Chen in the middle and protecting him.
The black qi formed by that evil entity had its good deed interrupted. It let out a sharp howl and actually attacked Jiang Ruanning.
Heh, asking to die.
Jiang Ruanning’s gaze turned cold, and a layer of frost instantly gathered in the depths of her eyes. She bit open one of her fingers and used blood as ink, rapidly drawing a talisman in the palm of her hand.
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A bolt of lightning struck down across the sky. A shrill scream rang out, and the black qi was instantly scattered, every wisp being completely sucked into her fingertips.
At the moment all the black qi had been completely absorbed, Jiang Ruanning suddenly felt comfortable all over. Her weak body regained its strength, and her entire person felt much more refreshed.
The wound on her finger from biting it open also healed on its own.
She curled her lips in pleasure.
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Beside her, everyone was stunned by the bolt of lightning that had suddenly appeared just now.
“In broad daylight, how did it suddenly start thundering?”
“That bolt of lightning just now struck less than half a meter away from me. It scared me to death!”
“What’s going on ah? The weather forecast didn’t say it was going to rain either ah.”
They had just been frightened by that huge rock falling from the sky and had not yet recovered when another clap of thunder struck down. Several of the doctors were so frightened that their faces turned green.
“Director Chen, d-don’t tell me we’ve encountered something evil ba?” A young male doctor nervously swallowed, afraid that some other unexpected situation would happen again.
“What nonsense are you talking about?” Director Chen rebuked in a low voice.
“He wasn’t talking nonsense.” Jiang Ruanning narrowed her eyes halfway, turned around, and said in an indifferent voice, “There really was an evil entity just now, but it has already been dealt with by my Heavenly Thunder Talisman.”
Not far away, Huo Chen raised his head upon hearing this and looked toward the girl who had suddenly spoken.
Her features were exquisite like a painting, and she had an exceptionally beautiful face, but at this moment her complexion was as pale as paper, and the skin exposed on her body also had a frightening pallor.
Because she was too thin and weak, the white dress on her body looked somewhat empty.
Director Chen frowned continuously as he listened, “An evil entity? Heavenly Thunder Talisman? Little girl, you’re not joking with us, are you?”
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