[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-strongest-student-of-the-weakest-academy":3,"chapter-the-strongest-student-of-the-weakest-academy-the-strongest-student-of-the-weakest-academy-chapter-287":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","The Strongest Student of the Weakest Academy",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},1027043,1339,"Chapter 287: Karma (VI)","the-strongest-student-of-the-weakest-academy-chapter-287",287,"\u003Cp>Chapter 287: Karma (VI)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Somnus’s eyes went wide the moment my voice cut through.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Impossible!!!” His words broke as his calm mask cracked for the first time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His hand shot up again, trying to press me deeper into his dream, veins of divine energy crawling across his arm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But nothing happened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I sat there calmly, watching.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The others reacted instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>SHHHRRKKK!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A thousand black tendrils erupted from Shadow, coiling toward me like serpents hungry for blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Flames roared beside them, the God of Flames conjuring infernos hot enough to melt the canyon walls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bolts of lightning screamed down from the sky, splitting the air itself, while chains of divine steel manifested and lashed around my limbs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In seconds, I was wrapped from every angle, shadow, fire, lightning, metal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“BIND HIM!” Shadow roared, his voice trembling with urgency.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t let him slip out!” The Flame God bellowed, pouring more flames into the binding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Somnus, hold the dream tighter!” another god shouted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I—I’m trying! His spirit… it won’t stay!” Somnus panicked, sweat beading on his brow. His voice cracked, the certainty gone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s like his mind isn’t even here!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t… don’t panic! He’s just bluffing! He can’t possibly…” The Netorare God forced a laugh, though it wavered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>CRACK.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The chains shattered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One by one, the bindings snapped apart, as if they were nothing but paper. The shadows froze mid-air, then twisted violently, turning against their master.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The flames sputtered, the lightning bent, the bindings unraveled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I rose slowly to my feet, brushing invisible dust from my clothes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their eyes widened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The pressure in the air shifted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was no longer the weight of gods trying to cage me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was my aura pressing down on them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I tilted my head, a faint smile tugging my lips.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…You really thought all of that would work?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“W-What are you…?” Somnus stumbled back, his voice trembling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…Shouldn’t you know that better than me?” I replied slowly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I took a single step forward, and with it, the ground beneath my feet cracked like fragile glass.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They recoiled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even gods stumbled back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’ve heard countless talks… about my race,” I continued, my eyes narrowing on them. “But all of that only leaves me with one question…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My gaze sharpened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…what am I really?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their eyes went wide with horror, their lips frozen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>None dared to answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Kneel.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>THRUUM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The world itself rumbled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Agh—!” I clenched my chest as pain twisted deep inside me, sharp and burning. Blood welled up on my tongue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My body protested, yet still…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>THUD!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They fell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One by one, every god slammed to the ground under the weight of my command, their knees buckling, their divinity screaming as it betrayed them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“UGHHHH!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“NO…NOOO!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“HOW… H-H-HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their roars of disbelief filled the canyon, muffled by the sound of their own bones creaking against the unseen force pressing down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My lips curled faintly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Pathetic.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even through the ache tearing at my insides, I walked forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Somnus, right?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He tried to lift his head, but as he tried, my foot came down before he could.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>CRRUNCH!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>SPLURT!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His skull shattered like rotten fruit, fragments of bone and ichor splattering the stone beneath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His body spasmed before divine flesh pulled itself back together, his head reforming in shaky tendrils of light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“U-ugh…” He groaned weakly, disoriented.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I leaned closer, my lips curling up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You told me once… to never forget your name.” I looked down on him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But I’ll make sure you forget mine… forever.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His face was filled with confusion at my words, but he would soon understand what I meant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Huff…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I exhaled slowly, reining in the chaos gnawing at my insides, suppressing the tremors that threatened to tear through my body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The others writhed on the ground, desperate but unable to rise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If I let this drag on, some of them might escape.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But I won’t allow that… so let’s try and make this quick.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Plop…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My foot pressed harder onto Somnus’s skull, grinding him into the dirt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You like trapping others in dreams, don’t you?” I muttered. “Then let me show you what a real nightmare feels like.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I extended two fingers, touching his forehead lightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A faint ripple of Chaotic Energy seeped into him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“W-wait—stop! Don’t—” His words cut off as his body arched violently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>CRACK!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His back twisted unnaturally, joints popping under invisible strain. His arms clawed at the ground, leaving trenches as if trying to crawl away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Aaaghhh!!” His voice tore through the canyon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His shadows writhed uncontrollably, flailing like dying serpents.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each tendril snapped apart one by one, shriveling into black ash as my energy ate through them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The other gods looked on in horror. Even the Netorare god’s smug expression had drained away, replaced with wide-eyed panic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“W-what is he doing to him…?” one whispered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“He’s… he’s torturing him…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Somnus’s face contorted, eyes rolling back, foam gathering at the corners of his lips. He convulsed again as a guttural scream ripped out of him:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“HHHHHHHHHHHAAAAGHHHHH—!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sound shook the air, but I didn’t flinch. My hand remained steady, slowly feeding chaos into every vein of his existence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This is only the beginning.