[{"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-544":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},1027600,1339,"Chapter 544: Where It All Began (XXII) [The Sweet Taste of Revenge I]","the-strongest-student-of-the-weakest-academy-chapter-544",544,"\u003Cp>Crrkk!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Took you long enough, Aestrea.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without any further warning, he attacked first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The God of Time raised his scepter, the clock face at its head glowing brightly. Time itself warped around Aestrea in an instant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The air thickened, movements slowed, and the world seemed to drag like molasses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chronos blurred forward at normal speed while Aestrea’s body felt like it was moving through syrup.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vwoom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A concentrated beam of distorted time shot from the scepter, aimed straight at Aestrea’s chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The beam carried the weight of centuries, capable of aging anything it touched into dust.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aestrea forced his body to move, pushing against the slowed time with raw willpower. He twisted sideways just enough for the beam to graze his shoulder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fabric of his coat disintegrated instantly, and the skin beneath withered and cracked, golden-black blood welling up from the wound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He ignored the pain and countered immediately, summoning the Heaven Swallowing Sword and Midnight Sword into his hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He lunged forward, slashing with both blades in a wide arc.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shing, fwip!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chronos spun his scepter, creating a spinning shield of reversed time that deflected the strikes. Sparks flew as the swords met the temporal barrier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Claaang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’re slower than I expected,\" Chronos taunted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"All that power, and you still let me land the first hit. Pathetic.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aestrea didn’t bother to waste words on him and pressed the attack, slashing low with the Midnight Sword while thrusting the Heaven Swallowing Sword toward Chronos’s throat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chronos leaned back, the thrust missing by inches. He countered with a swing of his scepter, aiming for Aestrea’s ribs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thud!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The blow connected hard. Aestrea felt his ribs crack, pain flaring through his side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He staggered back a step, coughing once, but used the momentum to spin and deliver a brutal kick to Chronos’s midsection.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crunch!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chronos was thrown backward, crashing into one of the crystal walls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The wall cracked on impact, and golden blood sprayed from his mouth. He laughed, wiping it away with the back of his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is that all? I expected more from the one who devoured Nyarlathotep.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crrk...!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chronos suddenly accelerated time around himself and vanished in a blur. He reappeared behind Aestrea, swinging his scepter at the back of his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aestrea sensed it at the last moment and ducked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The scepter whistled past his ear, grazing his hair. He spun and drove the Heaven Swallowing Sword into Chronos’s side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Squelch!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The blade sank deep, devouring flesh and time energy on contact.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chronos grunted in pain, golden blood pouring from the wound. He grabbed the sword with his bare hand and yanked it out, the wound already beginning to close.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He pointed his scepter and unleashed a barrage of time-distorted beams.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each one aged everything it touched, metal rusted, crystal cracked and crumbled, and the air itself seemed to decay.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aestrea weaved through the beams, using short bursts of chaos energy to blink from spot to spot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One beam grazed his arm, causing the skin to wither and peel, exposing raw muscle beneath\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Drip...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blood dripped heavily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He ignored the pain and closed the distance again, slashing with both swords at what could be Chrono’s weak points.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shing... CLANG!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chronos blocked most, but one slash from the Midnight Sword cut deep across his chest, opening a long gash that sprayed golden blood across the floor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another thrust from the Heaven Swallowing Sword pierced his shoulder, devouring more of his essence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"HAAAAAAAGH!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chronos roared and retaliated by reversing time around Aestrea’s wounds, forcing them to reopen and bleed more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Tsk...\" Aestrea grunted, the sting flaring through his body, but he kept attacking without pause.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He swung the Midnight Sword in a low arc, aiming to cut Chronos’s legs out from under him. Chronos spun his scepter, accelerating time around his own body to dodge the slash at blinding speed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clank!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He countered instantly, thrusting the head of the scepter toward Aestrea’s chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The clock face on the scepter glowed, and a pulse of reversed time shot out, trying to age Aestrea’s heart backward into weakness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aestrea twisted his torso at the last moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The pulse grazed his ribs instead, causing the skin there to wither and crack, black blood bubbling up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He ignored the burning pain and drove the Heaven Swallowing Sword forward in a straight thrust.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shing!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The blade sank into Chronos’s left shoulder, the devouring edge immediately starting to eat away at his divine flesh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Golden blood sprayed out in a hot arc, splattering across Aestrea’s face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Haagh!\" Chronos hissed in pain and yanked himself back, tearing the sword free.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The wound smoked as the devoured flesh tried to regenerate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You think your little swords can hurt me?\" Chronos snarled, his clock-eyes spinning wildly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I am Time! I can undo every wound you give me!