The next day.

The temperature gradually dropped, and the air was filled with a damp and cold wind, causing people to put on more clothes.

Lilia opened her eyes, her pale blue eyes filled with a hint of confusion, looking very dull.

Soon after, she started crying and fussing, wanting to see White-haired Iri.

Lilia's crying was soon heard by Alya, who pushed open the door and hugged Lilia's head, comforting her, "Don't cry, we will go see White-haired Iri soon, but we have to wait for a while."

Lilia cried even louder.

Suddenly, her stomach growled.

"Are you hungry? Let's have breakfast first," Alya said.

Lilia nodded.

Alya carried Lilia to the dining table and started feeding her breakfast.

After finishing breakfast, Lilia stuttered, "White hair... Iri..."

"Alright, alright, we'll go right away," Alya quickly agreed.

She wiped the bloodstains from the corners of Lilia's mouth with a tissue, and then put on the special veil made by Her Majesty to cover Lilia's face, to prevent her from being recognized.

This veil was enchanted by Her Majesty with warlock magic, so anyone who wore it would have their presence concealed.

After all, there were Merice and Ling in the palace, two vampires who could sense Lilia's presence. In order to prevent them from discovering Lilia, Iris specially made this veil to hide her presence.

After putting on the veil, Lilia's presence became almost nonexistent, like a ghost hidden in the darkness, making it impossible for people to see her.

Then Alya put a white hat on Lilia to cover her silver hair.

After doing all this, Alya held Lilia's hand and started looking for White-haired Iri.

"No crying when you see White-haired Iri, or I'll spank you!"

Lilia obediently nodded.

The two of them walked through the palace, encountering many maids and guards along the way, who didn't find it strange for Alya to be walking with a little girl in the palace.

Alya had the absolute privilege of the Queen, so they didn't dare to stop her.

Lilia followed Alya through the palace and arrived at the entrance of the great hall. She stopped and Alya held her in her arms, saying, "We'll watch White-haired Iri from here."

Alya pointed to the white-haired girl sitting on the Your Majesty's seat, reading the memorials.

Lilia followed Alya's finger and saw a beautiful girl sitting there, dressed in luxurious clothes, wearing a golden crown, with fair and delicate features.

Lilia's eyes were fixed on the girl, never leaving her face.

"Why has Iri changed like this? Why does she look different from my memories? Could I have been mistaken?" Lilia felt confused.

But then she dismissed the thought. It was natural for her daughter to change as she grew up. Besides, the birthmark under her left eye and her silver hair were exactly the same as Iri's. And she had cut off her own hand earlier, showing disgust towards herself. She also had the same aura as herself, so she must be Iri.

At that moment, a soldier in black armor hurried over and knelt down, urgently saying, "Urgent report! There is a group of skeletal soldiers wearing black armor about a hundred kilometers away from the Shuowang Empire. There are about a hundred thousand of them, and they are approaching us!"

Iris slowly raised her head, glanced coldly at the soldier, and said in a cold tone, "I know, evacuate the people."

"Yes!" The soldier answered respectfully.

Iris put down the pen in her hand, stood up from the Your Majesty's seat, and walked towards the outside of the great hall.

She completely ignored Lilia, as if there was no such person at all.

"Iri..." Lilia saw Iris's departing figure and felt a hint of joy, because Iri didn't ask her to leave, which meant she could see Iri every day.

"White-haired Iri is busy, and Black-haired Iri will teach you how to speak so that you can communicate with White-haired Iri normally," Alya said to Lilia in her arms, and then carried her back to their residence.

Although Lilia has regained some of her memories about Iris, there are still significant language barriers that need to be slowly adjusted.

...

Iris changed into the Silver Wing Light Armor and headed straight for the border town of the Sowang Empire. Along the way, she pondered whether these skeleton soldiers were under the command of Qizhou. If so, it meant that Qizhou had also betrayed them.

"Why does your demon general always seem to crave power and usurp the throne, Chaos?" Iris asked Chaos as they headed towards the border. "Is this what they call 'a rotten fish spoils the whole pond'?"

"What are you randomly speculating about? Qizhou is not that kind of demon," Chaos responded.

"Then explain to me, what's the deal with these skeleton armies?" Iris countered.

"Perhaps Qizhou came to rescue you?" Chaos replied.

