A Psychiatrist's Bizarre Game Journey / Dream of the Mist

Dio, however, still retained some rationality, quietly voicing his doubts, "Besides... this guy doesn't give me any sense of holiness at all; instead, he's a bit unsettling. He's definitely not an angel... either a demon or some kind of evil god posing as God's messenger?!"

Just then, those "onlookers" who had been standing by and whose problems Zhou Ke'er had noticed long ago all began to bow their heads in prayer in unison, and something seemed to gradually descend upon this place under the guidance of their prayers.

As a dark red, distorted phantom, resembling a burning flame, gradually emerged, a deep, hoarse voice also emanated from it: "Hiss... Where did this little god come from... daring to invade my hunting grounds?!"

[Detection indicates that the student's divine rank has increased, exceeding the maximum limit for this daily assessment...]

[The daily assessment has been forcibly ended due to an abnormal situation. You will return to the Divine Academy in five minutes...]

[Countdown 4:59...]

"Wow... I didn't know that happened..."

Zhou Ke'er pursed her lips, but... this thing in front of her was rather interesting.

"Your hunting grounds? Who do you think you are?"

Zhou Ke'er sneered at the other person, "From now on, this place belongs to me!"

As she spoke, Zhou Ke'er secretly cast a levitation spell on herself, recorded in "Two or Three," and immediately floated into the air, hovering in mid-air, appearing to be high above.

Well, if you're not tall enough, you can make up for it by floating.

As for why he made such outrageous remarks... well, Zhou Ke'er will leave this sub-world in less than five minutes. Does he think he'd follow her and give her a sleeping potion?

"You're just a lowly follower of a god. Who gave you the audacity to be so arrogant in front of me? You conceited fool!"

The gradually solidifying dark red phantom slowly took on a human-like shape, and the muffled rebuke revealed a hint of disdain.

As He finished speaking, several blazing beams of light shot towards Zhou Ke'er, distorting the surrounding space.

Zhou Ke'er had been preparing for a possible sudden attack, so as soon as she saw the other party make a move, she instinctively activated her divine skill of spatial teleportation and moved much higher, perfectly avoiding the beams of light.

"The human world has become filthy again."

Zhou Ke'er put on a pretentious expression, looked at the dark red figure with pity, sighed softly, and then said indifferently, "From now on, I will stand at the top!"

"What a lack of self-awareness, and such a nagging noise!"

The phantom, which was finally almost completely solidified, couldn't help but roar as it attacked Zhou Ke'er with an even faster and more powerful beam of light.

It's clear that guy's advantage lies in close combat or something else; it's definitely not ranged attacks. Right now, he probably can't move because his body hasn't fully solidified, so this is the only way he can deal with Zhou Ke'er for the time being.

As for why Zhou Ke'er didn't stop the other party...

It's not that he didn't want to stop it, it's that he couldn't stop it.

If it were at the beginning, and he had been shameless enough to directly attack the believers, cutting them down one by one, then it might have been possible to stop him. But now that the stage of His descent through the summoning of believers has passed, even if He cuts down the believers, it will only be to annoy them.

As for Himself... Zhou Ke'er had no effective means to harm Him. After all... Zhou Ke'er had plenty of skills to use for escaping, but she just couldn't hurt the opponent. Her only means of attack was the "Two or Three" technique she had just obtained.

But... you can't expect a spell that's only at the Foundation Establishment stage of Qi Refining to cause harm to a being that shows contempt even towards the gods, can you?

Therefore, if Zhou Ke'er were to actually attempt to take action now, she would truly be exposing her real strength.

In short, the current strategy is to stall for time while simultaneously annoying the other party.

Oh, wait... speaking of disgusting the other person...

Zhou Ke'er shifted her gaze to the group of believers.

## Chapter 377, Section 372: Like a God Walking Among Humans (The End)

"No... I think I'll pass."

Zhou Ke'er quickly shook her head, dismissing the thought. Whether she attacked the being before her or the believers, the result would be the same—revealing his true strength.

There's no need for that.

The other side may still be somewhat cautious about Zhou Ke'er's identity as a "follower of the gods," and in principle, at least a few minutes of probing is necessary.

But once her true strength is exposed, and the other side discovers that Zhou Ke'er is merely a god with a divine position but no matching strength, they will probably attack her in no time.

