Alex stood next to a woman he only half recognized from the previous times. She was to be his opponent for the first four rings.
He ignored her. He ignored everyone else around him. He had no opponent here that mattered to him. His opponent was Aethersage and his record time of 19 minutes and 27 seconds.
His senses were inside his storage bag at the moment, streaming through the many ingredients inside of it. Everyone else was the same as well.
His eyes were on the Divine Realm cultivator far in front of him, nearly 20 meters away, at the edge of the narrow hedge wall that connected the two rings. The Divine Realm cultivator stood with a pill tester in his hand, ready for whoever would come to him first.
The Alchemy God shouted the words 'Begin!' from the back, and the competition started.
