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

"They still got away," Isaac said bitterly, slamming his sword into the ground.

"Don't rush, he can't have gone far. Search the city carefully these next few days." Cora believed that Su Yang was already seriously injured and it was impossible for him to leave Nanwan City by flying. He could only leave through the city gate. As long as the city gate was well guarded, they would receive the news and catch up. Therefore, Cora did not think that Su Yang could leave Nanwan City easily. After leaving the remaining soldiers to search, Cora led his team back to the inn to rest.

However, reality was not as rosy as Kola had imagined. Linglong had almost exhausted all her elemental power reserves and used several skills in succession to take Su Yang, Lin Anlan, John, as well as two spirit beasts and three ice-winged dogs away from the city. They had now arrived at a dense forest outside the city.

Linglong's elemental power was exhausted, and he had to revert to his original form and fall back into slumber. Fortunately, Die'er had already awakened. Looking at Su Yang's injuries, she was at a loss for what to do. Neither she nor Lin Anlan were wood elementalists, nor did they possess healing skills. Seeing Su Yang deep in a coma, Lin Anlan was frantic and at a loss. She wanted to pull out the stone spikes from his body, but she was afraid of losing control of the bleeding from the wounds.

Butterfly sat blankly on the ground, her brows furrowed, seemingly pondering how to save Su Yang. John only knew how to forge, and at this moment he only had some strength left to use, so he gathered a lot of wood around and started a fire, which served as a form of lighting.

"I'll go find the healer." Lin Anlan couldn't sit still any longer. Now that Die'er had awakened, she could go find the healer to save Su Yang.

"Where are you going to find it? You can't go back to Nanwan City. The nearest city is a five-day walk away."

"That's still better than just sitting here doing nothing!" Lin Anlan said impatiently.

"I can't hold on for five more days. If you leave and I can't hold on either, are you just going to leave Su Yang's body to rot in the wilderness?" Die'er's words were tinged with anger: "Don't forget, besides Su Yang, there's also a Sky-Splitting Tiger that needs to be treated."

"Then what do you suggest we do?" Lin Anlan sat back down on the ground and asked irritably.

Die'er fell silent. Yes, what should she do? She didn't have any healing skills. If she had any healing herbs, she could try applying them to Su Yang or giving him some to drink, and maybe it would have some effect. But she had nothing now.

The atmosphere was a little awkward. Xiao Yi came to Su Yang's side and lay down, carefully licking Su Yang's face. Die'er saw Xiao Yi's actions and her eyes lit up. She clapped her hands and summoned all three Icewing Dogs, saying, "Now you go into the forest and find a few kinds of grass. Find two kinds each. Line up and I'll tell you one by one."

The Icewing Hounds lined up, and Butterfly told them the characteristics of the herbs they needed to find. After receiving the message, the three little ones quickly darted into the dense forest to search for the herbs.

While the Icewing Hound searched for herbs, the three of them took turns guarding Su Yang, fearing that something might happen to him. Especially Die'er, who would tremble with tension whenever she sensed that Su Yang's elemental aura was weak. Fortunately, it was all just a false alarm.

In a daze, Su Yang grabbed the stone spikes with his hands. Subconsciously, he could feel the texture of the stone, as if he had returned to the spiritual world. Su Yang felt that he was in darkness. Gradually, the world turned from black to white, and the tree that existed in Su Yang's spiritual world reappeared here. Su Yang opened his eyes in a daze and looked around. This place seemed to be no different from the spiritual tree world. Su Yang tried to move, but found that he could not move. Instinctively, he reached his hand towards the spiritual tree.

The tree seemed to sense something; its branches moved without wind, and a few leaves fell down as if it were grieving and weeping. For some reason, Su Yang felt a strange sadness. He wanted to approach the tree and say a few words of comfort, but he couldn't. He could only open his mouth helplessly, and his outstretched hand slowly fell down.