"Is this the only weak and feeble attack you can think of? That's really quite funny."

Zhou Ke'er revealed a disdainful expression, dusted off non-existent dust from her clothes, and then instantly appeared behind the other person, saying softly, "Nothing special."

"Damn bugs!"

The other party was so angered by Zhou Ke'er's trash talk that he immediately trembled, and a surging wave of energy instantly spread out from him.

Of course, after Zhou Ke'er finished speaking, she had already teleported back to her original location, fearing for her life.

It has to be said that although Zhou Ke'er's strength is really lacking, her ability to escape is truly first-rate. As long as it's not like in the previous memory fragments where someone teleports faster than Zhou Ke'er, or like before when someone used a full-screen AOE attack, then he can be as reckless as he wants.

Unfortunately, Wayburn was caught in the crossfire. Before he could even figure out what was happening, he was instantly blown away by the blast wave.

Dior and Assassins, of course, were very perceptive. Seeing this truly epic battle, they had long since hidden to the side to spy on it.

Dio, in particular, even activated the system's built-in recording function, secretly recording the scene of Zhou Ke'er confronting that being.

"..."

Finally, the long prelude to His descent, which seemed exceptionally long for that being, came to an end. His body solidified completely, as if scorching hot lava flowed through him, distorting and burning the very space around him.

At the same time, a pungent sulfur smell emanated from Him, making people involuntarily frown upon smelling it.

"God said, sir, you must slow down."

Zhou Ke'er held her head high, slowly extended her hand, and lightly tapped the other person as if it were nothing, while saying some very cringeworthy and embarrassing lines.

Of course, this time he not only used the Divine Skill's Speed ​​Slow, but also added the Ring's slowing effect, reducing the opponent's speed to less than one-tenth of its original speed.

The being that had been charging aggressively at Zhou Ke'er suddenly froze as soon as it started to move. Of course, it was obvious that the effects of the two skills were only to slow down the being's "movement speed," while the energy and inertia generated by its charging were not weakened.

To use a somewhat inappropriate analogy, it's like a high-speed train suddenly and unexpectedly slamming on the brakes.

"Bang! Bang!"

Sure enough, a series of loud crackling sounds suddenly rang out from the opponent. The attack that it had been preparing to launch at Zhou Ke'er ended up with most of the damage being reflected back onto itself.

"Oh? What does this mean? Are you trying to intimidate me by self-harming, meaning 'I'll hit myself when I'm angry,' or do you know you're no match for me, so you're punishing yourself in advance to beg for my forgiveness?"

Zhou Ke'er looked at the other person with a playful smile, her words full of teasing, but her tone was completely opposite, extremely cold, making people feel a chill in their hearts.

"A mere god dares to mock me like this! Very well, I'll remember you... Tell me your name! You deserve to be remembered, even though your life is only left..."

The being let out a muffled groan, seemingly having suffered some degree of injury. Its tone was filled with barely suppressed violence as it uttered harsh words to Zhou Ke'er.

Unfortunately, before he could finish speaking, Zhou Ke'er was already impatient—he was always the one spouting trash talk, never the other way around.

"Forget it, you think you can know my name? You're not worthy, you brat. But... I'll give you a chance, you try to guess?"

Zhou Ke'er casually rubbed a ball of spiritual energy in her palm, and while arrogantly mocking, she lightly tossed the ball of spiritual energy towards her opponent.

The purpose of throwing the spirit ball was not to harm the opponent through such a small trick, but rather... to use the evil energy inherent in Zhou Ke'er's own spiritual power to deceive and confuse people.

"What... a mere trick..."

Although Zhou Ke'er only controlled it for a few seconds before stopping the skill, the other party was probably a little hesitant because of this. It did not rush towards Zhou Ke'er as soon as it felt the restriction on its body was lifted. Instead, it stood in place cautiously. Although it still spoke with disdain for Zhou Ke'er, it was actually very cautious in its actions.

Faced with the spirit energy ball that Zhou Ke'er casually tossed over without warning—although He could sense that it was just a spherical energy ball formed by the compression and condensation of a low-level energy (compared to divine power), with no technical sophistication, He had no idea why He should be careful about this thing, He still cautiously raised his hand and waved a beam of light, instantly piercing through the spirit energy ball.