"Qizhou came to rescue me?" Iris raised an eyebrow, seemingly surprised by this answer.

"When Qizhou and Shizhi were severely injured by the Martial Angel, they couldn't save you. Now that they have been preparing for so long, maybe they found some comrades to come and rescue you. After all, the opponent is the Martial Angel, not to be underestimated. Information about the Sowang Empire is rarely leaked, and Qizhou's information may have significant errors. I think you should know this better than me," Chaos explained.

Iris did not deny Chaos' words.

"But it's not impossible that Qizhou could betray us," Iris continued.

Chaos fell silent for a moment. He was truly speechless and even suspected that this blood clan girl had paranoid delusions of persecution.

If Qizhou wanted to betray them, they would have attacked at their first meeting. Who gives you time to grow? Isn't this purely a mental disability?

...

Meanwhile, Yar learned that there were enemies approaching the border of the Sowang Empire. As the aunt of Iri Yar, she naturally would not allow these enemies to invade the country of her old friends.

She immediately spread her wings and flew towards the border of the Sowang Empire. If you ask why she knew, as a succubus, she could easily use her charm ability to make those charmed reveal the truth.

Not long ago, Victor was unknowingly charmed by Yar and revealed the defense situation of the Sowang Empire, as well as various other information.

Victor was unaware of this and didn't even know that he had been charmed by Yar.

Now Yar knows more about the Sowang Empire than even the Empress Iris herself, and has even prepared improvement plans.

One can't help but marvel at the powerful charm ability and management skills of the pure white demon. It's no wonder Chaos holds Yar in such high regard.

...

With the blessing of the Silver Wing Light Armor, Iris's flying speed was extremely fast. In just the time it takes to burn an incense stick, she arrived at the border. From a distance, Iris could see a group of skeleton legions ahead.

There was no doubt that this was Qizhou's ability—Ghost Ruin, which could summon a large number of skeleton soldiers and assimilate them.

When the soldiers saw the Empress approaching, they quickly knelt down and said in unison, "Greetings, Your Majesty!"

"No need for formalities," Iris waved her hand and said.

After a moment, a demon in black armor came to Iris's side and respectfully bowed, "Reporting to Your Majesty, should we take the initiative to attack?"

This demon's name was Keslode, one of the generals commanding the Black Armor Demons, a high-ranking demon.

Due to the two transformations, almost all of the military commanders of the Sowang Empire had been wiped out. Iris had no choice but to dispatch high-ranking demons to serve as generals.

"No, for now, hold your ground and wait for further orders," Iris instructed.

"Report, scouts have brought news that the skeleton legions are fifty kilometers away from us," a scout came forward and knelt down.

"Fifty kilometers, such fast speed!" Iris thought to herself.

"Normal!" Chaos said, "These skeleton legions are not human, they don't know fatigue, so of course their speed is fast."

"Continue to gather information and report back."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

The scout retreated, and Iris looked at Keslode and said, "You lead the Black Armor Demons to form a formation outside the city and await further orders."

Keslode turned and left, leading the Black Armor Demons to form a formation.

After a moment, another scout came to Iris and knelt down, respectfully saying, "Your Majesty, the Skeleton Legion is only forty kilometers away from us."

"Continue scouting!" Iris ordered.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" The scout received the order and retreated again.

"Report! The Skeleton Legion is only thirty kilometers away from us."

"Report! The Skeleton Legion is only twenty kilometers away from us."

"Report! The Skeleton Legion is only ten kilometers away from us."

It was a series of reports.

Listening to the intelligence brought by the scout, Iris took out the Silver Wing Gun from the wing-like components on her back, then leaped from the city wall and landed in front of the Black Armor Demon.

During this period of time, Iris had been practicing the gun technique Ling Guang taught her. Her mother's gun technique was simple and straightforward, without much fancy moves, purely for combat.

This gun technique called "Yin Kong" could continuously enhance the power of fire magic in battle. Under certain conditions, Ziyang could temporarily upgrade to Zimeng, giving Iris powerful combat capabilities.

Her mother called this the Will of the Flame Sparrow, which sounded strange.

Once the Will of the Flame Sparrow was activated, it would impose a heavy burden on the body. It could cause internal injuries at the very least, and instant death at the worst.

There were a total of seven levels in the Yin Kong gun technique, and Iris had only practiced up to the third level. Overall, it was much easier to practice than the "Hardening" sword technique.