Suddenly, a vine gently caught Su Yang's drooping hand. Other vines climbed up the stone thorns embedded in Su Yang's body. In a few breaths, the stone thorns began to disintegrate, turning into a faint black light that was absorbed by the vines. Originally, there were only three branches with leaves, but as the black light was completely absorbed, a fourth branch also began to slowly grow leaves, one leaf, then two leaves.

Su Yang found he could move again, stood up, walked to the tree, hugged it, and then saw that the information on the sign at the base of the tree had been updated:

Name: Su Yang

Age: 24

Elemental Powers: Cloud, Air, Light, Earth; Development Progress: 75%

Special element: Fog; Development progress: 100%

Permanent Skills: Detection Radar, Cloud Barrier, Aura of Obscurity

Spirit Beast: Sky-Splitting Tiger (Status: Severely Injured)

Companion Spirit Skill: Light of Harmony

"Why is there an extra earth element? Is it because those vines absorbed the earth element? But how can this tree absorb these elements? Does it require any special conditions?" Countless questions echoed in Su Yang's mind. When he saw that the Sky-Splitting Tiger was seriously injured, Su Yang remembered that he was in the spiritual world and quickly returned to the real world.

In the real world, Lin Anlan was currently taking care of Su Yang. She was surprised to see the stone spikes on Su Yang's body begin to disappear automatically. She shook Su Yang, trying to wake him, but he didn't respond. Slowly, all the stone spikes on Su Yang's body disappeared, and soon Su Yang began to open his eyes. Lin Anlan, seeing this, excitedly called out, "Die'er! Quick, come quick, Su Yang is awake!"

Die'er was sitting by the fire in a daze when she heard Lin Anlan's call. She immediately rushed to Su Yang's side. When she saw that Su Yang was really awake, Die'er felt a strange sense of grievance. Ignoring Su Yang's injuries, she threw herself into Su Yang's arms.

Su Yang was nearly spitting out blood when Die'er slammed down on him. Luckily, Lin Anlan quickly pulled Die'er up, otherwise Su Yang would have been seriously injured. Die'er held Su Yang's hand and just stared at him without saying a word. Her little expression was so aggrieved that Su Yang didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He said helplessly, "Why are you acting aggrieved? Alright, where's Xiao Ju?"

Hearing Su Yang ask about Xiao Ju, Lin Anlan helped Su Yang sit down by the tree. Xiao Ju was sitting next to him, but it was still in the form of a kitten. Su Yang looked over and saw that Xiao Ju was covered in blood and was curled up asleep. Su Yang gently stroked its head and said, "You've suffered, Xiao Ju."

Little Orange let out a soft "meow" in response to Su Yang. Su Yang looked up at the night sky, then at John, and asked, "John, did you lose the materials again?"

Upon hearing Su Yang's inquiry, John quickly took out the bracelet materials from his pocket, grinned, and replied, "Mr. Su, I got the materials right away this time." Then, John became sad again: "But while we have the materials, the crafting room is gone." As he spoke, tears streamed down John's face. After all, he was just a young man who had just turned twenty, a recent graduate, and had not yet experienced the major storms of life, yet he had suffered so much undeserved misfortune along with Su Yang.

Seeing John's tears, Su Yang felt a surge of helplessness and regret. If he hadn't been so greedy, and had left South Bay City after taking the materials, would those around him have been spared such suffering? If he had used all his strength to kill the first Saint Knight from the start, could he have avoided fighting the Saint Knight squad? If only he had...

Unfortunately, it seems that no world needs the emotion of regret. Regret seems to be the exclusive domain of the weak, while the strong always look forward.

Just as Su Yang was immersed in this mood, a dog barked not far away. Die'er looked over and saw that the Icewing Dog had returned.

Skills that can be made public:

Name: The Art of Disguise

Elemental attribute: Cloud

Skill type: Active skill / Support skill

Skill Description: Utilizes the transformative properties of cloud elements to alter a person's appearance, continuously consuming cloud elemental power.