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

Lost in thought for a moment, Loyer didn't even have time to activate his shield before being struck hard by the players' charged attacks and pierced through at close range by the spiritual sword thrown by Zhou Ke'er.

The damage from the various charged attacks by the players did not disappoint Zhou Ke'er too much; at least from the perspective of the scene, the damage was quite considerable.

However, despite this, Zhou Ke'er did not think that this would be enough to seriously injure Luo Ye'er. The resilience and recovery ability of the evil creatures were not so simple.

Taking advantage of the moment when Loyer was distracted and attacked, Zhou Ke'er immediately closed her right eye and then suddenly opened it again. Rapidly flashing numbers appeared in Zhou Ke'er's right eye, simultaneously generating a huge suction force towards the evil. Not far away, the evil within Loyer's body, without her being able to pay attention to it or control it, was undoubtedly drawn into Zhou Ke'er's body like flowing water.

Moreover, because Zhou Ke'er's current body is composed of evil, the amount of evil she can absorb and contain is much greater than when her physical body absorbed it before. For the time being, there is no need to worry about being burst by the evil. Therefore, Zhou Ke'er is now absorbing it without any restrictions.

Unfortunately, Loyer quickly regained control of himself and cut off Zhou Ke'er's absorption of the evil within her body.

Even so, her strength has visibly declined significantly, and she no longer possesses the same formidable aura as before.

In other words, at least this method of gradually weakening her is effective, but it will take several more times to achieve the desired result.

As the smoke cleared, Luo Ye'er, his hair disheveled, stared intently at Zhou Ke'er with eyes that were a mixture of black and crimson. He reached out and pulled the spiritual energy sword that had pierced his body out of the ground, then threw it hard to the ground. The spiritual energy sword vanished without a trace before it even touched the ground, without making a sound.

Her body was covered with numerous wounds, large and small, signs of corrosion, burn marks, large patches of skin that looked like charcoal, and a broken horn on her head... making her look extremely disheveled.

But Zhou Ke'er knew that although it looked like they had really seriously injured Luo Ye'er, as long as the other party's evil influence remained, such injuries were nothing at all.

Sure enough, her injuries began to heal at a rapid pace.

At the same time, she stared intently at Zhou Ke'er with murderous eyes, approaching her step by step. She opened her mouth as if to question or say something, but in the end, only a hoarse roar remained.

Zhou Ke'er clicked her tongue inwardly. There was no other way; if she could avoid attracting the other's hatred, she wouldn't want to do this. But the problem was that the corrupted Luo Ye'er's ability to learn how to use evil magic was ridiculously strong. Zhou Ke'er didn't dare use evil magic in front of her at all—except for evil magic absorption, a skill rooted in Zhou Ke'er herself, which Luo Ye'er couldn't learn—so Zhou Ke'er could only use spiritual power to fight her. But clearly, Zhou Ke'er's mastery of spiritual power was still lacking in practice. It was fine for dealing with some small fry, but against Luo Ye'er… how could she possibly hold out for so long without resorting to underhanded tactics?

The only saving grace is that Loyer has only recently become evil and has not yet awakened any strange or bizarre abilities. At least so far, what Zhou Ke'er has seen Loyer display are all powerful but very conventional abilities.

Even so, Loyer is simply powerful, and the players have few effective ways to fight against him.

Having just absorbed a large wave of evil beings, Zhou Ke'er was prepared to risk releasing the Gate of Kadas, which she had previously used to banish the evil king, once more, to see if she could also remove Loyer from this world. Although Zhou Ke'er felt it was unlikely to succeed, her main purpose was to buy time. She just didn't know if, if she succeeded, it would count as effectively killing the opponent.

The numbers flashing in Zhou Ke'er's right eye suddenly stopped at the word "Lu".

The Seven Chapters of the Mysterious Monarch's Secret Scripture, Volume Six: The Illusionary Realm Spirit Ascension Register.

At the same time, Zhou Ke'er seemed to hear an ancient chant in her mind: "This is the Dao, which has no past or present, no present or past ...

