Entrance test (3)

The reason for this sudden change is that if there is no actual chance of getting harmed then some people will clear the stair not on their will but on how stubborn they are without anything to fear. obviously this would defeat the purpose of the test and so when the test was created a failsafe was placed at the eightieth step to fix this problem. the reactions of the three trying to catch up with nick proved that this worked as they all paused immediately when nicks legs broke. the young man and woman both shared a look of hesitation while interesting enough the little boy seemed to be even more resolved. nick himself was quite surprised when his legs broke , first because after being refined they were harder than most weapons and secondly because he didn't know about the change after the eightieth step. this didn't stop nick however as he continued walking very slowly while using his energy to hold the bones of his legs together despite their increasingly intense shattering with each step. on the eighty seventh step nicks leg bones had been shattered into powder forcing him to crawl using his hands. blood flowed out the skin on his palms and from the sides of his mouth from how hard he was gritting his teeth giving him a ferocious visage.

The two young adults couldn't bring themselves to take the step onto the eightieth step in the end and called it on the seventy ninth step. this caused some of the elders of the sect watching to sigh in disappointment. the two young adults walked down the steps after the pressure vanished on their forfeit but stop when a loud "crack" sounded out behind them making them pause and look back. there they saw the little boy standing on the eightieth step with one of his legs bent at an incorrect angle. the boy was obviously in great pain but his eyes were firmly placed on nicks struggling figure further ahead , and then he took another step under the awe filled watch of the crowd. nick made it to the top of the steps with every bone in his body powdered and all of his muscles shredded and the only thing holding him together was his energy. at the top of the steps the pressure vanished and a powerful will descended on the area stifling the entire crowd including the the sect elder as a voice echoed out. "you deserve a reward." a torrent of energy came flooding out of the stairs into nick the moment the voice spoke.