[{"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-436":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},1026992,1339,"Chapter 436: The Beginning Of The End [XCVIII]","the-strongest-student-of-the-weakest-academy-chapter-436",436,"\u003Cp>Fwoop!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With no warning at all, the girls moved together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zeva burst forward first, twin swords flashing as she closed the distance in a blink.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her feet barely touched the sand, body low, eyes locked on his throat. The left blade slashed high, the right swept in tight at his ribs, a clean killing cross.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, Yara rushed from the other side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her fist drove in fast and heavy, aimed straight for his jaw, her shoulder rolled in behind the punch, hips snapping to send all her weight through it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her second hand stayed tight, ready to grab, to lock, to break.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aestrea smiled as if he had expected this, and twisted his body just enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Swish...!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zeva’s left blade sliced past his face close enough to stir his hair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He snapped two fingers around the flat of her right sword, stopping it cold inches from his side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clink!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The impact sent a sharp clang through the arena.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thud!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, Yara’s punch landed right into his open palm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The shock rippled through her arm. Sand burst under their feet as he slid back half a step, boots carving a shallow trench.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yara snarled and followed through, her knee rising hard toward his gut.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aestrea met it with his thigh and shoved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yara flew back, flipped once in the air, and landed in a low crouch, one hand pressed to the ground, her eyes burning with excitement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fwip!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zeva ripped her blade free and spun, using the pull to launch into a wide arc slash meant to take his head clean off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aestrea ducked and stepped inside her guard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thump!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He slammed his elbow into her ribs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Urghk!\" Zeva grunted but did not fall. Instead, she smiled wildly and drove her forehead into his face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>CRACK!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aestrea slid back, holding his head for a moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Agh... that stings a bit.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Swoosh!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, Yara appeared right before Aestrea, throwing two consecutive punches, one aimed at his knee and one at his throat\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thud!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aestrea caught the low punch, twisted, and threw her over his shoulder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zeva appeared mid-throw.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her blade plunged down where his neck had been a second earlier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aestrea released Yara, rolled sideways, and came up on one knee as the sword bit into the sand with a scream of metal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yara landed, spun, and kicked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thud!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her heel struck his chest and drove him back several steps, making him dig his heels into the sand to stop the sliding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Swish!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zeva yanked her sword free and lunged again, both blades coming down in a brutal storm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clank!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aestrea blocked barehanded, grabbing her wrists, and deflecting her swords with mana, sparks flashing where blade met ring and skin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yara closed from behind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Got you!\" she smiled widely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She wrapped an arm around his neck and pulled, her legs locking around his waist, trying to drag him down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Tsk,\" Aestrea growled, twisted, and slammed backward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They hit the ground hard, causing sand to burst upward. Yara rolled free at the last second while Zeva jumped back, gathering space away from Aestrea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Phew...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crack!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zeva rolled her shoulders once, then twice. Her grin stretched wide as her eyes widened in complete madness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"All right,\" she said, her voice coming out sharp with joy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No more warm-up. I am done playing.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She spread her arms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fwsssh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Heat burst from her right blade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The metal glowed red, flames coiling along the edge like living snakes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, cold mist poured from her left blade, frost racing across the steel, droplets forming and falling into the sand with soft taps.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fire and water, burning and freezing at once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Steam hissed around her boots.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yara also laughed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Good!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I was just getting bored!!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She cracked her knuckles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crack...!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Twisted space cracks appeared all around her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The air around her hands folded inward, like glass under pressure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sand near her feet lifted and twisted, pulled into thin spirals, floating for a breath before snapping back down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her eyes went pitch black.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mhm...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aestrea hummed thoughtfully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, he changed his stance slightly, still a bare-hands fighting stance, but a faint green light started coating his fingers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sand beneath him trembled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crack...