Chapter 76

Chapter 76: the difficulty of The tenth level

“I didn’t expect a logia user to participate this time . he is probably the best recruit . ” “It seems so . ” Several Marines looked at Smoker and commented . “No, I heard that Vice admiral Garp’s nephew is the best out of this year’s recruits . Also, I heard that he got the potential to be an Admiral . ” “Potential of an admiral??!” Hearing this made everyone present reveal an expression of surprise and shock . The admiral is the highest rank in the Marine . And there is only three in that position . If someone had the potential to be a Marine Admiral, then it means he will stand on top of all of them . Some High ranked Marine didn’t take it into account even if He was Garp’s nephew . In the top seats . “Smoker has the smoke devil fruit which is a logia type . So he can pass the seventh level without any problem . ” Aokiji was looking at Smoker who was taking his exam at the field and commented randomly . “Unfortunately, His physical strength is inadequate . So his chance to pass the eighth level is meager . ” Kisaru said then looked at Z with a slight mockery in his eyes then continued . “Teacher Z, You taught me to pay attention to the strength of the body . ” “Humph!” The three admirals were Z’s students, but the relationship between Z and Kisaru is the worst . Z was always unhappy about Kisaru because he depended too much on his fruit power and didn’t pay attention to the power of his body . “Who let my fruit ability be light . It’s not weak even if I relied on it only . ” Kisaru said helplessly . Z didn’t want to argue with him and continued to look at the field . Bang! Bang! Smoker was in a confrontation with a pirate . The pirate had a reward of 180 million berries, but he didn’t know how to use Haki . He had a paramecia fruit, but against smoker Logia he couldn’t do a thing . The pirate could only get beaten . After a while Smoker seized a flow in the pirate attacks and defeated him . “The seventh level, pass . ” Seeing this, most people only nodded . From the beginning of the fight, they already knew the outcome of the match . Many elites were watching the fight . Some were from the military school . “It was hard for me to pass the sixth level . But Smoker passed the seventh . His strength is way over ours . ” “Smoker has a Logia devil fruit so of course . We can’t match him . ” Someone said this with a sour tone . Watching Smoker pass the seventh level using his Devil fruit ability made some people hearts feel bitter . “Don’t forget . There is still Roja . ” When someone said this, The sourness in his voice was gone . If they were jealous of Smoker’s fruit, then they couldn’t be jealous of Roja . Even if Roja didn’t use his flame ability and fought with only his physical strength and his sword he could crush any of them . “Smoker probably won’t be able to pass the eighth level . We don’t know if Roja could do that . If I remember correctly this exam had ten levels . ” “The tenth level …” Someone thought a little then shook his head and laughed . “The three admirals couldn’t pass the tenth level . They only passed the ninth . ” some elite camp graduates suddenly exposed a shocked look and said . “Even the three admirals couldn’t pass the tenth level ?!” “Incredible, Who is the opponent in the tenth level ?” A master listening to them suddenly looked at the three admirals and said . “Vice admiral . ” “My father told me … That, in the third stage of the elite camp’s graduation exam tenth level a random Vice admiral will be the opponent . ” After hearing this sentence, all the people looked at each other . A Vice-admiral . The second highest rank after the Admirals . The absolute backbone of the Marine without a doubt were the admirals . But the one who hunts the pirates with huge bounties are the Vice admirals . Each of the vice admirals is experienced veterans . Their bodies were incredibly powerful . They were at least Masters in one or two techniques of the six powers . And most importantly they were proficient in using Haki . The vice admirals are not the strongest in the sea but compared to Marine recruits; The difference is like the gap between heaven and earth . Even the current Admirals couldn’t do a thing against them when they were recruits . They could only admit defeat . Although they become the strongest in the Marine But the strength of a Vice admirals isn’t something an average person can reach . And most people who reached that level of strength won’t be able to go any further . If you don’t have talent then even if worked hard you won’t be able to surpass that level . “To think that A vice admiral will take part in the exam …” “It’s a joke! No matter who or what fruit he has, It won’t be possible to win . ” the people present shook their head while their mouth twitched . “Don’t overthink it . We couldn’t even pass the seventh level . If not for Smoker and Roja we probably wouldn’t get to see the eighth level opponent . ” “As for the tenth level … We won’t necessarily get to see that today . ” … in the field . After passing the seventh level Smoker chose to challenge the eighth . Smoker will be fighting someone at the Commodore level with no devil fruit . He only uses the six power of the Marine and Haki (Tl: By Haki I mean Busoshoki and Kenbunshoku without Haoshoku . ) With a punch Smoker was hit . After some time Smoker was defeated . As his opponent was one of the Marines, he showed mercy, and even after beating Smoker, he didn’t leave him with any wound . “If his fruit ability wasn’t smoke, he may have a chance . if it was another ability with a more offensive power, he might have passed the eight level . ” Aokiji slightly shook his head . After saying that his eyes flashed as he was anticipating the next fight ” The next fight … Is the most exciting . Finally . ” “I don’t know if he will be like us and only pass the ninth level, Or will he be able to break our record and continue to move the tenth too . This is something worth looking forward to . ”