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He slammed the butt of his scepter into the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The giant clock face beneath their feet activated, its hands spinning backward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Time reversed in a localized bubble around Aestrea, his recent wounds reopened wider, blood flowing faster, and even his stance faltered for a split second as his body was forced to relive the damage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aestrea clicked his tongue and activatedAuthority of Karma.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The black glow around him balanced the scales, reversing the reversal. His wounds closed again, the blood flow stopped, and he lunged forward with renewed speed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He slashed with both swords in a cross pattern.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Splat!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Midnight Sword cut a deep diagonal gash across Chronos’s chest, golden blood erupting like a fountain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Heaven Swallowing Sword followed, slicing across his stomach, devouring a chunk of divine flesh that crumbled into black dust mid-air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chronos roared and pointed his scepter at Aestrea’s head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Time slowed around Aestrea’s upper body, making his head movements sluggish. Chronos took advantage and drove the scepter into Aestrea’s stomach like a spear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thud!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The impact cracked Aestrea’s ribs and sent him skidding backward across the clock floor. Blood sprayed from his mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hugh... fuck,\" he coughed once, then usedAuthority of Ruinto decay the temporal slow around him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The effect shattered like glass, and he charged again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He closed the distance in a blink and delivered a brutal elbow strike to Chronos’s jaw.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crunch!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chronos’s head snapped back, golden blood and a few teeth flying from his mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aestrea followed with a knee to the gut, then a downward slash with the Midnight Sword that cut deep into Chronos’s collarbone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Squelch!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More golden blood poured out, splattering the floor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chronos staggered but retaliated by accelerating time around his scepter and swinging it at Aestrea’s head at impossible speed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whoosh!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aestrea barely raised the Heaven Swallowing Sword in time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The clash sent a shockwave that cracked the walls. He usedAuthority of the Abyssto open a small void portal behind Chronos, trying to suck him in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chronos twisted and reversed the portal’s pull with his own time authority, turning it into a burst of forward time that slammed into Aestrea’s chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aestrea was thrown backward again, crashing into a pillar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The stone shattered on impact. He pushed himself up, black blood dripping from his mouth, but his eyes were still cold and focused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two gods circled each other in the ruined chamber, both bleeding, both breathing harder, but neither willing to back down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chronos laughed, blood dripping from his split lip.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’re strong, I’ll give you that. But I control time, and I can easily make this fight last forever, or end it in a second. You can’t win against eternity.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aestrea didn’t reply to the provocation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He simply attacked again, his two swords flashing in a deadly dance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He usedAuthority of Iceto create black ice spikes that shot up from the floor, impaling Chronos’s legs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Golden blood sprayed as the spikes pierced through flesh and bone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chronos roared and reversed the time on the spikes, making them crumble to dust.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He then accelerated his own healing and charged at Aestrea, scepter swinging in wide, time-warped arcs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>CLAAAANG!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>SPLURTT!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their weapons met repeatedly, sparks and blood flying with every collision.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aestrea usedAuthority of Ruinto decay Chronos’s scepter mid-swing, causing the clock face to crack and rust.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chronos countered by reversing the decay and slamming the scepter into Aestrea’s shoulder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crack!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aestrea’s collarbone broke, but he quickly usedAuthority of Karmato balance and heal it instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He retaliated with a headbutt, smashing his forehead into Chronos’s nose.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crunch!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More golden blood exploded outward. Chronos staggered, but Aestrea grabbed him by the robe and drove his knee into his stomach repeatedly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thump...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BANG!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each impact made Chronos cough up blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He finally broke free by accelerating time around himself and vanishing in a blur, reappearing behind Aestrea and striking his back with the scepter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thump!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aestrea was driven forward, but he spun mid-fall and slashed upward with both swords, cutting deep gashes across Chronos’s chest and face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Splat!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Golden blood rained down as they continued their brutal exchange.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The chamber was in ruins, with the walls collapsing, the floor completely shattered, and the giant clock face completely destroyed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two gods were covered in each other’s blood, wounds healing and reopening in a constant cycle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chronos laughed through the pain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You really fight like a damn animal. Unfortunately for you... I’ve watched countless timelines in the future... and you lose in every single one of them!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At those words, a vein actually popped in Aestrea’s forehead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Shut your fucking mouth already...\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1565,"2026-06-03T09:18:36.454Z","2026-06-03T09:18:45.247Z",1,"novelbin.me","f8f1b19b24413fb8fce9e16d31a3a2968f51de697d0c99471cfa81a1482ebde7","the-strongest-student-of-the-weakest-academy-chapter-545","the-strongest-student-of-the-weakest-academy-chapter-543",547,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-strongest-student-of-the-weakest-academy-cover.jpg"]