Throughout the entire process, Lin Yu was extremely cautious, and he had considerable confidence in his ability to control his mental power.
"Waaaaah... waaaah... waaaah..."
As the flute music resumed, Lin Yu withdrew the elemental protection surrounding him.
The raging yellow sand swept past his sleeves, but Lin Yu remained unmoved.
Sensing the easing of Lin Yu's aura, the yellow sand seemed to fall into a state of quiet. Although the yellow sand was still flying around, its aggressiveness was much less than before.
Just when Lin Yu thought his actions had yielded some results, the system, which had been silent all along, suddenly woke up.
"Ding! Warning! Large-scale spiritual energy gathering detected!"
"Ding! Danger warning! Host, please prepare for battle! The Yellow Sands are preparing a large-scale attack! Host, please be ready to engage the enemy at any time!"
A crisis warning began playing on a loop in Lin Yu's mind. Lin Yu was completely bewildered. What was going on? Could it be that he had guessed wrong?
Could it be that this land of yellow sand wasn't attacked out of malice, but rather by something else entirely?
But I didn't do anything unfortunate besides playing the flute!
What happened? Why is the sound of the white jade flute no longer working?
Just now, I clearly used my spiritual power to merge with the sound of the white jade flute, and then communicated with the fragment of the Heaven-Mending Fragment, and succeeded. But how come in the blink of an eye, everything stopped working?
These fragments of the sky-mending stone actually possess such spiritual power?
No, it's less about spirituality and more about intelligence!
At this point, the fragments of the Heaven-Mending Slab have exceeded Lin Yu's previous understanding of ordinary Heaven-Mending Slabs.
Lin Yu was confident and suppressed most of the malice from the depths of his mind, but he couldn't hide the fact that he wanted to obtain the fragments of the Heaven-Mending Fragment.
Could it be that even such a small spiritual matter could be detected by the fragments of the Heaven-Mending Stone?
Who said the fragments of mending the heavens were merely a special kind of magical artifact? In Lin Yu's view now, they were magical treasures with completely independent consciousness.
While Lin Yu was pondering, the sand in the entire desert began to move.
Originally, the sand was spread evenly on the apprentice, but now it suddenly condensed and rushed towards where Lin Yu was standing.
"Ding! Danger warning! Host, please prepare for battle! The Yellow Sands are preparing a large-scale attack! Host, please be ready to engage the enemy at any time!"
The system notification sounded again, and a series of yellow and red exclamation marks filled the interior of Lin Yu's Mirror Sea.
This was a warning Lin Yu had never heard before, which must have been considered a considerable disaster in the Dao Qi era.
Moreover, Lin Yu could vaguely sense that the power contained in the oncoming yellow sand was almost equal to his own.
Otherwise, the system wouldn't have been so anxious to give it a heads-up.
While pondering the situation, Lin Yu's actions were decisive; after all, standing still and surrendering was not in his nature.
Although he was determined to obtain the fragments of the ancient Phoenix Clan's sky-mending technique, Lin Yu always hoped to acquire them through a peaceful means.
It wasn't that Lin Yu was truly afraid of the Heaven-Mending Fragment, but rather that Lin Yu worried about damaging it during the battle, which would affect its power.
After all that he had been through, this was the first time Lin Yu had encountered such a fragment of the Heaven-Mending Stone. It would be a lie to say he wasn't curious. Lin Yu was determined to take it to the Primordial Hall and study it thoroughly.
If we had destroyed the fragments of the Heaven-Mending Stone before then, it would have been a huge loss.
After all, he came to this Dao Qi era to obtain the fragments of the Heaven-Mending Fragment. If he were to accidentally destroy the fragments now, it would truly be a waste of all his efforts.
All that effort I put into it was pointless.
A second before the attack from the yellow sand land came, Lin Yu activated his defense mode. Not only did he activate the defense mode through the Hongmeng System, but he also used his elemental power to create layers of defensive barriers.
A brilliant purple hue filled the entire sky, standing out starkly against the backdrop of swirling yellow sand.
"Boom!"
The next second, the sweeping yellow sand collided head-on with the elemental magic constructed by Lin Yu. Instead of retreating, Lin Yu advanced, manipulating the blue-purple lightning power to continue charging towards the yellow sand.
Lin Yu wanted to see just how intelligent this fragment of the Heaven-Mending Stone could be.
Lin Yu originally thought that the previous fragments of the Heaven-Mending technique he had seen were already quite intelligent, until he saw the current fragment.
However, Lin Yu believed that no matter how powerful the intelligence of this fragment of heaven-mending was, it could not possibly be stronger than that of a real cultivator.
The reason is simple: if it truly possessed such a level of intelligence, why would this fragment of the Heaven-Mending Stone remain in the Phoenix Ancestral Sea, transforming into a space to protect this place?
Once monsters or objects gain sentience, they are influenced by the fantasy world and come to believe that the strong are respected.
If the fragments of the Heaven-Mending Fragment have truly reached such a level, they would surely break out of the Phoenix Ancestral Sea and become a regional overlord.
Now that they've fallen to this state, it's clear they've been manipulated by others. Even if they possess intelligence, it's certainly only to a certain degree, far inferior to that of a true cultivator.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
A constant buzzing sound rang out. With the assistance of the Hongmeng System Hongmeng System, its defensive shield combined with Lin Yu's own spiritual power, the great battle between the two sides officially began.
Lin Yu used the power of Origin Technique to create dozens of clones, each possessing a portion of Lin Yu's power. With the power of Origin Technique, Lin Yu also created countless afterimages.
The clone was entangled in a fierce battle with the swirling yellow sand, but once the phantom appeared, it recklessly rushed towards the surrounding area of the sandy land.
Those illusory figures darted swiftly through the yellow sand, making it impossible to see their movements clearly. If it were an ordinary cultivator, they would probably only be able to sense an illusory figure rushing past them.
In reality, Lin Yu was manipulating these phantoms to find the exact location of the Heaven-Mending Fragment as quickly as possible.
Without much thought, all the power of the yellow sand in front of us comes from the fragments of the Heaven-Mending Fragment. If we can resolve or conquer the Heaven-Mending Fragment, then the yellow sand in front of us is nothing.
"We must find the fragments of the Heaven-Mending Piece as soon as possible! Otherwise, we'll be in big trouble."