Socially anxious people transmigrate to another world; living in seclusion is too difficult.

The messenger quickly relayed the message to Conrad. Upon hearing that the soldiers he had sent had suffered heavy losses, Conrad cursed them as incompetent. He then rushed to the inn where the Saint Knight was resting, knocked on the door, and said to the Saint Knight who opened it, "Sir, there is something I urgently need your help with!"

The Saint Knight who opened the door was named Kola, the captain of the thirteenth Saint Knight squad, and a woman. Saint Knights are considered high-level combatants within the Saint Church, consisting of twenty-eight squads, each composed of seven people. They are responsible for the security of the two main human-majority nations on the continent—the Duchy of Paison and the Kingdom of Delin. Therefore, they are stationed in these two countries the most. The most direct way to distinguish between Divine Knights and Saint Knights is to look at their epaulets. Divine Knights have six-winged patterns on their epaulets, while Saint Knights have four-winged patterns.

After listening to Conrad's request for help in detail, Cora assigned a Saint Knight and said, "This thief may have some fighting ability, but we shouldn't need the whole team to take action. I'll send one person to you first. If he still can't win, then we'll all set off."

Conrad felt much more at ease when he saw that Captain Cora was willing to send a Saint Knight. He thought that a Saint Knight was a sixth-ranked knight, and that he should be able to suppress that petty thief. So he did not report the suspected presence of demons. If he had revealed the presence of demons, he might not have been able to intervene at all.

The assigned saintly knight followed Conrad out of the inn, heading straight for the battle. Meanwhile, Su Yang had already killed most of the soldiers who had come to encircle them. White was on the verge of collapse, and was dragged into the fight by Gupa and the garrison commander, but they were still no match for Su Yang. All three of them were only fourth-tier elementals, which in Su Yang's eyes were no different from second or third-tier soldiers, so they were defeated in less than three moves.

The three could only retreat to the side. When Gupa saw the messenger return, he grabbed him and roared, "Where is the support from Bishop Conrad and the Holy Knights?!"

The messenger was startled and replied tremblingly, "I have informed Bishop Conrad of the situation. The bishop told me to come back first, and he went to seek help from the Holy Knights."

Just then, Conrad arrived on horseback, shouting, "Lord, the Church of Saints has arrived with reinforcements!"

Gupa hurried forward, looking at the knight in pristine white armor and a white cloak beside him, and said happily, "Oh my, the Holy Knights of the Church of Saints are indeed exceptionally valiant! Bishop Conrad, may I ask who this knight is...?"

"Oh, this is the Holy Knight who has been stationed in South Bay City recently." After saying this, he said to the Holy Knight, "My lord, thank you for your trouble."

Without saying a word, the saintly knight drew his sword, unleashed elemental power beneath his feet, and dashed towards Su Yang in a flash of white light.

Seeing that Gupa was injured, Conrad asked with concern, "Lord, what happened to you? How could that thief have managed to hurt you?"

Guppa, disregarding his pride, said, "Hey, this thief is really something. The garrison commander, White, and I ganged up on him, but we were all knocked away in less than three moves. We can only rely on this saintly knight." With that, both of them turned their gazes to the battlefield.

The saintly knight's sword emitted a blue light as it hurtled towards Su Yang. Su Yang also noticed a rapidly approaching point of light behind him using his radar. He immediately judged that the enemy was quite powerful. After knocking away the surrounding soldiers, he turned around to focus on dealing with the enemy.

In the blink of an eye, just as Su Yang turned around, the Saint Knight charged forward, his sword imbued with water elemental power, slashing down towards Su Yang's face. Su Yang turned and, seeing the blade aimed directly at his face, was startled. He instinctively tried to block, but a short sword instantly materialized in front of him, blocking the attack. Watching this thrilling scene, Lin Anlan, hiding in the forging room, almost cried out, covering her mouth as she watched Su Yang's battle.

After blocking the attack, Su Yang jumped back to create distance, his mind racing: "Why couldn't the Flowing Cloud Barrier stop this attack? Did it not activate?" Meanwhile, the Saint Knight followed closely behind Su Yang, also thinking: "Why did I feel a force stopping me after that attack? Otherwise, that elemental blade that appeared out of thin air shouldn't have been able to block my sword. This kid is a bit strange."

As Su Yang blocked his second attack, the Saint Knight became more cautious in his subsequent attacks. Su Yang clearly sensed that this person was testing him, so he turned the tables and attacked him. Su Yang only used half of his strength in this sword strike as a test. Although he could condense various guns and bullets using cloud elements, Su Yang found that this world was still in a medieval or ancient period, where cold weapons were more commonly used. Su Yang still liked cold weapons, so he did not want to use firearms unless absolutely necessary. Since there was a master here, he might as well take this opportunity to practice his swordsmanship and the application and use of elemental power in cold weapons.

After several exchanges, the two had tested each other thoroughly. Su Yang judged that this person was no match for him. For some reason, in the instant of the battle just now, he seemed to be able to sense the traces of the flow of elemental power in the air and the intensity of the elements. In that instant, he also sensed the elemental power of the saint knight, and thus judged that his strength was inferior to his own.

The saintly knight knew that he would have a hard time defeating Su Yang on his own, so he jumped aside, took out a piece of wood from his armor, threw it to Conrad who was not far away, and shouted, "Take this to the inn, now!"

Conrad understood immediately, picked up the piece of wood, mounted his horse, and quickly rode away. Seeing this, Su Yang realized that Conrad was calling for reinforcements, so he prepared to finish the battle quickly. As his elemental power continued to accumulate, the Saint Knight also saw through Su Yang's intentions. He maintained a considerable distance and stared at Su Yang in a defensive stance, with what appeared to be a layer of light blue water walls in front of and behind him.

Seeing that there were no water walls protecting his sides, Su Yang immediately prepared to attack from there. He stepped forward with his sword, feigning an attack from the front. When the blade broke through the water wall in front of the saint knight and collided with his sword, Su Yang immediately conjured two longswords on either side and thrust them forward. Unexpectedly, the saint knight was also prepared. It seemed that he deliberately did not set up defenses on his sides. Two ice spikes shot out of thin air, not only knocking away the longswords that Su Yang had conjured, but also collapsing another house not far away.

"A feint attack. Luckily, I didn't attack from both sides, otherwise I probably wouldn't have been able to defend against the power of those ice pillars." Su Yang secretly rejoiced, realizing that the enemy in front of him was on a completely different level from the enemies he encountered on the island. Not only was the elemental strength vastly different, but their combat experience was also worlds apart. Therefore, he was even more cautious in his response.

The two remained locked in a stalemate for a while, exchanging blows, but quickly separating each time. Su Yang learned a lot of combat skills and experience from this. Fortunately, Su Yang's elemental power was stronger and his mental strength was more robust. He quickly found an opportunity and, taking advantage of the changing properties of the cloud element, seized the chance from the ruins to knock the Saint Knight away. If the knight hadn't condensed a water wall in time, he might have been seriously injured in one blow.

The saintly knight was sent flying backward, crashing heavily into the wall. Su Yang pressed forward, ready to finish him off, when a horse's neigh and an angry shout rang out:

"Be bold!"

Skills that can be made public:

Name: Cloud Barrier

Elemental attribute: Cloud/Air

Skill type: Permanent skill / Defensive skill

Skill Description: Continuously consumes Qi elemental energy to create a barrier within a 1-meter radius around the user. This barrier can block Qi elemental attacks of the same elemental level. Other elemental attacks will be blocked depending on the elemental affinity. The barrier will regenerate after ten seconds once it is broken.