From that day onwards, daily both Rey and Mia trained like mad by putting their life on the line and called by other marines as 'Crazy Duo'.

After twenty-some days, they were promoted to seaman recruit due to their strength. Rey also felt his current strength will be sufficient for him to compete in the assessment for training camp.

Day by Day their combat techniques advanced and so was their strength, but Rey couldn't sense his first gate yet.

One month quickly passed since the two started training,

Today was a big day in the Marine base, as Rey of the 'Crazy Duo' was going to duel the strongest Seaman recruit of their Marine base, Borg.

Borg is a skilled warrior and an experienced martial artist who has high combat strength. He is known for single-handedly defeating a pirate who had a bounty of 30,000 which is considered impressive in the lower marine circle.

"Fast! The fight is going to start, I don't want to miss any action." A normal marine said to another one.

"Why are you so excited? You already know the outcome, that newbie is going to get pulverized by Brog."

"Don't be so sure, I heard that newbie is a crazy one, who was fighting every day and had already defeated most of the seaman recruits."

The fight between marines takes place in the training yard situated in the back of the Marine base.

Rey and Brog already arrived at the location for the battle. The entire training courtyard was encircled by marine recruits and other officers who came to view the battle.

Rey noticed Brog, who is a slightly muscular man with short, scruffy hair, a scruffy beard, and a slight mustache.

Unlike other Marines, Brog was decked in a green T-shirt, blue pants and Marine cap.

Rey heard Brog's primary fighting style is using his fists while covering his fist with metal gauntlets. Moreover, it was said he can enter a state called crazed state where his physical abilities and speed will increase by a large margin.

"A layman wants to battle with me! Haha, come I will show you what is called true power." Brog chuckled and spoke.

Rey came forward with bandaged hands which resembled like white gloves.

The battle began,

Both Rey and Brog clashed amidst the exciting cheers of the Marine recruits. When both of their fists clashed, Rey could sense a slight pain in his hand.

Obviously, both of them are not on the same physical level. Brog's natural strength combined with his gauntlets become a deadly weapon, capable of injuring normals fists.

The battle between them was intense, as Brog could feel the youngster is almost as strong as him in physical strength.

Even so, Brog has many years of experience in fighting wicked pirates so he held the upper hand in combat.

Soon, Rey received a barrage of fist attacks from Brog which almost seems like an illusion of multiple attacks coming towards him.

Rey evenly countered the attack with his own flurry of attacks. But Brog with a strong reflex easily evaded every attack with ease.

The fight continued for almost fifteen minutes while both of them couldn't take advantage of the other as one could see both of them were gasping for air.

Everyone could see, they are at the verge of exhausting their stamina and endurance. Most of the marines couldn't believe that Brog was not able to defeat a newbie.

Thanks to Rey's Nine heavenly gate Taijutsu technique, his strength, and stamina improved by a large margin during the last month.

Brog also understood that he will lose his face if he didn't defeat the newbie. He suddenly screamed at the sky and his attacks become wild and fierce as that of a wild animal.

"Here it comes, Brog's Crazed state!"

"Pity, the newbie is going to lose even though he is as good as Brog."

All sort of conversation was going amongst the marines. Rey was calm, he could feel the violent attacks are different from normal attacks and also packed with power and speed.

Everyone could see Brog's strength and speed was increased by a two-fold but it greatly affected his mind making him look like a bloodthirsty animal.

The attacks become more violent and fierce leaving no room for Rey to escape. He got punched in many areas of the body and sent flying away.

Even though Rey was exhausted and drained of physical strength, with just sheer willpower he stood up once again to face Brog.

Rey had a trail of blood leaking down from his mouth but his eyes showed stubbornness and determination to succeed in the battle.

But Brog who was in the crazed state seemed to have no consciousness, as his torrent of attacks began to drop on Rey.

Rey who almost exhausted his stamina could feel his eyes began to dim and consciousness began to decline. He couldn't feel what's happening around him and don't know how much time has passed.

'It seems like this is my limit', Rey thought and a numb feeling began to spread through his whole body for blocking most of Brog's violent attacks.

Suddenly, he noticed the punches have been stopped and the Brog in front of him seemed to be in a weakened state with no energy to move, much less to fight.

"Oi Oi, that newbie withstood the 'crazed' mode of Brog for full two minutes! Soon the weakness of his technique, exhaustion will kick in and leave Brog in a vulnerable state for a period of time. It's finished for Brog!" A Seaman Firstclass marine spoke.

"Seriously!" Another marine exclaimed.

Even though Rey understood the situation, he is not in a much better state than Brog. Without even able to move, Rey lost his consciousness and dropped on the ground.

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When Rey opened his eyes, he was already in the medical chamber with most of his body wrapped in a bandage.

He could feel his whole body is sore and also some sort of energy gushing through his flesh and bones increasing his physical strength to another level.

The most shocking thing is, he could feel the first gate of his physical body. Even though it's just a glimpse, he saw it but he's not strong enough to open it.

Rey was excited since he knows the importance of the Nine Heavenly Gates Technique and how shockingly powerful it is.

At that moment, Mia entered the medical chamber carrying a plate full of fruits and meat. Noticing Rey was already up, she spoke in an indifferent manner, "You are as reckless as ever. You could have reduced your injury by quitting the battle, but due to the so-called manly pride you suffered many injuries."

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Rey laughed and said, "I gained a lot from this fight with Brog even though I lost the battle."

"You haven't lost, just a second after you fell on the ground, Brog also fainted on the spot. Everyone on the training ground declared the fight as Draw." Mia stated.

Rey shrugged as if he didn't care about the result and spoke, "Mia, once my injuries are healed, we will go out for bounty hunting."

"Really?" Mia asked.

"Yes, even if we aren't able to catch the pirates, with our strength we can easily retreat facing any sort of danger."