Li Ming

After reaching the mall floor, Su Ran didn’t leave immediately.

Instead, she turned into a deserted alley.

Then, points of light gathered in Su Ran’s hand, and the tracking potion refined by Isa materialized.

This bottle of tracking potion contained skin flakes from Li Ming.

No matter where he was, it could track his whereabouts.

As Su Ran re-injected magic essence into the potion, a wisp of white mist appeared in her vision.

Since Li Ming was not nearby, his fluorescent footprints did not appear.

The white mist only gave Su Ran a general direction, a path that seemed to be moving towards the outskirts of Jiangbei City.

To avoid attracting attention, Su Ran returned the tracking potion to her inventory, went to a nearby bus stop in the commercial district, and boarded a bus heading towards the edge of Jiangbei City, planning to confirm Li Ming’s specific location again after arriving.

On the other side, Winnie drove Yuan Shirui to the mall entrance for shopping.

Upon reaching their destination, Winnie gestured for Yuan Shirui to get out, but she herself did not leave the car.

“Shirui, you go ahead and buy things. I still have matters to attend to.”

“Eh? Eh!!!”

With that, without waiting for Yuan Shirui’s reply, she left her there alone.

“Wait, Manager, you didn’t give me any money! Do you expect me to pay out of my own pocket?”

Yuan Shirui wanted to chase after her to get the funds, but Winnie stepped on the gas and sped away, leaving not even the car’s trunk in sight.

After a day, the scent of blood emanating from Li Ming had dissipated considerably.

Even for Winnie, a vampire, it was very difficult to find Li Ming by scent anymore.

For this reason, she could only drive in the direction Li Ming had fled yesterday to search for new clues.

Jiangbei City Police Department, archives room.

Li Shanhai’s dark-ringed eyes would make anyone who saw him think they were looking at a panda.

He had been working in the archives room all night since yesterday.

“Every contact leaves a trace. Many people think this saying no longer applies in the world of superhumans, but that’s not the case.”

Spread out before him were pictures printed from various surveillance videos, all of which showed a black-robed figure to some extent.

According to his subordinates’ reports, they had found no clues about the murderer at the scene, not even the rest of the victim’s body.

But Su Ran, who had appeared at the police station yesterday, had, by some twist of fate, made him connect two seemingly unrelated incidents.

From Su Ran’s information, she was a woman living alone, a point she shared with the victim of the murder case.

They had also both been attacked; the only difference was that Su Ran had managed to escape.

After getting information about Li Ming from his colleagues, he tried to start with the surveillance footage near Su Ran’s home and the Xingfu apartment building, hoping to find traces of Li Ming.

His hard work paid off.

In the end, Li Shanhai got the results he wanted.

Li Ming, who was only a Sequence One, couldn’t completely evade the ubiquitous surveillance cameras.

Despite his best efforts to conceal himself, a few cameras from tricky angles had captured the gaunt, stick-thin Li Ming heading towards the Xingfu apartment building.

‘If Li Ming is a superhuman, then there’s evidence to hand the case over to others.’

Li Shanhai’s expression relaxed.

He prepared to go home for some sleep, then organize the evidence to pass on to others to handle.

“Last stop, Jiangbei City suburbs. Passengers, please take all your luggage and belongings with you when you get off.”

The bus, having reached its final stop, was broadcasting a reminder for passengers to alight.

At this time, only Su Ran remained on the bus.

The driver couldn’t help but glance a few more times at the beautiful young lady through the rearview mirror.

After watching her get off, he reluctantly drove the bus away.

“Judging by the fluorescent footprints nearby, I’ve come to the right place.”

The moment she stepped off the bus, the tracking potion immediately appeared in Su Ran’s hand.

From the shimmering fluorescent footprints around her, Su Ran knew she hadn’t come to the wrong place.

This area was indeed Li Ming’s hiding spot.

She just didn’t know why the security officers of Jiangbei City hadn’t found it.

Even if Li Ming had fled quickly, given how conspicuous he was when he escaped that day…

If the security officers wanted to track him, one or two days should have been enough to follow the trail and find this place.

In truth, Su Ran had overestimated the security officers’ methods.

They didn’t have a magical tracking potion like Su Ran’s, which could locate a person through their bodily tissues.

They relied more on traditional investigation methods, and their means of tracking magic essence were extremely limited.

At most, they could only detect which part of Jiangbei City had a magic essence reaction.

Moreover, the magic essence crystals they consumed could only be replenished through fines.

Their security officers were not as wealthy as the Blood Hunters or the military, who had a large supply of magic essence crystals.

They could only tighten their belts and get by.

The only benefit was that there wasn’t much danger to their lives.

They didn’t have to face dangerous magical beasts or vampires.

Following the guidance of the fluorescent footprints and the white mist, Su Ran gradually arrived at an abandoned open-air sports field on the outskirts of the city.

The sports field had been untended for a long time, and the weeds were mostly half a person tall, making it impossible to see the situation inside clearly.

This time, Su Ran constantly maintained a full state of magic essence in her body.

An ice sword, formed by the convergence of her witch abilities, appeared in her hand as she moved cautiously through the sports field.

After crossing more than half of the field without finding any sign of Li Ming, Su Ran remained vigilant.

The real world didn’t provide a system map; she needed to be constantly alert to every rustle of the wind and grass around her.

Suddenly, a swish, swish, swish sound was heard.

A silver light swept through the weeds to Su Ran’s right.

A blade of light, wrapped in magic essence, ignited with flames, its target clearly aimed at Su Ran.

Compared to the restraint he showed in her room, Li Ming in the suburbs didn’t need to worry about disturbing the security officers.

He unleashed his magic essence skill much more boldly.

But in response, Su Ran could also use her magic essence skills with equal confidence, without worrying about security officers coming to cause trouble.

The tip of her foot in its small leather shoe tapped lightly.

A gentle breeze rose from her sides, swiftly carrying her away from her original spot.

Gale, a magic essence skill she had once used in Isa’s world when facing Uriel.

Now, Su Ran could finally use it in the real world.

Compared to the direct deduction of magic essence during the simulation, when Su Ran used Gale now, she could feel the tangible sensation of magic essence flowing through her body.

A scorched patch already marked the ground where Su Ran had been standing, caused by Li Ming’s attack.

If she hadn’t dodged in time, that mark would now be on her body.

Su Ran fixed her gaze in the direction the magic essence skill had come from.

At this moment, Li Ming stood before her, completely undisguised.