When the two of them were picking fruits, there suddenly came the sound of a breaking wind from behind. Iris reflexively dodged to the side.

"Whoosh-"

"Pu-"

An enchanted arrow grazed her shoulder and lodged into the ground.

Iris, slightly angered, turned around and stared coldly at the assailant. "Who are you?"

The attacker was wearing a black cloak, obscuring their face and making it impossible to see their true appearance. In their hand was a bow, slowly drawing back the string as the arrow formed out of thin air, ready to be released.

Without answering, the attacker let go, and the arrow whistled as it flew towards Iris.

Iris quickly dodged, narrowly avoiding a hit on her face but leaving a cut on her cheek, with blood seeping out.

"Mother, you're hurt!" Baiying exclaimed nervously.

"It's nothing," Iris replied.

As she spoke, a platinum flame appeared in Iris's hand. She swung her hand and released it, aiming directly at the assailant's face.

"Boom-"

A loud explosion resounded, shrouding the area in smoke.

When the dust settled, the black-clothed person was on the ground, barely breathing, covered in blood, seemingly heavily injured.

"To think they still have a breath left," Iris coldly snorted and drew her sword, thrusting it fiercely into them.

"Splurt-" The sharp blade pierced through their chest, and blood sprayed out.

The person's legs twitched and after struggling for a moment, they finally succumbed to death.

Just as Iris was about to lift the person's hood to uncover their true identity, another black-clothed person suddenly appeared behind them, intending to kidnap Baiying.

Just as the black-clothed person was about to reach Baiying, Iris immediately chanted, "Zhenxun! Muqiu Cage!"

Countless vines and branches grew from the ground, quickly entwining around the attacker's arms and legs, rendering them immobile.

The black-clothed person struggled frantically, but no matter how hard they tried, they couldn't free themselves.

"Dare to have designs on my daughter? You're asking for death!" Iris angrily shouted, swinging her sword towards the black-clothed person's neck.

The sharp blade sliced through their throat, blood splattering everywhere. The black-clothed person fell limp to the ground, completely lifeless.

Once she dealt with the attacker, Iris picked up Baiying. The bodies and blood of the two black-clothed individuals turned into silver scales.

"This is the Dragon Royal Family's Scale Separation technique. It creates a clone using one's own scales, specifically used to test enemies," Chaos's voice rang in her ear. "It seems that there is a member of the Dragon Royal Family in this secret realm. Be careful."

Upon hearing Chaos's words, Iris's expression immediately became serious.

The Dragon Royal Family?

Does that mean... the secret realm she is currently in was created by the Dragon Royal Family?

Or is it that this secret realm is not formed by the convergence of the elements of the heavens and earth, but rather a special world created by the dragons?

"Vampire girl, whether it was naturally formed or created by dragons, all of this will disappear once you obtain the Jing." Sensing Iris's thoughts, Chaos consoled her, "Although the dragons are powerful, their reproduction is difficult. Every dragon hatchling is extremely precious. They must have targeted Baiying."

Iris gently brushed off the bloodstains from her face and said, "Daughter, you've caught the attention of evil dragons. It's better for you to return to the Consciousness Space for a while."

Upon hearing this, Baiying reached out and wiped away the bloodstains on Iris's face. She obediently nodded and said, "Mother, you be careful, okay?" With that, she entered the star gate.

While picking fruit, Iris activated the Qimen formation. Otherwise, if Baiying were taken away, she would definitely go berserk and destroy the entire Quanlong Mountain.

Although Iris had calmed down a lot in terms of cultivating her heart and temperament, once it came to confronting the Niligami, she was definitely not playing around.

Watching as the star gate closed, Iris continued to move deeper. She believed that the culprits who tried to abduct Baiying were definitely in the central area and they would strike again.

Along the way, many demonic beasts with dragon bloodlines attacked Iris, but without exception, they were all beheaded by her.

These demonic beasts were not powerful, and the strongest of them were only at the sixth-order level. They were no match for her at all.

