Ancient Magic

At the magical beast hunting grounds outside Jiangbei City, an unusually large number of Blood Hunters had gathered. Standing before them was Winnie, her expression solemn.

Upon receiving a report that a vampire had been spotted nearby, Winnie held nothing back this time, summoning every available Blood Hunter from the branch to this location.

No matter who this vampire was, she was determined to bring them under control.

“Is Xiao Ran going to be okay?”

Yuan Shirui gazed toward Jiangbei City, her eyes filled with unconcealable worry.

With both of them away from Su Ran’s side, it was highly likely that someone would take this opportunity to attack her, just like before.

“The enemy’s goal is likely to obtain power similar to that of the mutated Earls. As long as we move quickly enough, Xiao Ran’s safety won’t be in too much danger.”

Winnie had great confidence in Su Ran and didn’t dwell on the issue for long, quickly shifting her focus back to the hunting grounds.

“Our target now is the vampire that has appeared in the hunting grounds.”

With that, Winnie swiftly began issuing orders to the Blood Hunters behind her to enter the grounds and commence the search.

“Besides the vampire, there is also an adult male named Pan Rui. If you see him, do not alert him. Contact us immediately.”

On site, in addition to the order to search for the vampire, Winnie also distributed photographs of Pan Rui to everyone, instructing them to keep an eye out for him during their search and report the moment he was found.

And so, a massive, sweeping search began within the magical beast hunting grounds.

Back in Jiangbei City, the private car arranged by Li Shanhai quickly arrived at Su Ran’s location.

Su Ran was still wearing her familiar witch outfit.

Without the protection of this little dress, she might have accumulated several scars on her body by now.

“Excuse me, are you Miss Su?”

Hearing the question from the specialist who had come to her door, Su Ran couldn’t help but nod.

“I am Su Ran.”

Having just been in contact with Li Shanhai over the phone, and with Winnie and Yuan Shirui away, Su Ran had directly asked Li Shanhai to have the specialist come to her door to push her wheelchair.

Suddenly switching from standing on her own to using a wheelchair, Su Ran initially felt a bit awkward.

After regaining her ability to walk, she had gradually found it difficult to readjust to her old life.

In recent days, a faint itch had appeared on Su Ran’s smooth calves, seemingly a sign of her bones healing and setting, which was undoubtedly good news for her.

However, for the time being, Su Ran still needed the specialist before her to push the wheelchair.

As soon as Su Ran was seated in the car and the specialist had stowed her wheelchair, he offered a kind reminder.

“Before we depart, I need to inform you, Miss Su, that we will not be using the police station’s entrance to access the underground ruins this time.”

Su Ran nodded to show she understood, letting him know he could proceed without worry.

The distance from the apartment to the entrance of the underground ruins wasn’t far.

After a few twists and turns, Su Ran once again entered the underground ruins of Jiangbei City.

“We meet again! I’ve missed you so much, Su Ran.”

The person walking toward Su Ran was none other than Ma Kun, his half-bald head shining brightly as he greeted her.

Faced with the enthusiastic Ma Kun, a look of helplessness crossed Su Ran’s face as she reminded him, “Old Ma, we just saw each other a few days ago.”

Hearing Su Ran’s reminder, Ma Kun moved behind her and naturally took over the task of pushing the wheelchair, telling the specialist, “Let me handle her reception. You can go back and report.”

He seemed completely unbothered by the jab in Su Ran’s words just now.

“I hear you’ve found a magic spell that can observe the ‘Glitch’ energy?”

As soon as he finished speaking and they were alone, Ma Kun lowered his voice to confirm with Su Ran what she had told Li Shanhai on the phone.

When he received Li Shanhai’s report, even he was shocked by what Su Ran had said.

It was important to know that because the mutated Earls’ bodies had once been contaminated, the research progress had been quite slow.

He had never imagined that Su Ran would find the answer to a problem that had left them scratching their heads for days in such a short amount of time.

“We’ll need to conduct an experiment to be certain.”

Su Ran gave a barely perceptible nod, responding to Ma Kun’s inquiry.

Because these were two different worlds, Su Ran herself wasn’t sure how effective her magic would be, so she didn’t want to overstate her confidence.

“Having hope is a good thing. Failure isn’t scary. As long as we find the right direction, we just need to keep moving forward.”

Ma Kun understood the meaning behind Su Ran’s words, so he lowered his own expectations first.

“Then please help me find two more people, and also bring out the corpse contaminated with the ‘Glitch’ energy.”

After Ma Kun gave the order, the items and personnel Su Ran requested were quickly prepared.

He led a group of researchers, ready to witness for themselves whether Su Ran could succeed.

“All preparations complete!”

After detecting the “Glitch” energy with multiple precision instruments, Ma Kun gave Su Ran an “OK” gesture, indicating that the retrieved corpse did indeed contain the energy.

Su Ran nodded and asked the two assistants Ma Kun had found: “Have you memorized the spell’s incantation?”

After seeing both of them nod to confirm they had, Su Ran announced the start of the experiment.

“The person on the right will try the spell first. The person on the left will stand by.”

As the assistant on the right began to softly chant the incantation, everyone in the room held their breath, watching nervously as events unfolded, afraid of missing a single detail.

“How is it?”

Once the incantation was complete, Su Ran asked the assistant who had gone first.

“In my spiritual perception, there is a hazy gray mass directly in front of me.”

The assistant’s words carried a hint of uncertainty; he wasn’t sure if what he was sensing was the “Glitch” energy.

Everyone’s gaze fell on the area in front of him, where the mutated Earl’s corpse was placed.

While he maintained the spell, Su Ran slowly began to move the corpse’s position.

“It’s moving! It’s moving!”

Seeing that the assistant’s words corresponded perfectly with the movement of the corpse, the researchers on site couldn’t help but get excited.

The spell Su Ran had provided was genuinely effective!

Now they had a simple method to observe the presence of the “Glitch” energy.

They no longer had to worry about the enemy saturating an area with “Glitch” energy to summon creatures like the mutated Earls.

To be on the safe side, Su Ran had the two assistants take turns performing the experiment multiple times to ensure the results were reliable and authentic.

After the experiment concluded, Su Ran gave the spell to the researchers on site, allowing them to conduct their own research based on it.

“Something’s not right.”

After receiving the spell from Su Ran, a look of trouble, completely different from that of the other researchers, appeared on Ma Kun’s face.

“What’s wrong, Old Ma? Isn’t it a good thing that we’ve solved a major problem? Why do you look so glum?”

A colleague came to Ma Kun’s side, and seeing his perplexed expression, asked him what was wrong.

“Being able to detect the ‘Glitch’ energy with a simple spell is a good thing. I just can’t seem to figure something out.”

Seeing Ma Kun hesitate, his colleague continued, “Then tell me. I’ll think about it with you. Two heads are better than one.”

Hearing this, Ma Kun immediately voiced his confusion.

“The syllables and magic essence arrangement of the incantation Su Ran provided are very similar to the ancient magic we’ve unearthed from archeological digs in the ruins.”