Wang Yu shook his sleeve, and another thirty-six Green Bamboo Bee Cloud Swords flew out, hovering in a line in the high sky in front of the three of them.

As Wang Yu made a gesture, these flying swords spun simultaneously, and a large expanse of golden lightning bloomed from below, transforming into a massive lightning sword curtain nearly a thousand feet wide, blocking the three of them behind.

At the same time, Jin Tong's body flashed with golden light, instantly transforming into its Gold-Eating Immortal form, while Ti Hun raised both hands, her palms glowing intensely with black light, simultaneously summoning the Underworld Ghost Claw and the Soul Scattering Ghost Flute.

Just as the three of them finished all this, the densely packed ghosts surged over like a tide.

These ghosts varied in appearance, some were bizarre, and some were even invisible, emitting auras that were uneven. Most of those rushing to the front were low-level ghosts below the True Immortal Realm, but there were also Gold Immortal and even Grand Luo level ghosts among them.

Due to the astonishing number, the combined momentum was terrifying to the extreme.

The ghosts crashed into the lightning sword curtain and launched various attacks, bombarding the curtain.

Instantly, the lightning on the sword curtain flashed wildly, and the entire curtain trembled.

Wang Yu's expression remained unchanged, and he quickly made gestures with both hands. Golden light spots appeared on the sword curtain, and then countless lightning sword qi shot out from them, slashing at the ghosts.

For a time, crackling sounds rang out, and the wails of ghosts rose and fell!

The Divine Thunder of All Heavens was extremely destructive and had a restraining effect on ghosts. Immediately, a large number of low-level ghosts at the forefront were shattered by the sword qi and turned into wisps of green smoke and disappeared.

Under the leadership of some high-level ghosts, the subsequent ghosts continued to surge forward without any pause.

The ghosts seemed to be very afraid of the Black River and did not dare to approach it, attacking only from the front and both sides, so Wang Yu and the others did not need to worry about attacks from all directions.

However, as far as the eye could see behind them, there was an even more vast expanse of darkness, seemingly endless.

But the situation here was unclear. If they retreated rashly, they might trigger other restrictions or even attract other beings, which was unknown.

Wang Yu frowned slightly and silently continued to activate the sword curtain for defense.

Although the lightning sword curtain formed by the Green Bamboo Bee Cloud Swords was extremely powerful, there were simply too many ghosts, surging in wave after wave, and the sword curtain quickly showed signs of fatigue.

Ti Hun and Jin Tong were anxious and wanted to help several times, but Wang Yu stopped them with a telepathic message, telling them to conserve their strength.

Just then, a sharp whistle rang out, overwhelming the overwhelming ghostly howls around them.

The frantically attacking ghosts slowed down and quickly condensed into four or five huge sword-shaped battle formations.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh!

These battle formations rotated rapidly, like drills, and then suddenly charged towards the golden sword curtain.

Suddenly, golden light and black light exploded with dazzling brilliance, blooming like fireworks.

The golden sword curtain cracked and shattered, and the thirty-six Green Bamboo Bee Cloud Swords reappeared, spinning and flying back. The lightning on them was slightly dim, as if their spirituality had suffered some damage.

Wang Yu's expression darkened, and he waved his hand, putting away the thirty-six Green Bamboo Bee Cloud Swords to nurture them in his body. Then, he opened his five fingers and grabbed into the void.

The other thirty-six Green Bamboo Bee Cloud Swords guarding him immediately shot out, transforming into thirty-six dazzling golden lights, directly slashing towards the incoming ghosts.

Crackling sounds of bursting and whistling rang out. Nearly a hundred ghosts were annihilated and turned into green smoke and disappeared, but more ghosts pounced up.

Seeing this scene, Jin Tong and Ti Hun could no longer wait and immediately took action.

Ti Hun summoned the Underworld Ghost Claw, and with a "poof" sound, a raging black flame ignited on it. The sound of a grinning ghost faintly came from the flame as she grabbed towards the ghosts on the left.

The ghosts that pounced over were immediately torn apart by the Underworld Ghost Claw and turned to ashes in the flames.

She also played the Soul Scattering Ghost Flute, and streams of black sound waves shot out from the flute, transforming into countless sound blades and swords, slashing into the surrounding ghosts, instantly annihilating many of them as well.

While Ti Hun killed with the ghost claw and flute, she also spat out black light from her mouth, continuously wrapping around the surrounding ghosts and devouring them.

Compared to Wang Yu and Ti Hun, Jin Tong's attack effects were less obvious.

It waved its two front paws, and dozens of cold crystal lights burst out, slashing towards the ghosts on the right, instantly cutting a large number of ghosts into pieces.

However, except for a few ghosts with solid bodies that were killed, ghosts of the spirit and wraith types seemed to be unaffected. Although their bodies were cut into pieces, they immediately re-formed and continued to pounce.

Seeing this scene, Jin Tong's eyes darkened, and half of its huge body suddenly disintegrated, turning into a golden cloud.

The other half of its body flashed with golden light, transforming into a smaller Gold-Eating Immortal.

Within the golden cloud were countless Gold-Eating Worms the size of rice grains, swarming towards the spirit ghosts and clinging tightly to them, no matter how they cast spells, they could not shake them off.

Countless Gold-Eating Worms devoured them quickly, and those spirit ghosts were swallowed up in the blink of an eye, but the speed was slightly slow, and the subsequent ghosts surged in, constantly pushing the Gold-Eating Worms forward.

Seeing this scene, Wang Yu flicked his five fingers in succession.

