Chapter 38: That’s Not What He Meant!

That’s Not What He Meant!

Xi Ya crouched down and examined for a long time, then discovered a serious problem.

He also couldn’t detect the residual mana of Blood Magic.

There was a simple way to detect Blood Magic: use [Purification] from Holy Magic.

Within the [Purification] range, all Dark Mana would become visible.

But he only knew basic magic and couldn’t use [Purification] at all.

Although he had enough Skill Points to branch along the Light Element path all the way to [Purification], he didn’t want to spend Skill Points on Light Element skills right now.

The earlier skills in the Light branch offered no help in combat.

‘Maybe I could ask the Blood Demon God Meiluodi to help detect it. She created Blood Magic—she should be able to identify it at a glance, right?’

But Meiluodi had gone silent since he woke up the morning before.

Was she too speechless with anger or something?

Normally, upon seeing that Duoluolisi was actually a man transformed, shouldn’t she have come out to jabber a few words?

Why was there no movement at all?

Xi Ya turned his head to glance behind him.

Dailina was standing outside the fence, her hands resting on the wooden rail, looking at him with an eager expression.

‘Oh dear, this is awkward now.’

He had gotten carried away after Dailina praised him.

How could he forget that he didn’t know how to use [Purification]?

He had no choice but to ask Dailina for help.

Xi Ya tried to keep his expression calm.

He patted the mud stuck to his pants, stood up, walked out of the poultry enclosure, and closed the gate.

“Any findings, Xi Ya?”

“Yes, I need your help, Dailina. Please cast [Purification] over this area.”

Dailina was very skilled in using Holy Magic.

She would definitely know [Purification].

“Mm, no problem.”

Without asking further, Dailina decisively took out her magic wand and pointed it at the center of the poultry enclosure.

She closed her eyes and silently chanted the incantation.

[Purification]

A golden magic circle appeared in the center of the enclosure, gradually expanding until it covered the entire area.

Countless tiny golden specks of light emerged from the magic circle—they were Light Mana, guided by mana to purify all Dark elements within the circle.

Xi Ya stared intently at the center of the circle.

If there was any residual mana from Blood Magic here, those Dark Mana would emerge along this golden light.

He waited for a while.

The circle only had golden specks floating around—no black or red Dark Mana appeared at all.

‘Why is there nothing?’

“Ugh…”

Dailina’s brow furrowed.

The wand in her hand began to tremble slightly, and the golden light at its tip flickered.

The golden magic circle on the ground swayed a few times, its edges becoming somewhat blurry.

“Dailina! Are you okay?”

“I’m fine…”

She bit her lip, her voice strained.

“Sorry, the purification range is a bit large. Maintaining it is tiring.”

“Alright, that’s enough. Don’t push yourself. Stop now.”

Xi Ya raised his hand to stop her, but Dailina shook her head and continued to persevere.

“Wait.”

“What’s wrong?”

Xi Ya asked, puzzled.

“It’s… it’s coming out!”

Dailina suddenly shouted, her eyes becoming very determined.

She gripped her wand tighter.

“What’s coming out?”

As Xi Ya spoke, he caught a flash of dark red light from the corner of his eye.

He turned to look.

‘What the hell? That much?’

Countless bright red mana particles surged wildly from the ground, spreading continuously within the magic circle, dyeing the entire poultry enclosure a bloody red.

Xi Ya suddenly understood.

This vampire had hidden its traces so thoroughly by making all the blood seep into the ground.

In the air, the golden Light Mana and these bright red Blood Mana collided and dissolved, each collision producing a blinding white light.

“What… what is this?”

The villagers on the roadside were stunned.

In all their years, they had never seen such a scene.

Xi Ya noticed that Dailina was struggling.

Her arms were shaking violently, and the wand was almost slipping from her hand.

“Stop now!”

“I… I can still hold on…”

Dailina said stubbornly.

Her knees unconsciously bent, looking like she might collapse at any moment.

Xi Ya knew what she was worried about.

She feared that these Blood Mana would spread and have a negative impact on the village.

But Blood Mana was just mana, no different from other mana.

Spreading out wouldn’t harm anyone.

At worst, the air would carry a smell of blood, which would naturally disappear after a while.

Dailina seemed unaware of this.

Xi Ya had no choice.

He pulled out his magic wand, aimed it at the magic circle, and began to channel mana.

Seeing Xi Ya suddenly join in, Dailina was taken aback.

“Xi Ya?”

“Don’t talk.”

Xi Ya didn’t look at her, his eyes fixed on the circle.

“Focus on maintaining the circle. I’ll assist you.”

Although he couldn’t use [Purification], he could help supply mana.

However, his mana reserve was limited.

He couldn’t just pour it in recklessly—that would only drain him quickly.

He needed to concentrate and only fill the gaps in Dailina’s mana output.

“Mm.”

Dailina closed her eyes again and focused on maintaining the circle.

With his support, Dailina’s hands finally stopped trembling.

The golden magic circle on the ground gradually stabilized and began to steadily devour those bright red mana particles.

The two persisted like this for a long time.

After the last wisp of Blood Mana dissipated in the golden light, the magic circle finally returned to a pure gold color, and the poultry enclosure also returned to normal.

“Phew~”

Xi Ya let out a long breath.

He felt completely drained.

“Is it over?”

Dailina’s voice was also weak.

She opened her eyes, looking exhausted.

“Yeah, it’s over. Good work…”

As soon as Xi Ya finished speaking, the villagers swarmed over.

“Hey, young man, I never thought there would be such terrifying things under my chicken coop. Thank you.”

The first to speak was the owner of this poultry enclosure, who had been watching nearby.

Before Xi Ya could exchange a few polite words, other villagers rushed over.

“Young man, my place also had losses! Please come check mine too!”

“And me, me!”

“Don’t push! Let me talk to him first…”

“Why you first? I lost more than you!”

“So what if you lost more? If you like losing things so much, why didn’t you give them to me earlier?”

The villagers argued as they jostled.

The scene descended into chaos.

Xi Ya wanted to escape, but he was surrounded and couldn’t move forward or backward.

He stood on tiptoes to look at Dailina beyond the crowd, sending her a pleading look with his eyes.

‘Get me out of here! We should be tracking down the culprit, not wasting time here!’

This one poultry enclosure alone had nearly drained both their mana.

If they had to purify every single one, they’d never find the killer.

Dailina nodded, as if understanding his intent, and spoke up.

“Everyone, please be quiet!”

The villagers stopped arguing and turned to look at Dailina in unison.

Xi Ya sighed in relief.

‘Good, that’s it. Let’s go quickly.’

“Please don’t worry. We’ll check every household one by one. Please come one at a time,” Dailina said seriously.

‘Huh? What did you say?’

Xi Ya froze.

‘That’s not what I meant!’

Xi Ya wanted to explain, but Dailina had already turned around and even smiled at him.

“Xi Ya, let’s hurry up. There are still many households.”

‘No!’