After seeing how the tier 3 cultivator, Charles, couldn't even kill the man with that kind of attack, Iris doubted that she would be able to kill him either.
However, that was only because she hadn't yet gotten used to this new body of hers. If she had more time to get accustomed to it, Iris was confident to face against even peak tier 3 cultivators or mages.
Anyways, she did not care about any treasures or his inheritance like she had heard from the crowd. All Iris wanted to do was test this body, and what better way to try it on a tough guy who literally asked people to kill him?
As she walked towards the battleground, Iris wondered what type of person this man on the stage was. Although she could not see his features from the crowd, he looked only like a teenager from afar.
'Heh. He is probably some old man that hit his head somewhere recently,' thought Iris while making her way towards Xuan Li.
"Hehe, young lady. Where is your mum? You realize it's not a child's game, yeah?"
"Quit yappin' ya fool!"
. . .
The crowd commented from the side, but she didn't pay any attention to any of that.
Iris had to stand a little far from the battleground due to the crowd, so she hadn't yet seen Xuan Li's face clearly. All she could confirm was that he looked to be a young man.
"Ah, I think you should wait for your turn, miss." Iris heard a croaky voice from her side as a big hand blocked her way up the stage.
"I have already been in the line. So, if you excuse me, your turn will be next,"
Iris turned around and noticed a man with long brown hair reaching his shoulders. He wore a sleeveless shirt that showed a big scar running across his bicep all the way to his left cheek.
Although this man looked quite intimidating from his stature and his appearance, Iris scoffed after just taking a single glance at him.
"Just a tier 2 cultivator. What do you hope to do when the previous guy couldn't kill him either?" Iris asked curiously.
The man was about to climb up the stairs to the stage, but when he heard that, his steps halted before he turned around to look at Iris.
Since he was only a tier 2 cultivator, he couldn't sense the cultivation base of Iris. He would have thought that she may have been a higher tier than him since she knew that he was a tier 2, but Iris' appearance right now made him feel otherwise.
Although she didn't appear as sick as she did before, she still had a frail look on her face since taking over a whole different body wasn't exactly an easy process.
"It's my turn, and I will take it. I don't need your opinions… miss." The man gave a snarky remark. Despite when he did not think of the girl to be that strong, he still decided to take caution and didn't go overboard.
This man was one of the tier 2 cultivators and mages who had come here to get a chance at getting the inheritance of this person, but they had all lost hope after seeing the result of the previous attempts.
Most of them had lost hope and returned already. The only ones who stayed were there to enjoy the next attempt while only this man remained here because of a different reason.
He had noticed that Xuan Li had spurted a mouthful of blood. It meant that he was seriously injured. So instead of losing hope, this man had his reignited as he decided to take a go at it.
From the looks of it, Xuan Li looked to be only 1 punch away from dying when he had dropped to his knees, so he decided to deliver that 1 punch and get the inheritance.
He wouldn't lose anything if he fails anyway, so why not give it a shot?
The man went around and stood in front of Xuan Li, facing him as he got into his stance.
Dumdum looked at this, amused that the man was only a tier 2 cultivator. He glanced at Xuan Li, who was unaware that his opponent was a tier 2 only.
"Tsk Tsk. Consider this your punishment," Dumdum muttered under his breath.
If Xuan Li knew that he was only a tier 2 cultivator, he would never agree to take an attempt at his life since he wasn't very fond of the pain. And Dumdum decided not to tell him either. After all, he was enjoying it to the fullest.
"Hurry up! I don't have time." Xuan Li urged. He was quite exhausted since it had been a while that he had been here, trying to die.
The agonizing pain had started to affect his mental state, so he needed rest now. Almost as if he knew that he would probably not die, he was urging the man to hurry up with his attempt so he could rest for the day.
The man gathered Qi in his hands until they were glowing with a greenish hue.
"Ahhhhh!!!" The man shouted while running towards him. He aimed right at Xuan Li's chest.
As the man got right before him, he suddenly stomped his feet on the ground to balance himself, and with the greatest strength that he could muster, he hit Xuan Li right on his chest with both his hands clad in Qi.
*Boooz!*
A loud noise sounded out when his fists got into contact with Xuan Li's chest. But just like the girl before him, the man had his hands shaken as if he had hit a mountain!
However, Xuan Li was already standing near the edge of the stage, so the little push from the attack caused him to fall back.
*Thud*
"Cough… Ugh, I feel like puking!" Xuan Li complained as he fell on his butt.
Although he did not notice a girl was standing just near him with a shocked expression on her face.
This girl was none other than Iris, who had been standing there. When she looked at Xuan Li's face, jumbled memories started to flash by her mind as she stood rooted on the ground.