Instantly, hundreds of lightning sword qi shot out, slashing at the ghosts on the right, wiping out nearly half of the spirit ghosts, allowing Jin Tong to breathe a sigh of relief.

Although the three of them resisted the onslaught of ghosts, the pressure was not small, and ghosts continued to gather from all directions, seemingly endless.

"Damn it, why are there so many ghosts? Master, what do we do now?" Ti Hun asked.

"Instead of staying here as targets, it's better to take a risk and retreat along the Black River," Wang Yu pondered slightly and said.

So the three fought and retreated, advancing rapidly along the Black River upstream.

"Look, there's a bridge ahead!" After a moment, Ti Hun suddenly exclaimed in surprise.

Wang Yu turned his head and looked. In front of them, there was indeed an ancient arched bridge spanning the Black River.

The arched bridge was dark red in color, extending towards the opposite side of the Black River and disappearing into the darkness ahead, making it unclear how long it was.

The bridge was full of potholes, and it was unknown how many places were damaged. It was full of the vicissitudes of time, but it looked relatively intact overall.

"Roar!"

At this moment, those ghosts suddenly went crazy, pouncing towards them frantically, and their attacks became twice as fierce, greatly increasing the pressure on the three of them.

Wang Yu raised his hand and waved, and a golden light shot out from his hand, landing on the stone bridge and transforming into a golden Dao Soldier.

The Dao Soldier ran forward along the stone bridge.

The black clouds in the sky did not drop black lightning, and the terrifying snakes and insects in the river did not pounce out to attack.

"Retreat to the bridge." Seeing this scene, Wang Yu's eyes lit up, and he immediately shouted.

As he spoke, incomparably dazzling golden lightning bloomed from his arm, and then he waved his sleeve.

Rumble!

Hundreds of thick lightning bolts swept across the surrounding area, instantly clearing all the ghosts within dozens of feet.

The three took the opportunity to rush onto the stone bridge. Ti Hun's expression changed slightly, and her feet suddenly became weak, almost causing her to fall.

"Are you alright?" Wang Yu grabbed her and pulled her forward, running.

Those ghosts gathered at one end of the stone bridge, roaring angrily at Wang Yu and the others, but they did not dare to step onto the stone bridge.

"This bridge seems to have a force that suppresses ghosts, and it also has some effect on me, but not much," Ti Hun took a deep breath, broke free from Wang Yu's support, and stabilized herself.

Wang Yu nodded, told her to be careful, and continued to walk forward quickly.

The stone bridge was arched. The further they went, the closer they were to the black clouds in the sky. The three of them were a little uneasy, but the black clouds did not react, as if the stone bridge had concealed their auras.

"Huh!" Ti Hun let out another soft exclamation.

"What's wrong?" Wang Yu and Jin Tong immediately became vigilant.

"There's something on the stone bridge ahead. It seems to be a statue," Ti Hun said with a strange expression.

"A statue?" Wang Yu was slightly stunned.

The three continued forward and soon arrived in front of the statue that Ti Hun had mentioned.

The statue was human-shaped, three or four zhang tall, and gray-white all over. It seemed to be made of some special stone material and did not emit any aura.

The stone bridge was not very wide to begin with, and the statue stood in the middle, blocking most of it.

"Why would something like this appear in a place like this?" Ti Hun said, looking at the statue in front of her.

Wang Yu's brows also furrowed slightly, and he used the Nine Nether Demon Eyes to carefully examine the gray-white statue.

"Cough cough... There are actually cultivators from the True Immortal Realm who dare to come to this Underworld Realm. Rare, rare indeed." Just then, a muffled voice sounded, actually coming from the statue, speaking in the language of the True Immortal Realm.

The three were startled and hurriedly took a few steps back.

"Who are you?" Wang Yu raised an eyebrow and asked.

"My name, even if I say it, you probably haven't heard of it. But like the three of you, I'm from the True Immortal Realm. It's great to meet fellow villagers here." The statue's words carried an undisguised joy.

"You're really from the True Immortal Realm?" Wang Yu was shocked when he heard this, but his face remained calm.

"I'm from the Earth Sovereign Sect in the Pentearth Immortal Domain. I came to this Underworld Realm by chance. Speaking of which, who are the three of you? What are you doing in this Underworld Realm?" The statue asked.

Suddenly, Jin Tong's head lifted slightly, and a frightening glint flashed in its eyes, but it immediately hid it.

Although Jin Tong's expression changed only for a moment, Wang Yu still noticed it.

"The three of us are rogue cultivators, with no fixed residence. As for why we came here, it's similar to you. We were swallowed by a space crack and accidentally came to this Underworld Realm," Wang Yu said unhurriedly.

"So that's how it is. Then your luck is really bad. You actually fell on the Howling Ghost Wilds. It's a wonder you were able to fight your way out," the statue said with a tut-tut.

"It seems you know a lot about this Underworld Realm?" Wang Yu said.

"It's not that I understand it. I've just been wandering around in the Underworld Realm for a longer time," the statue said with a chuckle.

"Why are you on this bridge? And why have you turned into a stone statue?" Wang Yu was silent for a moment and continued to ask.

"Do you think I wanted to? I was hit by an enemy's secret technique and sealed here," the statue sighed and said.

Wang Yu was not surprised. He had just used the Nine Nether Demon Eyes to see that there was spiritual power flowing within the stone statue, and it was indeed some kind of seal, a very clever one.

However, with his eyesight, he could not see what was inside the seal.