Jake was the second one.
Despite his quarrel with Robby, he still managed to advance faster while the dog kept on yelling that he cheated.
Unfortunately, there was no way to fight him.
Lotte advanced to rank 7 in her wind element and become the third one to advance, but her wood element stuck in rank 6. She herself didn't know the reason why.
Robby advanced to rank 7 not long after Lotte and mocked Marc, who was still rank 6.
Thankfully, a bitter training was all it was needed for Marc to finally advance to rank 7 but had to suffer at home. His foundation was not so stable, which forced him to stop working and focus on his training after his advancement.
This also indirectly told others that forceful advancement was possible.
But the side effect was a bit…