42 Pathetic

"Next!" - The old man said loudly.

This time a fairly young man approached the stele and his appearance indicated that he was in his early twenties. 

'Is he a fool?' Victor was only a couple of people away from him and was surprised by this guy's bravery, as the old man had already said that all cultivators not passing the parameters of the first stage of selection must immediately leave the perimeter of the test area or a catastrophic punishment will follow.

Regardless of the cultivators' strength, whether weak or strong, to lose the cultivation base was a complete end, a disaster because of which many simply killed themselves, as life after such a loss became meaningless in their eyes.

And now, looking at this brave guy, Victor was a little puzzled. 

'This guy obviously knows his own cultivation base so why is he going to the stele, knowing that the old man will cripple him…' Frowning, I tried to understand this man's thoughts.