Riz heard the explosion of magic in Quanlong Mountain and hurriedly rushed over. As soon as she arrived nearby, she saw obvious signs of battle all around.

Frowning, she observed the surroundings vigilantly and found no bodies or blood. Feeling slightly relieved, she was about to leave when she noticed blood and the mutilated bodies of demonic beasts in the distance. Obviously, someone had been there.

Riz approached to inspect the bodies of the demonic beasts and found remnants of White Flame on them.

"Is it Iris?" Riz muttered to herself before following after her.

Along the way, bloodstains were everywhere. The deeper they went, the stronger the smell of blood became, causing Riz to furrow her brows involuntarily. What had happened to Iris? She had been killing demonic beasts all the way. What exactly had she encountered?

At the same time, Iris sensed through the Qimen formation that a demonic beast was approaching.

"No matter how many come, they will all die!"

Iris saw ahead a lake with clear water, where fish could be seen swimming faintly. There were also a few patches of green grass growing beside the lake, with a hint of red flower buds at the top, as if they could bloom at any moment.

She squatted by the lake, washing the bloodstains from her face with water and wiping off the bloodstains from her silver hair.

In the lake, a snake-like dragon quietly approached, its entire body black, resembling a younger version of Baixi. It was a snake-like dragon with a dragon form but without legs, hence it was called a snake dragon.

Suddenly, the snake dragon leaped out of the water, spitting out its crimson tongue, coiling and biting towards Iris.

"Ping!" Iris raised her hand and firmly grabbed its head, tightly twisting her wrist, and a golden flame burst out from her palm, instantly burning the snake dragon to death.

"Tsk!" Iris disdainfully looked at the black snake and commented, "Your sneak attack technique is not as good as Baixi's."

During her escape, Baixi would occasionally "attack" Iris to tease and make her happy, but her sneak attack techniques were far superior to the current black snake.

Meanwhile, a group of demonic beasts chased after Iris from behind.

Iris glanced back and took the initiative to speak, "All of you are demonic beasts with dragon bloodlines and have good intelligence. Why are you attacking me?"

As roars echoed, a horde of demonic beasts rushed towards Iris. Iris raised the long spear in her hand and said, "If you're here to harm my precious daughter, you will all die!"

As Iris's words fell, her body became filled with golden flames, radiating a dazzling light like the sun, and charged into the demonic beast horde.

Her long spear cut through the air, piercing the bodies of the demonic beasts one by one with scorching heat. Behind her, there faintly appeared the ethereal shadow of a flame sparrow spreading its wings.

The sounds of the demonic beasts' miserable screams filled the air. Iris's black armor had long been tattered and covered in blood, looking extremely bedraggled.

However, even in such a sorry state, she couldn't be stopped by any beast. Her existence was unstoppable!

In a three-hour battle, Iris finally ended the fight, and the lake was filled with the corpses of monsters, a shocking sight at first glance.

Breathing heavily, Iris's white flames dissipated from her body.

"Phew~" She discarded her damaged armor, revealing her slender and translucent body. Her fair skin glistened, sweat dripping, enhancing her alluring beauty.

Her white undergarments were stained crimson, whether it was the monsters' blood or Iris's own, it was unclear.

"So tired." Iris sighed softly, sticking her blood-soaked spear into the ground and sitting down to rest with crossed legs.

Baiying sensed her mother's consciousness entering the Consciousness Space and hurriedly approached, obediently sitting next to her.

"Mother, you're injured." Baiying looked at the bloodstains all over Iris's clothes.

"I'm not. With your mother being so strong, what are a few monsters?" Iris replied.

"Really not?" Baiying asked, puzzled. She looked at her mother's pale and delicate face, feeling that something was off.

"Really not." Iris smiled and raised her finger to touch Baiying's soft fur.

With a beast's roar, Iris's consciousness exited the Consciousness Space, and she opened her eyes, looking towards the source of the sound.

"We need to find the Dragon Royal Family quickly and find a way to deal with them. Otherwise, these monsters will keep coming after her." Iris thought to herself.

Iris stood up and headed towards the top of the Dragon Spring Mountain.