"Help me!"

Huang Yuan suddenly roared and transmitted his voice, as divine light flashed on his body, and white thunder patterns flew out, locking onto the golden headless skeleton.

Boom! Crack!

In the sky, dark clouds instantly gathered, and a golden thunderbolt fell from the high skies, striking the golden headless skeleton like a sharp sword.

Thunder God!

This was the authority of the Thunder God.

The divine rank held by Huang Yuan was the Thunder God's rank.

In terms of offensive capabilities, the Thunder God's rank was even more powerful than that of the City God.

Boom! Crack!

The golden thunderbolt was irresistible, overwhelmingly authoritative, symbolizing heavenly punishment.

This was the punishment of heaven, merely executed through the hand of the Thunder God.

The golden headless skeleton showed panic and rapidly sank into the Blackwater River, intending to use the river's black water to withstand the heavenly punishment of the Thunder God.

"I'm coming!"

The voice of Elder Zun transmitted through, with the Book of Life and Death and Judge Pen appearing in his hand. He held the book aimed at the golden headless skeleton, shining a light on it, while the Judge Pen sketched in the void.

One after another, invisible black lines were drawn by the Judge Pen, spontaneously appearing around the golden headless skeleton, restricting its movements.

At the same time, the Book of Life and Death emitted black light, which seemed sticky, covering the area where the golden headless skeleton was, causing its speed to slow down.

"Aow~"

The golden headless skeleton let out a frenzied howl and, in desperation, golden light burst forth from within its body, and its entire form rapidly shrank, turning into a tiny figure less than three inches tall in the blink of an eye.

The tiny figure easily slipped through the gaps between the black lines drawn by the Judge Pen, and the influence of the black light on it also rapidly diminished.

It sank swiftly towards the water.

How long could a figure, less than three inches tall, take to sink to the bottom of the river?

Elder Zun and Huang Yuan's expressions changed at the same time.

The thunder tribulation could not penetrate the black water of the Blackwater River to have an effect.

If they allowed this golden headless skeleton to escape, dealing with it afterwards would become much more difficult.

Hum!

The Seal of the Heavenly Emperor suddenly rotated and emerged from within Xiao Mu's body, reaching the space above the golden headless skeleton's transformed golden tiny figure in the blink of an eye.

A supreme intention enveloped from above.

The golden tiny figure's descent suddenly stalled—not for long, probably less than one-hundredth of a second, but...

Boom! Crack!

The golden lightning finally struck, squarely hitting the top of the three-inch figure's head.

"Aow~"

A scream sounded as the golden headless skeleton, transformed into a three-inch figure, turned into golden bone dust and fell to the bottom of the river.

"Not bad!"

Huang Yuan unexpectedly turned around and nodded approvingly at Xiao Mu.

Had Xiao Mu not promptly used the Seal of the Heavenly Emperor to suppress it, the golden headless skeleton might have indeed escaped.

And once it did escape, starting over with its guard up, the thunder tribulation summoned by Huang Yuan's Thunder God rank would have found it very difficult to kill it again.

"The Seal of the Heavenly Emperor truly is a splendid treasure!"

Elder Zun also couldn't help but praise.

Constrained by its level, even though the Seal of the Heavenly Emperor could not truly suppress the golden headless skeleton, the supreme intention it emitted was enough to momentarily stall it.

"You flatter me!"

Xiao Mu modestly responded through transmission.

And with Huang Yuan's slightly changed attitude towards Xiao Mu, the atmosphere on the small boat suddenly relaxed considerably and was no longer so oppressive.

The death of the golden headless skeleton deterred the bone hands reaching out from the river's surface, as they sank one by one into the water and slowly vanished from sight.

The three of them felt greatly relieved and continued to control the small boat forward.

About an hour later, they finally reached the other side of the Blackwater River.

To be precise, that's not quite correct; rather, they had reached an isolated island in the middle of the Blackwater River.

The Blackwater River was immense and boundless, with no end in sight, yet from time to time, isolated islands could be seen in the river.

On the isolated island that Xiao Mu and his companions had reached, there stood a light and thin bridge that seemed to be made of ordinary yellow paper, arching high and spanning from the island to the clouds above, its destination unknown.

The Paper Bridge, made of yellow paper, shone with a gray, murky spiritual light, emitting a chilling Yin Qi that spread far and wide for several miles.

The body chilled by the Yin Qi seemed to reach an extreme cold, even Xiao Mu, who had stepped into the True Realm, felt it unbearable.

"This is the real Netherworld Qi, so powerful that even divine spirits cannot withstand it. Quickly use your divine power to protect your body; otherwise, you will fall ill, your body will be corroded, your rank will be diminished, and your blessings will be eroded," Elder Zun's voice transmitted urgently, causing Xiao Mu to tighten up.

Subconsciously glancing at Elder Zun and Huang Yuan, whether it was Elder Zun or Huang Yuan, they had already cautiously unfolded their divine power, protecting their bodies.

Xiao Mu dared not take any chances and hurriedly activated his Land God rank, with divine light emerging behind him, cascading from head to foot, shielding his body.

"Last time, we obtained the Dao Talisman under this bridge, while above it resided a powerful entity, a wrathful spirit of a divine being, extremely strong in power. Even joining forces with Huang Yuan, we were not its match and came back defeated,"

"This time, we've come prepared, and with your help, I hope we can successfully pass this Netherworld Paper Bridge," Elder Zun spoke again through transmission, introducing Xiao Mu to the situation, his expression extremely solemn.

The Netherworld Paper Bridge was presumably a name given by Elder Zun to the bridge.

Xiao Mu lifted his gaze towards the Netherworld Paper Bridge, and sure enough, near the edge on this side of the bridge, he saw a humanoid figure.

This figure was clad in brilliantly gleaming golden armor, with every pore exuding the dignity of divine spirits, appearing transcendental and extraordinarily remarkable.

"Which god is this?" Xiao Mu inquired through transmission.

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