Upon hearing Lin Yu's words, the Water Drop Man burst into laughter.
However, because the features were blurred, the smile appeared somewhat hazy and sinister.
Lin Yu sized up the water droplet-like figure, knowing that although it had developed some intelligence by relying on the fragment of the Heaven-Mending Stone, its intelligence was still in its nascent stage and its thoughts were not yet mature.
This water droplet kept saying it looked down on human cultivators, but it still imitated their appearance.
Perhaps this water droplet-like being is learning the speech and behavior of human cultivators, but its imitation is not quite accurate yet.
"Hahaha, what's so great about forming a complete Sky-Mending Stone? Nothing compares to the carefree life I have now!"
"You mortals simply believe that the complete Stone of Heaven Mending would be of greater use to you. In comparison, the spiritual essence of the fragments of the Stone of Heaven Mending is nothing to you!"
"In the end, they're just a bunch of selfish bastards who think that only magical artifacts without intelligence are qualified magical artifacts! But for me, having spiritual consciousness is the greatest good thing in the world!"
While Lin Yu was still pondering, the Water Drop Man burst into laughter, appearing quite arrogant and completely disregarding Lin Yu's words.
In his view, the fragments of the Heaven-Mending Fragment were divided into nine pieces, and there was nothing wrong with them generating consciousness. Moreover, it was only natural for a powerful consciousness to devour a weak one. Lin Yu coming over to stop him was truly meddling in other people's business.
"As long as you obediently hand over the fragments of the Heaven-Mending Sword to me, I won't make things difficult for you."
"Regardless, you are the only person I've encountered in all these centuries who is destined to be with me, so I'm willing to show you leniency and spare your life."
The Waterdrop Man spoke confidently while staring at Lin Yu.
Clearly, he felt that his words made perfect sense, and with Feng Nianzhi as a hostage, it was only a matter of time before Lin Yu agreed.
However, Lin Yu was observing the shape of the water droplet-like figure, with other considerations in his mind.
Since meeting this water droplet man, his face has gradually become clearer, from initially being blurry.
At first, the water droplet-shaped person's entire face was blurry, but now the area below the nose is clear, while the ears, eyes, and other features remain very indistinct.
Just as Lin Yu had expected, this situation would occur once a strong self-awareness was born within the fragment of the Heaven-Mending Stone.
Perhaps for other magical artifacts, possessing spiritual consciousness could make the artifact itself more powerful, but for the already fragmented pieces of the Heaven-Mending Slab, the lack of unified consciousness would only make the fusion of the fragments more difficult.
This is clearly not a good sign.
If Lin Yu really lets this water droplet person continue to develop, given this momentum, the Stone for Mending the Sky might not even be successfully synthesized.
Perhaps this is a harbinger of the destruction of the Stone that mended the heavens.
"When did I become your destined one?" Hearing the water droplet man say this, Lin Yu almost laughed. He didn't understand what the water droplet man was trying to say.
Upon hearing this, the water droplet took two steps forward, then stopped.
"You're the first person in thousands of years to escape from the illusion I created. Although I don't know which 'palace master' you are, I still have to admit you have some skill."
"However, I've made a particularly interesting discovery: I can't sense any connection between you and this world. There seems to be something extremely strange about you, but I don't know what it is."
"In short, once the illusion is broken, you are my destined one. Hehe, once I possess your body, I won't need any transformation; I'll directly take the form of a human cultivator!"
Hearing what the Waterdrop Man said, Lin Yu finally understood that this little thing had a hidden agenda.
Everything I had just faced was nothing but an illusion.
It's worth mentioning that, due to the energy of the Heaven-Mending Fragment itself, this illusion was extremely profound and realistic, to the point that even someone like Lin Yu didn't initially notice the problem within it.
Even a powerful figure like Lin Yu was initially toyed with by this water droplet-like being, let alone other cultivators.
Therefore, what the Water Drop Man said—that he had not encountered an adversary for thousands of years—should not be empty talk.
Unfortunately, this time the water droplet man encountered Lin Yu.
If it were any other cultivator, perhaps he could truly invade/possess the other's mind and skip the step of transforming into a human.
Alternatively, after transforming into a human, he could gradually devour the other eight fragments of the Heaven-Mending Fragment, becoming the master of all the Heaven-Mending Fragments and the undisputed strongest being in this world.
Unfortunately, all possibilities turned into impossibilities the moment they met Lin Yu.
Lin Yu pondered for a moment, then immediately put on an expression of sudden realization and smiled at the water droplet-shaped figure.
"I see. If you hadn't reminded me, I wouldn't have realized that everything just now was an illusion."
"So, everything just now was fake? The black iron chains were fake, the platform was fake, even my loss of power was fake. Naturally, Feng Nianzhi's crying just now was also gone."
The Water Drop Man was clearly taken aback by Lin Yu's words and immediately froze on the spot, a hint of annoyance appearing on his blurry face.
He thought Lin Yu had already realized it was all an illusion, which was why he spoke up directly. He hadn't expected this "silly boy" to not understand what was going on at all!
On one hand, the Waterdrop Man felt that he had spoken too soon, and on the other hand, he regretted it. If he had tricked Lin Yu a little more, he might have been able to take Lin Yu down without having to go this far.
"So, you do have some strength. I suppose you can control this world at will," Lin Yu continued, subtly elevating the water droplet man's power in his words.
In reality, if this water droplet person were truly that powerful, how could Lin Yu have escaped from the illusion?
Even if they can control the illusion, the Water Droplets must have a limit to their control.
What the Water Droplets didn't know was that the illusion was just an illusion, not the real world, and they had no reason to bear the threat from the Water Droplets.
Moreover, the threat posed by these water droplets never existed in the first place.
Without needing the Waterdrop Man to elaborate, Lin Yu had doubted the authenticity of this place from the very beginning. After all, in the real world, if he were to receive a life-threatening situation, he would definitely receive an automatic notification from the Hongmeng System.