Fierce Competition

"Rank 3 student Gregori and rank 5 student Auston, please come up on stage to fight!" Following the referee's announcement, the two students entered the arena and stared at each other with hostility and vigilance.

Rank 5 and 6 students were senior military academy students in the headquarters. Other than being older, their strength was naturally stronger. Some of the best students had already mastered the Six Styles of the Navy, unlike the three or four students who had barely learned one or two styles.

Although the students who could advance to the top 50 were elites among elites, there was still a big gap between them. The five or six students had already experienced actual combat.

Although the third-level student in the first match had a high fighting spirit, he was quickly suppressed by the fifth-level student. In the end, the fifth-level student pierced his chest with a spear, screaming and losing!

Losing in the first battle was undoubtedly bad for Qin Ge and other students as challengers. It also refreshed the other fifth-level student who was being challenged, and he looked at Qin Ge and the others provocatively.

"These fifth-level students are not easy to deal with. These fifth-level students have received longer training than us. Their foundation is even deeper than ours!"

"What's wrong with that? The long training does not mean that their strength is stronger. If it were me, the opponent's attack would not be able to hit me!"

"As expected, we have to be careful. These fifth-level six students won't easily let us replace the quota for the internship ship!"

"...!"

Many top fifty students whispered to themselves, fearful or arrogant, as they scanned the area where the fifth-level students were.

Qin Ge calmly watched the battle in the arena. The long sabre sheathed in its scabbard was placed horizontally on his legs, and he calmly waited for his appearance.

One by one, the students went up one after another. Although the beginning was the victory of the fifth and sixth-level students, there was no lack of outstanding juniors in the ensuing battles to defeat the senior students.

However, the overall situation was that the senior students won more people. Most of the battles were fought by the senior students, which made many of the junior students who had not yet entered the arena feel uneasy.

"Second-level student Tina and sixth-level student Auston, please come up to the stage to fight!" At this time, the referee announced the new list of battles.

Qin Ge's gaze paused for a moment as he swept his gaze over the crowd. He looked at the 11-12-year-old girl with long pink hair, already quite charming.

In the test earlier, Qin Ge had naturally noticed the character Tina in the original work. Not only did he know the other party was a student of the same generation as Smoker. He also knew they attained the ability to climb the threshold and fruit.

After Tina stepped onto the stage, the Tier 6 student, her opponent, also came to the other side.

After the referee announced the start of the test, both sides decisively attacked each other.

Soru ---!

The rank 6 students named Auston quickly stepped down and shot out like an arrow. His speed was so fast that he almost appeared near Tina in the blink of an eye.

Tina obviously could not keep up with the opponent's speed. She hurriedly activated her devil fruit ability, and a black metal rod like an iron fence appeared in her palms. She waved it around.

Shua ---!

The black rod struck empty air. The grade-6 student used Soru to dodge the black rod again. At the same time, he jumped high into the air and locked onto Tina. He kicked out with his right leg.

[Mist Kick]!

A deep blue wave of slashes shot out. It was like a crescent moon as it flew down. Tina, who saw this scene, changed her expression and quickly jumped back to dodge.

Boom ---!

The arena was smashed into a muddy pit by the Rankyaku's attack wave, and the aftermath spread out, causing Tina's clothes to flutter as she retreated.

Although she was still young, Tina displayed her outstanding combat ability.

She quickly reacted and threw the black rod in her hand at the grade-6 student in the air like a weapon.

Moon Steps ---!

There was a sonic boom in the air. The grade-6 student stepped into the air and nimbly dodged the black rod. At the same time, he quickly landed on the ground. With a tap of his foot, he turned into a black shadow and rushed out.

Bang ---!

The grade-6 student kicked out fiercely. Although Tina blocked it in time, the strength contained in the opponent's leg was too fierce. She cried out in alarm and was kicked away. Finally, she fell out of the arena in a sorry state.

"Damn it. The opponent is too fast. I don't even have time to activate the devil fruit!" After being defeated, Hinarubbed her sore arm that the enemy kicked, and her heart was full of unwillingness.

Although the ability of the fruit could make iron bars to attack the enemy and trap the enemy through the contact of the arms, the ability to use the devil fruit also needed time.

After all, Hinawas only a young girl, and her development and use of the fruit were not comparable to the future female Colonel of the Navy.

After losing the battle, it was clear that Tina could not participate in this internship ship, and she returned to her seat with unwillingness and depression.

Qin Ge didn't feel too much when he saw Tina lose. He only glanced at her casually before withdrawing his gaze. Even if the other party were someone he was familiar 'with, he wouldn't care too much about it.

In the following matches, Smoker had already gotten his turn before Qin Ge could get on the stage. His opponent was a level five student.

Although he suffered a crushing defeat at Qin Ge's hands in the previous tests, the devil fruit of the natural system was an invincible existence to the students of the military academy in the headquarters.

Although the rank 5 students who fought against Smoker had considerable strength, in the face of the elementiumization, he had never been able to attack. Ultimately, he could only sullenly exhaust his physical strength and helplessly lost.

However, from this battle, it was no doubt that he could again support Qin Ge's strength and terror.

Some people had previously thought that the devil fruit of nature was just so-so when they saw Smoker lose to Qin Ge.

But this time, when they saw the almost invincible ability of the devil fruit of nature, they couldn't help but look at Qin Ge, who was calmly watching the battle in the audience.

"Although I've heard before that the devil fruit is the strongest devil fruit among the three major devil fruits, I didn't expect the devil fruit to be so abnormal. If the body can turn into smoke, isn't it better to be invincible?"

"That's not necessarily true. Didn't the devil fruit lose? It looks like the key is the strength!"

"That's true, but if it was you and me, do you have the confidence to defeat this devil fruit?"

As the senior students discussed in low voices, they looked at Qin Ge, who had not yet appeared, with deep fear. They had already regarded Qin Ge as the strongest enemy in this assessment.