First encounter at the legacy ground

Once Alex appeared in the region where the competition would take place, he flew in a direction no one took. He took this particular direction because he wanted to give gap between himself and the other saint stage cultivators. 

Using his powerful vision to look far into the distance to know if there was no one in there, he continued to fly at many times the speed of sound till he felt dizziness and an intense aching pain racking his soul before he stopped flying and quickly willed his body to reverse the transformation. 

At least, for the moment, he had given a lot of distance between him and the Saint stage cultivators. Then he produced pills which he swallowed. Instantly, the dizziness and pain he felt vanished.

Not long after the slit closed, the ancient voice rang out again.

"Let the slaughter begin"