Chapter 460

With Mo Lisen's death, this battle officially came to an end.

Colonel Te Lu gazed at Lu En's back with awe and reverence, staring at the monstrous, terrifying specter on the latter's back—even from afar, it still pressed down on him with overwhelming force.

"A terrifying entity, merely five years old!"

"The pride of our Navy!"

"The future standard-bearer of the Navy!"

Colonel Te Lu thought to himself.

With the battle over,

Zefa, who had been hiding in the shadows, no longer needed to conceal himself—he stepped out from the darkness and entered the battlefield.

Upon seeing Zefa, Smoker, Including Tina, and the other Navy cadets snapped out of their shock and hurriedly greeted him.

"Master Zefa."

Zefa gazed far off toward the distance.

Seeing Mo Lisen's headless corpse, he couldn't help but shake his head and sigh.

If it had been him,

he wouldn't have gone so far as to kill.

At most, he would have severely injured the opponent.

Then, he would have imprisoned them in Impel Down.

But…

Zefa did not find Lu En's actions inappropriate.

Everyone has their own thoughts; he wouldn't force his will upon others.

"This graduation trial…"

"Ends here."

"Unforeseen external forces interfered, causing the trial's difficulty to skyrocket. I won't count this toward your final evaluation."

"Fortunately, this kid Lu En was reliable—he dealt with those external threats."

Zefa spoke slowly.

With events reaching this point, the graduation trial officially ended.

This graduation trial…

Smoker and the others performed quite well.

Although at the start of their clash with the pirates, many cadets panicked and couldn't even unleash a tenth of their strength,

fortunately,

later on, they gradually adapted to the battlefield.

Zefa observed all of this.

He was deeply satisfied and relieved.

These students…

had not disappointed him.

"You did well."

"You didn't let me down…."

"I am satisfied with this graduation trial."

"Of course, there are many flaws—I'll detail them all when we return to Marineford. For now, go help the Navy personnel clean up the remaining mess."

Zefa waved his hand.

"Yes, Master Zefa."

The cadets dispersed.

They began assisting Colonel Te Lu and the more than four hundred elite Navy personnel in capturing and imprisoning the remaining pirates.

Shackling each pirate with handcuffs,

chaining them with iron links,

restricting their freedom of movement to prevent sudden violent outbursts.

Cerberus Kulin, captain of the Three-Headed Dog Pirates, though ashen-faced, made no attempt to resist.

But to be safe, Smoker, Including Tina, and five or six other elite cadets personally oversaw placing Sea-Stone handcuffs and Sea-Stone leg irons on him.

After securing Cerberus Kulin with Sea-Stone handcuffs and leg irons,

Smoker and the others finally exhaled deeply.

The man before them was no ordinary threat.

Even Smoker had to exert tremendous effort to barely suppress him, and couldn't defeat him in a short time.

Now,

Cerberus Kulin had lost all will to resist, making it easy for them to capture him.

Why had he lost the will to resist?

Smoker and the others knew full well.

"Lu En, that monster, smashed that Logia user with one punch—right then and there, he scared the living daylights out of this guy, crushing his will to resist."

"Let's be honest, Lu En is incredibly strong!"

"A pirate with a bounty of sixty million Berries was so terrified by Lu En's punch that he gave up all resistance."

Cadets stared at the unresisting Cerberus Kulin, exchanging awed remarks.

Cerberus Kulin did not resist,

It was naturally due to the terrifying deterrent power created by Lu En.

Otherwise,

such a vicious pirate would never have surrendered so easily.

"Lu En, are you alright?"

Master Zefa walked over to Lu En and asked.

"I'm fine."

Lu En shook his head.

In this battle, he suffered not a single injury.

Even,

his stamina had not been significantly depleted.

How could there be massive exhaustion after landing just two punches to shatter Mo Lisen?

After this battle, Lu En remained in his peak period state.

"The graduation trial is over."

"Next…"

"We should prepare to return to Marineford once we've cleaned up the aftermath here."

Master Zefa said plainly.

"Understood."

Lu En nodded in agreement.

With Mo Lisen's death, the Swamp Pirate Crew had effectively lost its leadership and existed only in name.

As for the three-headed dog pirate crew…

they were left with only a captain terrified out of his wits, naturally unable to revive the name of the three-headed dog pirate crew.

With two pirate crews annihilated in succession, this graduation trial naturally drew to a close.

With a thought,

the black Armament-colored armor covering Lu En's entire right arm slowly began to recede and withdraw.

Moments later,

he returned to his original appearance.