A burst of energy resonated inside Xuan Li's chest that gradually grew. Meanwhile, Iris shrouded her sword in green and purple energy.
"You ready?" Iris softly spoke. At first, she wanted to fight Xuan Li to test her body's capabilities but after seeing his face, the original owner's body became harder to control because of the overwhelming amount of affection towards this man. However Iris would not let such a trivial matter stop her from fighting this man.
The green and purple energy around Iris' sword started to become more cloudy creating a green and purple mist. Iris did a slash motion and the green purple fog burst from the sword striking Xuan Li.
As always, Xuan Li allowed the fog slash to hit him. As it made contact, the purple green fog enveloped his entire body. The poison fog entered Xuan Li's mouth and nose causing him to feel nauseated and dizzy.
"Fool" Iris couldn't help but say as she enshrouded her sword with fire and released a fire slash from it. The fire slash immediately created an explosion when it came in contact with Xuan Li, who was still shrouded by the purple green fog. The poison fog caused nauseating effects but it was also highly explosive with fire.
Iris's heart throbbed when she witnessed the nauseating expression for Xuan Li and began to ache seeing the explosion caused by her attack. 'Dammit! What the hell was wrong with the previous owner! She was such a love fanatic!' Clenching her chest, she complained in her own thoughts.
The debris from the explosion faded away but Xuan Li was completely fine! He wasn't even dizzy or nauseated anymore. His body's immune system seemed to have greatly improved and he managed to recover from the poison fairly easily.
"Seems you recovered. As expected from someone with a high cultivation base" Iris commented. Though Li reminds her of someone close to the original body, she was still weary of him because he claims to be some old cultivator wanting to find someone to inherit his treasure which didn't match what she knew. It was also the fact that the man she knew would have died if he took on those attacks from the previous cultivators without guarding.
"Thanks for the compliment. Is that all you got? I have better things to do" Xuan Li said with disappointment. 'This is a waste of time' he thought.
Seeing Li's disappointed face, Iris clenched the handle of her sword. Green energy leaked out from the sword "I'm not done!" She dashed towards Xuan Li and slashed at his chest.
She knew his body was very hard, so she encased the sword with her magic to strengthen its durability and simultaneously casted a sharpness spell on the blade. However, what she did was not enchantment though it may seem like it. Enchantment is the process of creating magic circuits on a piece of equipment and forming a permanent magic circle or rune as some may call it. What Iris did was she used her own magic energy to create a higher durability and sharpness effect which drains her own mana and would last as long as she continuously supplied mana.
Though, considering the body was only a tier 3 mage, creating two temporary effects would be a very difficult task for any ordinary mage of the same level. However, Iris has received decades worth of training from her master that accomplishing such a task is simple. If her body's mana reserve was larger, she could have casted up to eight temporary buffs on the sword.
Too bad her efforts were wasted on Xuan Li's body as the moment it made contact, the green energy broke creating a magic shockwave. The shockwave pushed Iris back and onto the crowd. Thankfully, the front of the crowd were cultivators so they managed to steady Iris before she crashed into them.
"Guess you fai-" Before Xuan Li could finish his sentence, his eyes bulged open. The rest of the audience noticed too and gasped in shock.
Though Iris's attack failed and her magic was shattered, the sword itself was perfectly intact!
No damage was done to the sword itself!
"Did her magic protect the sword!?" One audience member couldn't help but comment.
"Idiot. You saw the shockwave. Her magic shattered on contact, do you really think it protected the sword?"
"He's right. That sword must be a valuable treasure!"
The crowd began to whisper among themselves.
Xuan Li was pleasantly surprised that the sword didn't shatter. In his mind since the sword didn't shatter it means there are weapons that can handle this body of his! He may be able to find a weapon that could truly damage him!
Though this weapon didn't shatter, it also didn't leave a cut on him. This means it isn't strong enough but is very sturdy.
"Impressive." Li commented.
Iris stood up, clenching her sword. 'This body is too weak. Its mana reserve is pitifully low and the magic circle complexity is trash! I'll be limited in the future if I continue this old body's mage path.'
"I give up," Iris stated expressionlessly. To her, there was no point in continuing. This body would make her feel sadness and pain everytime she tried to attack the man in front of her and it was pitifully weak to Iris. She knows currently she won't be able to leave a scratch on Xuan Li.
"What a shame. Dumdum lets go" Xuan Li said with a yawn. The black panther rose up with a furious expression but didn't say a word but Li will hear a mouthful later for disrespecting him.
As Xuan Li walked, the crowd dispersed in front of him, not daring to block this master's path. Only a fool would mess with him.
'Guess I'll have to find a larger town' Li sighed as he would have to walk for miles again with this arrogant panther. However, after facing the girl, Xuan Li did have some hope that there will be a chance to die.