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thin roots burst from the ground, curling up around his boots, gripping stone and earth alike. Dark vines slid across the sand, pulsing as if alive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leaves sprouted in flashes, spinning in slow circles around his arms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Come to me, I’m waiting,\" he calmly stated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOOOOOOOM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zeva and Yara moved as one, appearing tight beside Aestrea in an instant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zeva leapt forward, her swords crossing over her head as fire roared from her right sword, a wide arc of flame tearing through the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, her left blade cut low, water turning to ice mid-swing, forming a jagged wave that raced across the sand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fwooom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crshhh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The arena floor cracked from the heat and froze from the cold in the same heartbeat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, Yara had used her space magic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She blinked out of sight and reappeared behind Aestrea, her fist already swinging, space collapsing around her knuckles to add crushing force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"GOT YOU!\" she snarled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aestrea instantly turned as roots shot from the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>THUMPPP!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fire arc slammed into a wall of thick vines.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Flames spread, leaves burned, then snapped back as fresh growth surged forward. The ice wave crashed into rising roots and shattered in a storm of shards.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clink, clink, clink!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aestrea caught Yara’s punch with one hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ground exploded under their feet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOOOOOOOM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Space pressure pushed inward. The roots around his arm bent, cracked, then wrapped tighter, reinforcing his grip.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yara’s eyes went wide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Tch!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She twisted, vanished again, reappearing high above Zeva, kicking her back, pushing her towards Aestrea at a fast pace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her swords glowed intensely as she slashed inward, both fire and ice colliding with each other in a spiral towards Aestrea!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>FWSSSSSSSHHHHHHHH!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aestrea raised both arms, and vines surged upward like spears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thud, thud, thud!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They took the blast head-on. Flames scorched them black, ice shattered them apart, yet more grew in their place, thicker, tougher.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zeva landed, her feet crunching on scorched stone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That’s cheating! Those vines are WAY too overpowered!\" she laughed breathlessly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Not my problem,\" Aestrea replied, and suddenly, Yara appeared at his side again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thud!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her leg swung, space bending around her kick, the air screaming as pressure collapsed inward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Screeeechhh!!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aestrea slid back, his heels cutting lines through the sand, and then, he grabbed a vine and whipped it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Snap.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The vine struck Yara mid-air and wrapped around her waist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She grinned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That’s too slow!!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Space folded again, and the vine tore apart as she slipped free, reappearing low, hands slamming into the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BAAAMM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The space under Aestrea’s feet twisted, trying to fold him into the earth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That’s not enough, Yara...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Swish!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More roots flared up, diving deeper into the space, anchoring him, while spreading outward in a wide circle, making some kind of territory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The stone floor cracked in a perfect ring.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Swish!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zeva dashed in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her blades spun, fire and water mixing into a roaring storm around her. Steam exploded outward, blinding, scalding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"BURNN!!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fwip, fwip, fwip!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aestrea closed his eyes as more vines rose up!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shhhk, shhhk, shhhk!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They blocked blade after blade, slicing the air with sharp snaps, exploding into pollen and sap on impact.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Until suddenly, a blade actually slipped through.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Splurt!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It cut his shoulder, causing blood to spray into the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zeva’s eyes lit up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"YES!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aestrea’s vines lashed out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wham.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They slammed into her chest and hurled her back across the sand. She rolled, skidded, then slammed into a stone wall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crack!!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ugh...!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She pushed off it at once, laughing, blood on her teeth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yara appeared right before her, massaging her wrists lightly as she then looked at Zeva and spoke lightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Left.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At her words, Zeva wiped blood from her mouth with her thumb and laughed. Her boots dug into the wall behind her\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"About time.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She pushed off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOOOOOOM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The wall burst outward as Zeva launched herself back into the arena.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her right blade flared bright, fire roaring to life in a twisting arc.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her left blade dragged a ribbon of water behind it, the liquid snapping cold and hard as ice formed along the edge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same moment, space twisted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yara stepped sideways and vanished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The air snapped shut where she had stood, then tore open again behind Aestrea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her palms slammed together as she moved, compressing the pace between them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The pressure shrieked, high and violent, and the sand beneath her feet lifted into the air in a tight spinning disk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She thrust both hands forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The disk fired.