Weakest Beast Tamer Gets All SSS Dragons novel Chapter 142

"The methods are proven!" Wei slammed his desk. "It can't be true, it's a deception, it's earth control generating a statue, it's...!"

"Taro," Ren ignored Wei's outburst, "show them what we practiced."

Taro nodded.

Newfound confidence was visible in his every movement.

The Living Tunnel began to move, its segments interweaving in patterns. Before the class's astonished eyes, it began manipulating the earth, creating what at first glance appeared to be a disordered mound.

"Is that all?" Wei tried to recover some of his confidence, though his voice trembled. "A pile of dirt? See, that's what I mean, any beetle can…!"

His words died in his throat as the Living Tunnel began secreting a crystalline liquid that covered the mound. The substance gleamed with a characteristic yellow tone, the same found in deep tunnels 300 meters down in the caves.

"Living crystal," Ren explained while the substance hardened yet remained somehow alive, pulsing with inner light. "The distinctive mark of a true Living Tunnel. They don't just dig tunnels, they make them habitable and safe from Deep Assassins."

Wei fell to his knees before his desk, his manticore manifestation flickering erratically across his skin.

His hands trembled as he touched the newly formed crystal. It was identical to what was found in the depths, the substance no common beetle could create. The texture was unmistakable to anyone who had spent time in the deeper mines.

"No..." he whispered, but there was no conviction left in his voice, only despair. "The records..."

"Are wrong," Ren concluded softly. "Or at least, incomplete. As I told you from the beginning."

The classroom remained in absolute silence as Wei contemplated the living crystal, all his arrogance vanishing like morning mist. Five hundred years of certainty had just crumbled before his eyes.

And with them, everything he thought he knew about beast evolution.

The silence in the room was deafening as Wei remained kneeling, his fingers still touching the living crystal as if expecting it to disappear at any moment.

Luna was the first to react. A small smile formed on her lips while her shadow wolf manifested briefly, as if nodding in approval.

Liora and Larissa exchanged surprised and satisfied glances, their own beasts stirring beneath their skin.

Jin and Klein looked as if they'd been struck with a mace. Their beasts manifested erratically across their bodies, responding to their confusion and contained rage.

"So," Ren broke the silence, his mushrooms pulsing with steady light, "about our bet, professor..."

Wei rose slowly, his movements mechanical. For a moment, it seemed he would protest, search for another explanation, any excuse to deny what he'd just witnessed.

But he said nothing.

"I want the Bronze rank 2 light rune," Ren continued calmly. "The most expensive bronze rank one."

Wei choked. "That costs two hundred thousand crystals! That's more than two months of my salary!"

"A bet is a bet," Ren smiled, though there was steel beneath his pleasant tone. "Unless you'd prefer to discuss the 1 million tuition forfeiture document you were going to make me sign..."

Taro barely contained his laughter.

Wei clenched his fists. "This is ridiculous! One thing is demonstrating a different evolution by luck, but demanding a rune of that price that you can't even use is…!"