Chapter 302

A monster that had wiped out tens of thousands of marines had just brushed past them, leaving them with a chill crawling up their spines.

A coldness surged from their soles straight to the crown of their heads.

It sent shivers down their spines and made their blood run cold.

……

Training Ground One.

When Lu En arrived there, from afar he saw this vast training ground already filled with many young marines.

The vast majority were teenagers.

Those too old had already reached the upper limit of their talent and potential, and naturally had no qualification to join Zefa's training camp.

So.

Everyone who entered this training camp were the elite geniuses of this year's marines!

This point was beyond doubt.

Training Ground One covered the largest area of all training grounds in Marineford.

From this alone, one could also infer.

The training camp founded personally by Admiral Zefa held an immensely weighty influence within the marines—so much so that even its training ground was the largest.

This training camp regularly delivered a large number of outstanding talents to the marines each year, naturally drawing immense attention from the military's high-level.

Anyone who graduated from this camp would inevitably become a core high-level talent of the marines.

Precisely because of this,

Zefa's influence within the marines was also extremely great.

Under his tutelage,

All were high-level students of the marines!

As one can imagine.

One could imagine how many marine elites would respond if Zefa raised his arm and called out.

Training Ground One was located in the southeast of Marineford.

Backed by mountains,

Fronted by a lake,

Neighboring a forest to the left,

And five kilometers to the right lay Marineford's Training Ground Two.

Lu En walked step by step toward Training Ground One.

Up close,

He observed the total number of people in the training ground.

Preliminary estimate…

This session's training camp had only about seventy members.

Not many,

But, they were exceptionally elite!

Those who entered the camp were the elite among elites—truly deserving of the title of genius!

Therefore,

The camp's enrollment was always kept under one hundred.

This way,

Zefa would not be overburdened in teaching, and could ensure each student gradually mastered powerful abilities under his guidance.

If the number grew too large, Zefa might become overwhelmed.

Taken together,

The camp's enrollment was kept under one hundred per session.

If the number exceeded this limit, Zefa would forcibly remove the weaker ones.

Though the competition was brutal…

This was also to better cultivate the marines' elite talent.

After arriving at Training Ground One, Lu En saw Zefa's figure.

At the same time,

The latter also noticed Lu En.

"Admiral Zefa."

Lu En raised his hand in greeting.

"Kid, get over here!"

Zefa bellowed.

As Lu En hurried over to Zefa's side, his figure drew the gaze of all seventy marine elites in the camp, all turning toward him at once.

Dozens of curious eyes simultaneously fixed on Lu En.

These seventy elite marines of the camp were clearly curious.

A mere four-year-old child…

Why had he suddenly appeared at their Training Ground One?

After all.

Training Ground One was exclusively their camp's training site!

Under normal circumstances.

Other naval personnel do not have the qualification to enter Training Ground One.

"Could he be Master Zefa's relative?"

"Or Master Zefa's son?"

"Wasn't it said that Master Zefa's family was already… killed by pirates?"

Upon mention of Master Zefa's family, the elite soldiers all wisely fell silent.

This was Master Zefa's lifelong pain!

They did not want to anger Master Zefa.

For Master Zefa, this strict and harsh instructor, every member of the training camp held deep admiration and fear.

The seventy elite naval recruits varied in appearance; the youngest was at least eighteen years old, the oldest twenty-three, with most falling within this age range.

There were both men and women.

Of course.

Men clearly outnumbered women, making up at least eighty percent!

Only a small minority, twenty percent, were young girls.

At this moment,

The group of teenagers and young girls stared curiously at Lu En, whispering among themselves, speculating about his identity and his purpose in coming to Training Ground One.

"Silence!"

"Now, let me introduce him to you."

"This child beside me, only four years old, is named Lu En."

"Starting today, he is a member of this training camp!"

"Understood?"

Seeing the students whispering among themselves, Master Zefa frowned solemnly, raised his finger toward Lu En beside him, and introduced him in a solemn tone.

The moment he finished speaking,

It was only then that (he/she) saw,

All seventy elite recruits of the training camp stared in shock, their eyes fixed on the four-year-old Lu En beside Master Zefa, expressions stunned, utterly unprepared.

"A four-year-old navy recruit?"

"Joining our training camp?"

"Is this real?"

"Can he keep up with our training camp's super-intense drills?"

"Could Master Zefa be joking?"

Everyone was stunned.