But those who reached the level of an eighth-grade alchemist paid unimaginable prices in effort and hardship.

They had faced countless life-and-death crises and needed immense fortune to encounter rare opportunities and profound enlightenment to become an eighth-grade alchemist.

Andrew, however, had walked the path others spent their entire lives treading, finishing it over a decade ago.

As per the old saying, "The tallest tree in the forest is always the first to be felled."

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