After all, the Yin Kong gun technique was a move that perfectly suited Iris's own characteristics.

She planned to use these skeleton soldiers to explore how to activate the Will of the Flame Sparrow. Iris had to master the method of activating the Will of the Flame Sparrow. If the enemy didn't want her to live, then no one would.

...

Soon, another scout went to report to Iris, "Your Majesty, the Skeleton Legion is only five kilometers away from us."

"Very well!" Iris's mouth curved into a smile. "Spread the order, let all the troops prepare for battle!"

"Yes, Your Majesty." The scout turned and left again.

Iris stood in place, holding the Silver Wing Gun, quietly waiting for the arrival of the Skeleton Legion.

Soon, the Skeleton Legion came into Iris's line of sight.

These skeleton soldiers were all burly figures, wearing black robes and emitting a strong aura of death. These auras hung over the entire starry sky like dark clouds.

They were the undead.

A cold light flashed in Iris's eyes. She raised her right arm slowly and shouted loudly, "Attack!"

Immediately, three thousand Black Armor Demons drew their steel swords and shields, charging forward.

The bloodline mages on the city wall infused magic into the crossbows and shot arrows at the Skeleton Legion outside the city.

For a while, arrows rained down, falling upon the Skeleton Legion.

But there were simply too many of these skeleton soldiers, too many in number, rendering the attack ineffective.

Iris charged into the midst of the Skeleton Legion alone, wielding the Silver Wing Gun and sending skeleton soldiers flying with each swing.

Her speed was fast, and the Silver Wing Gun in her hand moved like a swimming dragon, with each strike causing dozens of skeleton soldiers to fall.

"Roar... Roar..." These skeleton soldiers were also fearless and rushed forward without regard for their lives, crashing into Iris.

Although these skeleton soldiers were not afraid of death, they lacked intelligence. They were like wild beasts, completely unaware of how to avoid danger.

Iris charged into the center of the Skeleton Legion and opened a star gate. A white flying dragon flew out of the star gate and pounced on the skeleton soldiers.

Baixi whipped its tail, flinging a group of skeleton soldiers into the air, crashing to the ground with shattered bones and exploded heads, leaving no trace of their remains.

Baixi protected Iris with its body, its mouth emitting a chilling breath as a wave of cold air burst forth, freezing the group of skeleton soldiers. (Baixi had eaten the heart of the Abyss Quadruped Snake, which possessed the power of ice. Baixi also inherited the power of ice.)

With Iris at the center, she froze all the skeleton soldiers in place.

"Mother, after we finish this, can you give me some rewards?" Baixi looked at Iris beneath her and made her request through the Consciousness Space. She knew that her mother must have some items that could help her advance, which was why she made this request.

"Do I have to clean up these skeleton soldiers for you?" Iris rolled her eyes and said coldly.

Then Baixi started making a scene in the middle of the battlefield, "The Empress of the Shuowang Empire makes child laborers work without pay!"

Iris looked at Baixi, who was rolling on the ground and throwing a tantrum, and gritted her teeth in anger.

"This brat is getting more and more troublesome as she grows up. Let's see how I'll deal with you later." Iris cursed inwardly, then walked up and said, "After the battle, I'll reward you. Now go find the controller of this skeleton army."

"Yes, my dear mother." Baixi flew up into the air and began searching for the controller.

At this moment, Iris swung her Silver Wing Spear continuously, sweeping through the skeleton army. She could feel a temporary boost in her fire magic during the battle.

As long as she kept fighting, her fire magic would continue to be amplified until it reached its peak. Once she stopped, the amplification effect would slowly disappear.

Iris could feel her fire magic growing, but she wasn't sure how much more powerful it would become.

Suddenly, black flames appeared in Iris's hand and she slammed them down towards the ground.

Boom...

Instantly, bursts of fire erupted, causing the surrounding terrain to sink significantly and smoke to fill the air.

Some rubble mixed with flames, and these flames burned incessantly, instantly turning the skeleton soldiers into ashes.

Iris watched this scene and unintentionally smiled.

Even though her Yin Kong Spear Art was only at the third level, it had such incredible power at its peak amplification. It was hard to believe!

Iris raised her Silver Wing Spear again and continued to slaughter the skeleton soldiers.

...