When Zhou Ke'er recited the phrase "cannot be separated, cannot be combined...", the voice that echoed in her mind seemed to be filled with a mixture of two completely different emotions: warning and longing.

Soon, an ancient and simple door appeared in front of Luo Yeer, who was rushing towards Zhou Ke'er.

The door slowly opened, and before the scene behind it was fully revealed, an unknown hand eagerly reached out from it, like a shark smelling blood, wanting to break through the Gate of Kadas and descend into this world without hesitation.

But under the weakening effect of the Gate of Kadas and its cross-world connection, the hand had barely reached out when Loyer mistook it for an outsider summoned by Zhou Ke'er and slapped it back. If Loyer hadn't instinctively felt that the gate was too terrifying, that touching it would definitely not end well, she might have even reached in and pulled the thing out to beat it up.

Although the summoned Gate of Kadas did not directly suck Loyal in, it still served as a powerful deterrent, forcing Loyal, who had been pressing forward, to retreat a considerable distance before barely resisting the suction.

You have to understand that the evil king was instantly sucked in back then. From this, you can see that Loyer is not in the same league as that guy at all. He is obviously much stronger than it.

Meanwhile, the players didn't just stand by and watch. As soon as Luo Ye'er moved away from Zhou Ke'er, they launched another round of artillery barrage.

Although the results were minimal, it at least showed that they weren't completely slacking off and that their attitude was still decent.

After all… in the entire Grand Duchy of Fuya, among the players present here, it seems that only Zhou Ke'er and Hong He were chosen to enter the game early. It's normal that other players don't have many means to combat the evil at this stage.

Putting aside these useless thoughts, the number in Zhou Ke'er's right eye changed again, fixing on the character "肆".

The Seven Chapters of the Mysterious Lord's Secret Scripture, Volume Four, Earthly Dipper Examination and Summoning Records.

Simply put, it means summoning burrowing worms.

As Zhou Ke'er activated her skill, she glanced in the direction where Honghe and Chen Tian had left, secretly praying that they would return soon.

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671. Conclusion

"Boom!"

With a tremor of the earth, a colossal monster, enveloped in disgusting slime and resembling a tattered gray sack or a worm magnified countless times, burst forth from the ground. Wielding countless tentacles that trembled wildly from its mouthparts, it lunged at Loyal.

To be honest, Zhou Ke'er had always doubted whether she could control such a powerful monster. After all, this thing was different from other lower-level races; there was a significant difference in their fundamental rank. Zhou Ke'er herself didn't dare say that she could take down one of these creatures single-handedly.

Low emotional intelligence: This thing is even better than me.

High emotional intelligence: I can't handle this by myself.

However, so far, this guy seems to be quite obedient to Zhou Ke'er's commands, probably because of the suppression of the Seven Chapters of the Mysterious Monarch's Secret Scripture.

Loyal roared as she watched the burrowing insects rush towards her. Instead of dodging, she charged at the insects, wielding her sword and severing the tentacles that were spreading from their mouthparts.

At the same time, Zhou Ke'er turned to reassure the other players, saying, "Don't worry, this is my summoned beast. You don't need to worry about accidentally hurting it. Its defense is very high. Just keep firing at it."

However, his words were in vain. The moment everyone faced the burrowing worm, except for a few players who were unaffected, most players lost a lot of sanity due to facing the burrowing worm, and thus fell into a dazed state.

Well, Zhou Ke'er had indeed forgotten about this, because he himself was not losing any sanity points when he saw these evil creations, so he didn't think for a moment that other players didn't have such a "tenacious" spirit.

This burrowing worm is a prime example of how it can inflict heavy damage on the enemy while also suffering significant losses on itself.

Fortunately, no player had their sanity completely depleted and was ejected from the mod world, which would have been terrible.

Although the massive burrowing worm was surprisingly not clumsy and moved quite nimbly, Loyer was clearly more agile. With his constant maneuvering and ability to sever the worm's tentacles, Loyer fought the worm to a standstill and even gained a slight advantage.

However, Zhou Ke'er hadn't expected the burrowing worm to kill Luo Ye'er directly; he only intended for it to buy him some time—and now, his goal had been achieved.

