In the third stage of the competition, once the final day arrived, the truth was that it didn’t matter much at all.

If there was someone that couldn’t refine 10 types of fourth-grade pills by this point, their strength wouldn’t be too high. Even if they managed to barely enter the fourth stage, they would only be able to serve as a foil. They would have no chance to compete for the championship.

Thus, the Southshine Nation officials were very relaxed. After two days of rigorous appraising, the top positions were basically determined and wouldn’t change much afterwards. As for the people who had yet to emerge, they were either eliminated or directly placed at the end of the rankings.

Behind the supervisory table, as Lord Hulun Hehe saw that the competition time was about to come to an end, he stood up and prepared to leave.

Every time the competition reached this point, there would be all sorts of strange and special characters popping up. They weren’t willing to admit their final defeat, or they acted crazy to gain sympathy. Some of them clung to him and begged for another chance to make something of themselves. Lord Hulun Hehe had already seen these things happen far too many times, so he didn’t want to waste even a single extra minute on them.

So walking away ahead of time was a good choice.

However,...