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>SCREEEEEEE!!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aestrea shifted his stance, left foot sliding back an inch. Roots thick as arms burst up in front of him, weaving together in a tight wall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The space disk hit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOOOOOOOM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The roots bent inward, crushed under invisible force, bark splitting, sap spraying into the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More roots surged from below, locking, bracing, forcing the pressure outward until the disk tore apart in a loud snap.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zeva struck at the same second; her fire sword came first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fwshhh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Heat rolled across the arena.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aestrea spun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vines uncoiled from his arms and lashed out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They wrapped the fire blade, bark charring, leaves burning to ash. The heat raced along them, but the vines thickened, layers growing in a blink.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zeva twisted her wrist, and then, the ice sword came.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The second blade cut low, dragging frost across the ground. The sand froze into jagged spikes that rushed toward Aestrea’s legs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He jumped, using his root to propel himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They pulled him higher, launching him into the air as the ice shattered below. Zeva grinned up at him, eyes bright, and leapt as well, blades crossing above her head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Now!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yara reappeared above them both.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upside down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her knee drove downward, space folding tight around the strike. The air screamed as pressure collapsed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aestrea raised one arm, and more leaves exploded outward, spinning in a tight shield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The knee hit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOOOOM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The leaves shredded, torn apart mid-spin, but the impact slowed. Aestrea grabbed Yara’s leg with his free hand, causing the roots to wrap around his arm and hers together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You caught me~\" Yara laughed lightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She vanished, her leg slipped from his grasp as space split, and in that split, Zeva’s twin swords came down at full strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOOOM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aestrea was directly slammed into the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The arena shook, and sand blasted outward in a wide ring. Stone cracked under his back as steam hissed, heat meeting frost.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a split second, he stayed down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zeva landed on the ground, and then, Yara appeared beside her, rolling her shoulders.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Was that enough?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A green glow flared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ground under Zeva’s feet moved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Roots erupted and wrapped her ankles, yanking her legs out from under her. She fell hard onto her back, laughing as she went.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Not yet!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vines burst from the ground around Yara, snapping shut in a tight cage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She struck them, fists hammering, space bending around each blow. The vines splintered, bent, yet more grew behind them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aestrea rose. Dust and leaves slid off his shoulders as blood ran from a cut at his brow. His eyes stayed calm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fwoosh!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He spread his hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cracked sand floor split wide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Massive roots surged up from deep below, thicker than tree trunks. They twisted together, forming pillars, arches, a living maze that cut sight lines and movement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zeva rolled to her feet and sliced.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fire roared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A root burned black and fell, smashing into the sand. Another grew in its place at once, thicker, wet with sap that hissed under flame.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yara jumped between roots, warping short distances, avoiding traps by a breath. She struck the ground again, space folding outward in a wide pulse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOOM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Roots bent away, forced back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aestrea stepped forward and slammed his foot down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every root changed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thorns grew along their length, getting thicker and strangely sharper.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vines shot from the pillars and wrapped Zeva’s wrists mid-swing. She snarled and burned them away, but more wrapped her arms, then her waist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Cheeky bastard!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yara warped behind him and drove both fists into his back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOOM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The blow landed clean as the space pressure hit deep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aestrea staggered one step.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Roots surged up behind Yara and closed around her arms and shoulders in a crushing grip. Space bent, cracked, but the roots held, reinforced again and again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>『Twin Frost Icicles!(✯10th-level Spell✯) 』\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, Aestrea raised his hands, emanating a chilling mist...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh, shit...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fuck...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both of the women cursed as they looked at the sky and saw two massive icicles made out of ice, falling down in their direction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I GIVE UP!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I GIVE UP TOO!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They forfeited in a damn instant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this, Aestrea snapped his fingers, and the two massive icicles turned into snow, slowly dripping into the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I win.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rustle...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The vines unwrapped themselves from their bodies, showing their deeply annoyed expressions.\u003C\u002Fp>",2179,"2026-06-03T09:18:17.304Z","2026-06-03T09:18:22.613Z",1,"novelbin.me","7c3300d891e802561c61d4ce6de12e3f5251d70eeb7e2482ce37f5541a13bc46","the-strongest-student-of-the-weakest-academy-chapter-437","the-strongest-student-of-the-weakest-academy-chapter-435",547,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-strongest-student-of-the-weakest-academy-cover.jpg"]