The spiritual energy ball, which was already very unstable due to Zhou Ke'er's poor control, exploded instantly under such a violent impact. The evil energy inside, mixed with spiritual energy, sprayed towards the opponent like liquid gushing out of an exploding water sphere.

"This energy is... no! What exactly are you?! An evil god?!"

The being instantly sensed the malevolent energy emanating from all directions and couldn't help but blurt out a question in shock.

"Shh~ It wouldn't be fun if I just told you. Guess!"

Zhou Ke'er blinked and said with a grin, "A secret makes agodgod."

"you!"

"Oh, what a pity...time's up. I had a lot of fun with you, I'll definitely come again next time I have time~ Five-star review for you. Yay!"

Zhou Ke'er glanced at the countdown displayed by the system and silently counted to five.

The other party instantly understood from Zhou Ke'er's words that he wanted to leave, and immediately lowered his guard and rushed towards him.

Unfortunately, he only had time to see Zhou Ke'er's last sinister smile and a few light words: "Oh, and one last piece of advice. Don't act all violent and shout for bloodshed just because someone seems to be of lower rank than you. You're like a brain-dead villain, completely lacking common sense. Why bother? Fortune changes every thirty years, don't underestimate... the poor and weak!"

## Chapter 378 373. Doesn't it feel like it was preordained?

"Shh!"

The next second, Zhou Ke'er instantly appeared in a place that resembled an office.

A skull was placed very close to him.

Holy crap!

Zhou Ke'er instinctively slapped the skull away, sending it flying and slamming it against the wall with a loud "thud".

Then, upon closer inspection, lo and behold, isn't this the old skeleton we saw before? What's he doing here waiting for Zhou Ke'er?

"Ouch, ouch... How did this happen?"

The skull, which had rolled to the ground and was still spinning, opened and closed its jaws, making a "crackling" sound.

The headless skeleton, which had been sitting in the chair, quickly stood up, ran to where its head had fallen off, bent down, carefully picked it up, and reattached it to its neck.

What are you doing?

Zhou Ke'er showed absolutely no remorse. She found a chair and sat down comfortably, as if she were at home. Then she looked at the skeleton with a scrutinizing expression. "What brings you here? I'm very busy."

Because the divine power emanating from Zhou Ke'er's body had not yet subsided when she was teleported back, the various strange phenomena that appeared behind her still existed.

"..."

The old skull glanced discreetly at the strange phenomenon still lingering behind Zhou Ke'er, sensed the undisguised divine power emanating from her, and then instantly revealed a smile—though it was unclear how a skull could smile—and said to Zhou Ke'er, "It's nothing, nothing. I just sensed that the divine spark within you, Red Crane, suddenly... uh... well, it was 'used up,' so I came to check if anything serious had happened. Seeing you so unharmed, I'm relieved."

"Oh, you mean that? We just set off some fireworks when we get tired of playing with them, it's no big deal."

Zhou Ke'er wore a completely indifferent expression, waving her hand dismissively and saying, "My second uncle gave me a new godhood again. Oh right, now that I've changed my godhood, do I have to change my elemental tree? But... if I have to change godhood again later, I'll have to change elemental trees every time, which seems like such a hassle..."

Upon hearing Zhou Ke'er's casual remark, the soul fire in the skull's eye sockets trembled violently, and it replied repeatedly, "No need, no need. I'm here to solve this kind of trouble for you, Red Crane. The school wouldn't make things so difficult for a student. How about this, I'll transfer you to a special class right now, so you won't have to change your major. Once you're in the special class, you won't have to participate in daily assessments and classes, you only need to participate in the final promotion assessment. What do you think?"

While saying this, the old skeleton was increasingly horrified. Even Alex, one of his students, knew about the news that Cronus had been killed by Nyarlathotep some time ago. How could he not know?

Zhou Ke'er had just revealed a divine spark—he had initially thought that the reason she could continue using the Academy Watch was because her divine spark wasn't completely damaged, allowing her to communicate with the watch using her remaining divinity. That's why he thought of sending Zhou Ke'er a crystal of faith to help repair her spark...

Unexpectedly... it turns out he immediately changed his divine status again, and it just so happens to be the time-space god status of Cronus, who had just died at the hands of Nyarlathotep...