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I tilted my head slightly, watching as his eyes, normally glowing with divine clarity, clouded over into dull gray.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You wanted me asleep forever…” I whispered coldly. “…but you’ll be the one begging for the dream to take you away.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Somnus’s broken voice cracked between shrieks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“P-please…!! Stop…!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But instead, I pressed harder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My fingers sank deeper into Somnus’s skull, though no blood spilled, the energy didn’t wound flesh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It shredded the soul.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“NNNGGHHHHHHHH—!!” His body convulsed, snapping like a puppet pulled by too many strings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Veins bulged across his neck, glowing faintly as if his divine essence was leaking out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I twisted my wrist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>CRACK!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>CRACK!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>CRACK!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His ribs bent inward without touching them, bones crunching and reshaping before violently resetting themselves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every time they healed, I broke them again with a simple flex of my power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His scream turned animalistic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ground trembled, and birds scattered from the sky as his voice split the silence of the realm itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The other gods looked at the scene with horror in their eyes, and some even closed their eyes at the gruesome scene.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Somnus clawed at my wrist, nails breaking one by one as he tried to push me off. His fingers snapped against my skin, and I didn’t even flinch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“STOP!!!!!” His voice cracked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“PLEASE, STOP!! JUST STOPPP!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Stop?” I tilted my head, studying him like an insect pinned to a board. “But you’ve only just started to understand.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I raised my other hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thin, spiked tendrils of chaotic energy extended from my fingertips and plunged into his chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>SPLURT!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A geyser of black, oily ichor burst out, steaming as it hit the ground. Somnus choked, vomiting bile mixed with fragments of light, his essence, forced out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Urrrrghhkkk!! A-AAAAAAHHHHHHHHH—!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The air carried his scream like a curse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Gods flinched.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They could feel his suffering, not just see it. His pain reverberated through the air like some kind of warning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If he keeps this up, Somnus will… w-will—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“—shatter,” Shadow whispered with a pale face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Body, spirit, memory. Everything.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Somnus thrashed violently, but his body betrayed him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His legs bent backwards at the knees with a sickening snap, then straightened again, only to break once more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His mouth tore wide from screaming, his voice raw, shredding his own throat with sound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And still, I didn’t stop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Look at them,” I whispered in his ear. “They thought you would trap me forever. Now they watch you rot instead.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Somnus’s eyes darted desperately toward his fellow gods, begging silently for help.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I had released my pressure on them, yet…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>None moved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>None dared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Netorare God swallowed hard, muttering under his breath, “…this… this isn’t a mortal… this is a monster.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Cough, kagughff!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Somnus coughed violently, spitting more ichor, his face smeared with black tears that ran down his cheeks like tar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“PLEEEAAASEEEE!!!” he screamed, voice breaking into a pitiful cry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, I didn’t let go.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I twisted the tendrils of chaotic energy inside him, not cutting, not tearing, but grinding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His soul cracked like glass pressed under a vice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“NNNHHHHHHHH—!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His scream carried such desperation that even the hardened gods around us staggered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>TAP, TAP!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Somnus thrashed weakly, his hands now limp as they slapped uselessly at my wrist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His voice cracked into small sobs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“P-PLEASE—ENOUGH—!!” He gagged on his own words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I-I’ll do anything—!! ANYTHING—!! JUST STOP—!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I leaned closer, my breath brushing his ear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Anything?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My voice was calm, almost soft, which only made him shudder harder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Y-YES! YES! I SWEAR—!! JUST STOP THIS!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I smiled faintly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His pupils shrank to pinpoints.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He screamed again, a broken, childlike wail of pure terror.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His divine body convulsed so hard his bones shattered anew, snapping in multiple places before resetting, only for me to break them again with a mere thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ground beneath us fractured.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The chaotic energy spilling from me distorted the very air, warping colors, making the gods around us nauseous as if reality itself rejected what they were witnessing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>THUD!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Somnus sobbed between his shrieks, his forehead pressing against the dirt as if begging the earth itself for mercy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“PLEASE—!!! I CAN’T—!!! I CAN’T TAKE IT ANYMORE—!!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then die,” I whispered coldly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The chaotic tendrils inside him pulsed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>CRACK—!!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Somnus’s body arched violently, his scream cutting into silence mid-breath as a chunk of his soul shattered like glass.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His essence burst out of him, fragments of light scattering into the void.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His body collapsed, trembling uncontrollably, yet I kept him tethered to life, not out of kindness, but cruelty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The other gods staggered back as they didn’t even dare to comment anymore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I let Somnus twitch helplessly, choking on sobs, drooling, black ichor spilling from his lips.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His mind was already fractured; he wasn’t a god in their eyes anymore, but a husk clinging to torment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I crouched low, tilting his head up with one finger so he’d look into my glowing slits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I told you before…” I whispered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’ll forget my name forever.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Somnus’s eyes rolled, his lips trembling as a broken sob escaped him. He couldn’t even scream anymore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And yet, I smiled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because he wasn’t finished suffering.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not yet.\u003C\u002Fp>",1716,"2026-06-03T09:18:17.304Z","2026-06-03T09:18:22.612Z",1,"novelbin.me","c297970221b0a07939e48dfab9e2e39a44d9487b070f2dc2d2783c9e5ec760f8","the-strongest-student-of-the-weakest-academy-chapter-288","the-strongest-student-of-the-weakest-academy-chapter-286",547,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-strongest-student-of-the-weakest-academy-cover.jpg"]