The Blood Sea Immortal Venerable sensed something was wrong and wanted to help the Water Ghost defend himself, but in an instant, he felt locked on by Jiang Feng’s arrow shadows. Helplessly, he had to abandon the Water Ghost and take the Fire Soul and Earth Demon far away from the Dragon Capital.

"You all..."

The Water Ghost looked unwilling.

"Puff, puff, puff!"

Three figures pierced his body, pinning him to the ground. As his body collided with the ground, it was like a boiling pond, and when the water waves disappeared, they saw a terrifying corpse, completely snow-white with not a trace of blood color.

This was the Water Ghost’s true appearance.

He had been immersed in water for years, and even with strong spiritual energy support for his body, the damage and changes over time were unimaginable.

Now that he had been shot dead by Jiang Feng, people realized he was so ugly; truly, a person living up to their name.

Jiang Feng’s figure appeared at the South City Gate, staring in the direction where the Blood Sea Immortal Venerable and others fled. He didn’t give chase, wary of deceit.

"We need to set up arrays around the Dragon Capital to prevent these loose cultivators from coming over to harass endlessly."

Jiang Feng thought to himself.

He had already cultivated the Five Elements Array to Great Perfection.

Although the arrays he set up couldn’t compare with the restriction arrays in the underground palace, they were still effective at stopping ordinary loose cultivators or serving as early warnings.

"My lord, the Water Ghost is dead."

"We must find a way to neutralize Jiang Feng, making his Dragon Bone Bow useless."

The Fire Soul and Earth Demon spoke with pale expressions.

Both of them had suffered great losses and nearly died under Jiang Feng’s arrow.

"Let’s retreat first."

The Blood Sea Immortal Venerable said expressionlessly, continuing to retreat, afraid that Jiang Feng might catch up.

He had initially wanted to experience Jiang Feng’s Flying Sword, but didn’t expect Jiang Feng to directly use the Dragon Bone Bow, and the power of that bow was truly beyond his expectations; his defense almost couldn’t withstand it.

In his original plan, he intended to have the Fire Soul, Water Ghost, and Earth Demon, the three technique cultivators, approach Jiang Feng silently, trap him, greatly weaken the power of the Dragon Bone Bow, and then seize the opportunity to kill Jiang Feng and snatch the Dragon Bone Bow and Qinglong Cauldron, successfully taking over the Dragon Capital.

Unexpectedly, the magical techniques and divine power of the three were exposed under Jiang Feng’s spiritual sense, and Jiang Feng was able to watch them storm into the Imperial City, intending to shoot them dead at close range.

This showed that Jiang Feng’s strength had already surpassed the Tenth-Layer Qi Condensation, at least reaching the Eleventh-Layer Qi Condensation, or even Qi Condensation Perfection.

Otherwise, he couldn’t have easily discovered the three water fruit.

Of course, it was also possible that he had obtained related tracking magical techniques within the Divine Sect Mansion, which allowed him to discover the Water Ghost so quickly.

However, the cautious Blood Sea Immortal Venerable preferred to believe in Jiang Feng’s strength advancement rather than attributing the issue to magical techniques.

Thus, he took the Earth Demon and Fire Soul, returning to the Divine Sect nonstop, and immediately ordered everyone to be on high alert, guarding vigilantly to prevent Jiang Feng from attacking.

The loose cultivators heard this and were indignant. After learning that the Water Ghost had been shot dead right under the Blood Sea Immortal Venerable’s eyes by Jiang Feng, they reluctantly guarded the Divine Sect, not daring to venture out easily.

Days flew by.

In the blink of an eye, a month had passed.

The fervor of Jiang Feng using the Flying Sword to slaughter hundreds of Blood Sea cultivators, shooting dead the Water Ghost with the Dragon Bone Bow, and repelling the Blood Sea Immortal Venerable, remained high. Central Earth cultivators came in admiration, wanting to serve Jiang Feng.

Jiang Feng instructed Xiao Zhan to block all cultivators arriving during this time outside the Dragon Capital. On the one hand, this was to prevent Blood Sea loose cultivators from infiltrating. On the other, most of these people came not with sincere intent to resist the Blood Sea loose cultivators alongside Jiang Feng, but for the opportunities in the underground palace.

Once actual battles with the Blood Sea loose cultivators started, these people might not be of any help and could even become opportunists.

However, Jiang Feng also urgently needed manpower now.

So, he had Xiao Zhan select those willing to actively consume spiritual power and help him set up the defensive arrays. Or those willing to donate spirit stones could stay in the Dragon Capital and work with him for a common cause.

Anyone else daring to intrude, once detected by Jiang Feng’s spiritual sense, would be greeted with the Dragon Bone Bow immediately. Only a few were allowed into the Dragon Capital.

The cultivators turned away voiced their complaints; some looked disappointed, and some cursed Jiang Feng secretly, but none dared to act against him.

The miserable state of the Blood Sea loose cultivators made them fearful of Jiang Feng, and being rejected by the Blood Sea loose cultivators themselves, they could only leave disappointed.

Or find ways to earn spirit stones, surrendering them to Jiang Feng to join his camp and gain the opportunity to cultivate in the Purple Bamboo Forest.

On the South City Tower.

Jiang Feng watched a group of cultivators setting up a defensive array under his guidance outside the city gate.

Some cultivators were inscribing array runes.

Others were responsible for marking the array eyes or embedding spirit stones into special runes to ensure that when the array was activated, these spirit stones could continuously supply power to the array.

Setting up a defensive array, especially one surrounding the entire Dragon Capital, was a vast and grand project; Jiang Feng’s current strength alone couldn’t accomplish it.

Even with the coordination of these cultivators, it would still take more than a decade, or even two or three decades, to complete the array setup. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝒆𝒘𝙚𝓫𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

However, Jiang Feng had no other choice.

Although in the past month, the Blood Sea loose cultivators seemed to have completely disappeared, completely retreating into the Divine Sect without daring to emerge, the temptation of the Dragon Capital underground palace was too great, and Jiang Feng knew they wouldn’t easily give up.