[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-bear-school-astartes":3,"chapter-bear-school-astartes-bear-school-astartes-chapter-434":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Bear School Astartes",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1619814,2087,"Chapter 434.【Heartless Flow: Shrink Ground】","bear-school-astartes-chapter-434",434,"\u003Cp>Sharma’s ground-pounding attack, that ’explosive band’ is already equivalent to a kind of magic!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is the result of creatures adapting to chaos magic power during their growth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And if we talk about sheer combat power, these monsters could probably tear apart most of the warlocks in this world one-on-one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Resilient bodies, savage wildness, experience killing in natural environments, with a type of magic so ingrained it’s almost like instinct...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Much stronger than those wizards who’ve never faced head-on combat in their entire lives.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ged’s teeth were clenched tight with tension.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But soon, this predicament of facing destructive magic seemed to awaken a ferocity within him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He lowered his center of gravity, hunching his body like a cheetah ready to spring forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was too close to Sharma, evading backward or sideways was no longer realistic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had to charge forward!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Taking advantage of the moment before the beetle’s forelimbs slammed down and the magic activated, he would rush to get under its crotch!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although this would mean slipping past those stone-carapaced forelimbs smashing down like sledgehammers, and even the slightest mistake could get him killed without magic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sharma’s smash, just the physical impact alone, must have a few tons of force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But there was no other way, this was his only chance...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Huh?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A figure taller than Ged brushed past him, grabbing his shoulder just as he was about to charge forward in Ged’s astonished gaze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This pull disrupted Ged’s charging preparation, and the delay caused him to lose even the last chance of struggle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sharma’s stone-shell-armored forelimbs were unhesitatingly crashing down during this wasted moment!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then everything seemed like a repeat of moments ago, the descending force mixed with the chaos magic within the monster, this supernatural power turning the originally ordinary physical impact into a violent ’explosive band’!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It exploded towards the two demon hunters with a ’boom’!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not to mention human bodies, even smaller siege engines would likely fall apart in the face of this attack!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in front of that ’explosive band’, two pairs of cat eyes, mutated and faintly glowing, held completely different emotions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ged was panicking, a biological response inevitable in the face of impending death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in Lann’s eyes, there was a sense of... void insight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Spirit Vision]!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The world in his eyes changed in an instant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The dim vision provided by the [Cat Eye] magic potion hadn’t faded. And with the enhancement of [Spirit Vision], he could see things the naked eye, and even a warlock’s magic, couldn’t perceive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For example, the specific flow of chaos magic power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Lady of the Lake’s Sword hanging limply at his side now resembled a gentle light like lake water.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The internal power of the longsword responded upon being ’observed’.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The intricate pattern on the blade began to glow with a golden light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Swoosh!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the sound of cutting through the air, the glowing longsword traced a bright fan-shaped trajectory in the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The edge of the fan-shaped trajectory sliced right in front of Sharma’s ’explosive band’!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Ged’s eyes filled with disbelief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ’boom’ of the explosive attack-path seemed truly severed by the afterimage of the blade’s light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ’explosive band’, compressed to a man’s width by chaos magic, was entirely disrupted before that streak of sword light!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The force that could shatter rocks and bricks and throw them meters high, dissipated along the fan-shaped path.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Devoid of its extraordinary power, the impact felt no stronger than a few fast horses rushing past!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Screech?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Faced with this situation, even the brainless Sharma seemed utterly bewildered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And as for Ged... what person has ever seen magic being cut by a longsword?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the only person present not dumbfounded, after blocking Sharma’s magic with Aron Dite, re-sheathed the longsword smoothly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And reached back towards the alchemy pouch at his waist...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hiss~\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The not-so-sharp blade of the Turbulent Flow Greatsword scratched against the leather opening of the alchemy pouch made from petrified lizard skin, emitting a mildly sinister, nerve-wracking whine as it was drawn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ged, from behind Lann, was not just shocked rigid; he now questioned if he had been trapped in an illusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From a palm-sized pouch, a sword-like... block of iron was drawn?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Am I insane? Or had I actually died some moments ago?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The demon hunter, who was worried about acquiring a set of advanced school armor, was naturally unaware of the cutting-edge technology developed in the Magic Academy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lann didn’t have time to explain to his fellow school’s senior right then.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he drew the Turbulent Flow Greatsword from the alchemy pouch, his hand inadvertently sliced open, letting blood drip onto another item in the pouch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the blood dripped, spiral currents began wrapping around his legs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These currents caused ripples in the water beneath his feet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, when Lann placed that absurdly large and long greatsword in front of him in Ged’s eyes, making a thrusting stance, his body also lowered its center of gravity, like a bow drawn taut...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In front of him, debris blasted away by Sharma hung momentarily in the air before falling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The enormous sword over 1.9 meters in length was poised in front of him. Lann’s stance now resembled a knight brandishing a lance!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The boots layered with armor plate endured increasing pressure, and the sturdy tanned leather began to warp slightly from the force exerted by his feet!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another surge accompanied the acceleration spell from Yan’an, fused with the swordsmanship and ninja steps from inside Iwami Country, intertwining with the martial philosophy lineage of Iwami Yixin’s life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This breakthrough was Lann’s first achievement upon receiving the final bequest of the Iwami Sword Saint—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Heartless Flow: Shrink Ground]!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the basic [Acceleration Spell] allows the user to appear as a wisp of smoke during explosive movement,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then the footwork pushed by Lann to the [Heartless Flow] level wraps that wisp of smoke into a gale.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lann’s swift movement cut a channel through the water only ankle deep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sharma, whose forelimbs had just landed moments ago, hadn’t even managed to re-raise its waist when the palm-width Valerian Giant Sword ’crashed’ into Sharma’s shoulder with its not too sharp point!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Clang!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The immense momentum forcefully crushed the stone shell covering Sharma’s body with the steel blade!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then pierced into its relatively softer body, vital organs...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Screech!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The monster uttered a sharp, agonized wail.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The broad Turbulent Flow, driven by the impact force of [Heartless Flow: Shrink Ground], penetrated deep over fifty centimeters! The sword tip broke through flesh and emerged from the rear, forcing Sharma’s stone shell away from its body!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It looked like a thick scab being ripped open.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Tear~\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Turbulent Flow Greatsword was withdrawn from the monster’s body, accompanied by an outburst of blood squirting from the wound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After this thrust, Lann’s palm was somewhat numbed by the counterforce.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a thud, the creature weighing seven or eight tons, with a base strength of at least several tons, slumped weakly into the ankle-deep water.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a battle, basic capabilities do matter, but the true outcome hinges on the synthesis of technique, mentality, experience, and luck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If pure strength and speed were all that mattered, demon hunters might simply give up when confronting griffons or Vampire Beldams.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The stab through the shoulder blade must have already destroyed critical organs inside Sharma.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lann stepped on the stone shell along its body to reach its back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sharma’s responses were extremely weak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Turbulent Flow was inverted by Lann, its blade aimed at the monster’s head beneath him.\u003C\u002Fp>",1249,"2026-06-06T10:40:07.942Z",1,"novelbin.me","0fc33cd7ba3cb26bedc21d65ac4d89d94b8d118f541a661a0a3600f86c222552","bear-school-astartes-chapter-435","bear-school-astartes-chapter-433",1043,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fbear-school-astartes-cover.jpg"]