DaMonkeMan
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Wasn't there still a considerable gap in time between him killing the Admiral and him going to God Valley to save his family? Maybe Rocks didn't get that much stronger but I don't see a reason for him to be stagnant as he constantly gets into fights and what not.There's no "rookie" (or at least in the way people like to use it) in the world who can use Advanced Conqueror's Haki. Blackbeard was on the seas for decades and had no bounty until he became a warlord. Not gonna say "rookie Blackbeard defeated Ace" for the same reason because that has certain implications.
We know nothing about that Admiral so that feat means nothing to me, even moreso because it was one from nearly 60 years ago.
Being above Primebeard wouldn't be a valid reason to low diff Garling and an army of demons because before this chapter, a good chunk of the community believed that Garling fought and scarred Newgate in God Valley.
Also, if the Admiral wasn't that strong there'd be no reason for his bounty to soar up and for them to be wary of him because of it.
I will say that it's bad writing to make him low diff Garling, though, mostly from a narrative perspective.
But that's the way One Piece is nowadays so I don't really care anymore