Because Honghe and Chen Tian had already rushed back here.

"how?"

Zhou Ke'er waved to Honghe and the others: "I believe you won't let me down, right?"

"Instead of saying you trust us, you might as well say you believe your own deductions are correct."

Honghe couldn't help but squint and complain, taking a few big strides forward and stuffing something into Zhou Ke'er's hand: "This should be it—oh right, to increase the difficulty of the game for you and give you more time, besides the palace, we also went to the ruins of the ancient elven tree and retrieved its core for you."

Zhou Ke'er was taken aback: "The core of the Ancient Elf Tree?"

Honghe's lips curled up almost imperceptibly: "What, you're allowed to have your own guesses, but I can't? I've said it before, that noblewoman we encountered when we first escaped the ancient tree was obviously suspicious, right? -- But now's not the time to talk about such trivial matters, you should hurry up and take care of that guy first."

As she spoke, Honghe handed Zhou Ke'er a gem that shimmered with a faint emerald green light.

Zhou Ke'er suddenly realized—to be honest, he had almost forgotten about the woman's existence, but he didn't expect Honghe to still remember her for so long.

Fortunately, nothing else was beyond his expectations. When he fled the capital, he had always had doubts in his mind about why the timing of the arrival of the evil was so coincidental. He had long suspected that the royal family or high-ranking officials in the palace must have some kind of ability or tool to control the evil to a certain extent.

If Luo Ye'er hadn't come knocking on their door so forcefully, Zhou Ke'er and the others would probably be facing that group of guys right now—and they might even be easier to deal with.

Sure enough, in the ruins of the palace, Honghe and Chen Tian found a jet-black bead in the hand of the corpse of a royal woman who seemed to have some elven blood.

Her body was not far from a large instrument. The bead was supposed to be embedded in that instrument, but she tried to escape with the bead. Red Crane could tell at a glance that there was definitely something wrong with it.

As Zhou Ke'er had expected, the bead itself could dispel or gather evil spirits. However, the royal family members could not use it directly, so they needed some kind of instrument to assist them. But Zhou Ke'er could directly use the evil spirits within her body to guide them.

Moreover, when faced with a boss like Loyer coming to their door, the bead's function might not be enough to save the royal family members' lives. After all, dispelling or gathering evil spirits wouldn't be of much use to them. But for Zhou Ke'er... isn't that a perfect match for her expertise?

However, of course—even if Zhou Ke'er's conjecture is wrong, and it was just a coincidence back then, and the royal family didn't actually have anything that could control evil spirits, or perhaps Red Crane and the others just couldn't find it, it's not a big problem—how could Zhou Ke'er place all her hopes on a vague conjecture? If this guess is wrong, she still has other backup plans.

With a wave of his hand, Zhou Ke'er signaled the other players to step back for the time being, and indicated that he was about to start showing off.

Upon hearing this, the other players didn't jump out and say anything like "Who do you think you are?" Instead, they all wisely retreated immediately, giving the stage to Zhou Ke'er.

Subsequently, under Zhou Ke'er's control,

The nearby malevolent energy began to flow slowly—but this was far from enough; the rate was too slow, and the flow too small. Zhou Ke'er didn't hesitate to unleash [The Trickster's Madness], instantly pushing it to its maximum power.

Now, the evil spirits permeating the entire capital city, and even those further away, seemed to be drawn towards Zhou Ke'er at maximum power, forming a dark vortex in the sky and pouring into her body.

As the saying goes, quantitative change leads to qualitative change. Although these evil entities cannot improve Zhou Ke'er's own evil entity rank, now that Zhou Ke'er has abandoned her physical body and thus removed the restrictions, the amount of evil entities in her body has reached an incredible level. She has drained all the evil entities in the vicinity of the capital city, and evil entities from even more distant places are still being continuously transported here.

Even Luo Ye'er's evil power is nothing more than a drop in the ocean compared to Zhou Ke'er.

This is outrageous! This is blatant cheating!

It's time to get rid of this troublesome Loyal.

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672. The Death of Loyal

Now, Zhou Ke'er no longer needs to try her best to avoid using evil techniques, fearing that Luo Ye'er will learn them.

