The three Marine Admirals had collectively shut themselves away.
They had thought they would win this duel easily, since none of the Yonko had joined.
They had never expected that, shortly after the Elimination Rounds began, they would suffer defeat one after another.
They had not been defeated by Jiang Siming, nor by any of the Yonko, but by three obscure young girls!
Fortunately, their scores were still high enough to carry them into the finals.
After two days of Elimination Rounds, only twelve of the one hundred contestants remained.
Jiang Siming's Consort Ming Pirates took up a full six of those spots!
The Empress, Vivi, Nami, Momousagi, Nojiko, and Little Shirley.
Of the twelve spots, the Consort Ming Pirates occupied half.
This result shocked the entire world.
What shocked them was no longer Jiang Siming's strength, but the fact that his subordinates possessed such formidable combat power as well.
The most worried were the Marine Headquarters and the World Government.
Jiang Siming was already far more troublesome than the Yonko. Dealing with him would be more difficult than launching another ten Marineford Arcs.
The other six spots went to the three Marine Admirals, Shanks's vice-captain Benn Beckman, Luffy, and, among the Shichibukai, only Hawkeye.
Buggy the Clown still failed to receive Fortune's favor again and was blocked outside the top twelve.
Those six people divided up the final six spots.
Aside from Shanks having a vice-captain reach the finals, none of the other three Yonko had a subordinate make it into the top twelve.
Big Mom was so furious that she nearly had another episode, while Kaido lost all face and left early in a huff.
Even Ace and Marco, the two strongest sons whom Whitebeard had placed great hopes in, were eliminated with regret.
Jiang Siming was not