Chapter 1065: Chapter 1065: 8th-Tier Awakening! Everything Is Usable!

Creaaaaak! Creaaaaak! Creaaaaak!

As a dazzling bolt of lightning flashed across the arena, the timid female team members in the audience had already closed their eyes, not daring to witness what happened next. When they reopened their eyes at the urging of their companions, the scene they dreaded—Pei Yan being pierced through the throat by the spear—did not appear. The spear was caught by Pei Yan’s chin and was unable to advance even a fraction.

The grating sound of the spearhead scraping against the mechanical armor was especially jarring on the battlefield. Ivan gripped the spear tightly, his face flushed with determination, using all his strength to pierce through Pei Yan’s throat, yet success eluded him.

"Ivan, are you useless? You can’t even accomplish this!" Di Xin cursed as he saw the stalemate and clapped his hands together, preparing to assist.

"Fool! Don’t release your hold on Pei Yan!"

Nero’s explosive shout in Di Xin’s ear jolted him back to his senses, and he immediately stopped, forming his hands into a gesture to enter the state of fusion with the Divine Artifact once more. However, in that fleeting moment, there was a crisp cracking sound!

The chains binding Pei Yan shattered entirely as he unleashed his power. Simultaneously, the spearhead pressed against his chin was bitten through by a surge of sheer primal energy!

"Hurry! Don’t let him break free!"

"It’s too late!" Pei Yan lifted his head, letting the snapped spearhead slide down from his chin. He caught it with a raised hand and in a reverse grip, flung it toward the nearby Ivan. The thrown tip grazed Ivan’s cheek, leaving a faint blood trace. Pei Yan sneered and taunted, "I told you, that Divine Artifact in your hands is just trash."

Ignoring the chains once again reaching for him from behind, Pei Yan looked skyward, saying calmly, "Eighth-level awakening, everything can be utilized!"

With those words, a formidable aura burst from within Pei Yan. The pure power of this surge of primal energy shattered the chains flying toward him, and Ivan, who was closest, was unable to stand his ground, being blown backward.

"This madman! He’s using our attacks as a breakthrough opportunity for his awakening!" Nero, also under the oppressive might and unable to look directly at Pei Yan, squinted and came to a sudden realization. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝒆𝒘𝙚𝓫𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

"What now? Kill him before he fully awakens!" Di Xin shouted, seeing the situation.

Nero didn’t immediately reply. He looked up at the sky beyond the Blood Killing Space arena in the Daoist Realm. At the moment of Pei Yan’s awakening, a violent storm brewed, and dark clouds loomed. Seeing this, Nero’s expression shifted from shock to joy, contemplating briefly before murmuring, "Stay away from him. When a heaven-defying figure like him awakens in the Daoist Realm, it triggers a response from the Heavenly Dao, bringing down a celestial punishment. We need not involve ourselves in this heavenly tribulation now. After he withstands the ordeal and is weakened, it won’t be too late to end him then."

"Alright!" Ivan and Di Xin shared a glance and agreed with Nero’s judgment, all three retreating to the arena’s edge.

"Is this what you suspected all along? You already guessed Pei Yan was trying to break through his awakening limits?" Wang Wenze, watching the changing skies above the arena, exclaimed in shock.

"Yes!" Ye Ruozai nodded in shock, muttering to himself, "I did suspect it, but I didn’t think he would dare to do it! Using the attacks from Blood Killing and others to push his body to its limits, coexisting with a consciousness of madness and slaughter to temper his soul and will, applying pressure under dual strain to bring about the eighth-level awakening early. Actually, before the competition, he and I both sensed each other’s physical states. During this time, the hardships and training we both endured had already met the criteria for the eighth-level awakening, just needing an opportunity to break through. I had considered using such a method to boost my strength and win on the arena."

As Ye Ruozai spoke, he also looked heavenward with concern, "But the unique environment of the Daoist Realm, with its heavenly tribulations, made me abandon this idea. Even if I could successfully endure the tribulation on the arena, I couldn’t be sure how much strength I’d have left to face Nero. But Pei Yan did it, and he did it while facing three opponents! Just for that, I’m not as good as him."

"Pei Yan, he withstood the heavenly tribulation last time. Shouldn’t have any problem this time, right?" Jiang Feiyang forced a calm demeanor, pretending to be relaxed.

"Hard to say. I don’t know how powerful the heavenly tribulation is, but when Pei Yan was modified, I overheard Elder Feng from the Daoist Realm say that it’s best not to remain in the Daoist Realm when people like Pei Yan are enhancing their strength."

Surprisingly, it was Engineer Li, who knew nothing about cultivation, that responded. Curious, Jiang Feiyang asked, "Why?"

"The stronger your power, the harsher the tribulation. Plus, Pei Yan’s mecha was crafted using rare treasures and beasts from several planes. We have a saying, ’Heaven is jealous of talent,’ right? In the Daoist Realm, this saying becomes reality. Heaven doesn’t approve of entities potentially surpassing its own consciousness, believing they would disrupt the world’s balance. So the Heavenly Dao responds with a tribulation intended to erase them."

Hearing Engineer Li’s words, Jiang Feiyang swallowed nervously, awkwardly adding, "Oh, there’s that protective array on the arena! It should defend Pei Yan against the tribulation, right?"

"Let’s not mention whether that defensive array could withstand an external heavenly tribulation. Even if it could, they wouldn’t do it!" Ye Ruozai said, lifting his head to motion everyone to look upwards. Sure enough, cracks had formed in the protective array dome over the arena, leaving enough of a gap for the heavenly tribulation to descend.

"Damn! This Daoist Realm doesn’t play fair! Hiding so quickly! Calls themselves allies, can’t even help take a couple of hits!" Jiang Feiyang couldn’t help but complain at the sight.

"No, they can’t. Nobody interferes with another’s heavenly tribulation. The more people interfere, the more the tribulation deems you to be resisting heavenly will, thus intensifying itself. With at least dozens of Immortal Palace elders guarding this array, based on their numbers and cultivation realms, imagine how severe the heavenly tribulation would be if the heavenly will got enraged and triggered a chain reaction?"

As Ye Ruozai explained, Jiang Feiyang had no choice but to obediently close his mouth, murmuring softly, "You’ve said it all. Well, looks like Pei Yan will have to bear it on his own in the end."

As for Jiang Feiyang’s comments making the gathered people feel secretly guilty, Pei Yan stood under the arena’s looming sky, filled with anticipation for the approaching tribulation. He could sense the apocalyptic aura within the black clouds above his head. But he felt the new power within him even more acutely, urgently pushing him to confront this force to complete his final evolution.

"Pei Yan, it seems my decision to focus on cultivating you was right!"