After all, in the current situation, even if someone learned a move or two, it would be meaningless under the crushing power of absolute strength. Besides, this bead has already been released, and it will be permanently destroyed once the time limit is over. Zhou Ke'er is like an Ultraman with no stamina left, so she has to quickly finish the battle with the evil technique.

Sensing that the evil within him was also being drawn away uncontrollably, Luo Ye'er instinctively shrieked at Zhou Ke'er. Without hesitation, he kicked off the ground, his black wings flapping wildly behind him, and charged towards Zhou Ke'er like a cannonball.

While evil energy is better at infiltrating, infecting, assimilating, and corrupting people, it doesn't have any commendable advantages in combat. However, if one is powerful enough to completely overwhelm the opponent, the type of energy used doesn't matter too much.

Seeing Luo Yeer rushing towards her, Zhou Ke'er simply extended her right hand, first opening her palm, then gently bending her five fingers to form a loose fist.

A black mist instantly appeared around Loyal. In the blink of an eye, Loyal, who was sprinting at high speed, was intercepted and stopped without warning, and was tightly enveloped in a sphere made of black mist.

At the same time, the sphere continued to shrink, emitting a piercing squeezing sound. Countless pitch-black spikes that appeared out of nowhere pierced into the black sphere, then emerged, changed direction, and pierced into the black sphere again...

In short, it looked like an execution with a certain artistic merit.

Of course, it couldn't stop there. Then, as the sphere continued to shrink, it finally compressed to about half the size of a person, with all the spikes disappearing into it without leaving a single gap. After a second or two of calm, the black sphere suddenly exploded, spraying out a spray of blood.

Covered in wounds, Loyer fell to the ground from mid-air. Unlike her previous injuries, which had not caused her any real harm, her injuries showed no signs of healing quickly. Instead, her entire body was riddled with holes.

Because Zhou Ke'er used her own evil power to suppress her evil power, putting it in a completely suppressed state, as if it had lost its vitality.

Zhou Ke'er stroked her chin, pondered for a moment, and realized: it seems he always turns the tide with this one move—freeing up other equipment to amplify himself—which essentially means his inherent strength isn't weak, he just lacks a support. To give a somewhat inaccurate example, Zhou Ke'er in his normal state is like an unremarkable Exusiai who can easily defeat anyone, but if he gets buffed and equipped with a support, he can even one-shot heavy tanks. Yeah, that's roughly the idea.

Putting aside these useless thoughts, Zhou Ke'er waved at Luo Ye'er again before she could struggle to her feet. A jet-black sword appeared out of thin air and fell down, pinning her to the ground once more.

To be honest, Zhou Ke'er's buff this time is a bit outrageous. She's already completely dominating, and the battle scenes are nothing special.

If it weren't for the fact that the duration was only a few minutes, Zhou Ke'er would have felt that she could have easily defeated this module by herself.

"I... I haven't seen Memoride one last time, I haven't avenged her... How can I die here!"

Just then, Loyer, who had been completely suppressed and powerless to fight back, suddenly seemed to have a burst of energy. She stubbornly stood up, pushing against the sharp sword that pinned her to the ground, and said unsteadily, "I only spent less than two days with her... I... I'm not reconciled!"

Zhou Ke'er rested her chin on her hand, increasingly feeling that she should be the villain. The Jade Trace Sword hummed slightly in her hand—well, since he started it all, he should end it too. Rather than a mocking killing, it was better for Zhou Ke'er to "do the deed" herself.

Thinking this, Zhou Ke'er picked up her sword and walked towards Luo Ye'er.

Loyal was covered in blood. In her current state, neither her so-called "reason" nor the "madness" brought about by the evil could continue and could be retained. What supported her to stand up was only the "desire" that became more and more intense the closer she got to death.

"Obstacles...cleared, I will...definitely..."

With each step Loyal took, she left a shocking trail of blood on the ground. The darkness in her eyes had dissipated, revealing a murky and lifeless expression, yet also a bright, intense light—as if her eyes were reflecting a world completely different from reality.