A massive stomp from Liz began to crack the ground. She then launched herself towards Iris to give her a round of kicks. Iris stomped as well and blocked the first kick but it did hurt stopping it.
Iris gritted her teeth as Liz spun to deliver a kick to her back. Iris had accept the kick. Iris slid forward. Her eyes maddening with fury.
"I will not and cannot allow you to continue treating me like a rag doll." Iris said in both her eyes and vocally.
Iris felt the flow of water around her. She dodged the next four punches and three kicks. She landed a massive knee to Liz's gut. Liz slid backwards now.
Iris went forth and kicking Liz under the jaw hoping to catch her off guard. Liz tanked the kick by gritting her teeth. After shifting her jaw to ensure that it was not broken.
Liz darted forward. Iris saw the punch coming and evaded it by slamming her side into Liz's chest. An elbow to the sternum, a backhand to knock her slightly back and a kick to her left thigh to cause bruising there.
Twenty minutes left before the talismans ran out of power. No one wanted this fight to end with a winner. Even Lilith did not, she saw how they had gotten influenced during this battle with their Qi.
"So their natural Qi either boasts their natural strength like this or gives them evasion. I wonder what else I will learn." Lilith thought during the last ten minutes.
Another surge of Soul Qi came from both. This time Iris felt the quickness of the lightning at her feet. Liz felt the calmness of the wind and the ability to move freely.
Iris launched herself quicker than before. Liz gracefully evaded Iris. No matter how much Iris tried to attack within the next ten minutes. Not a single movement was wasted by Liz in her dodging. The sideways fist, got countered by simply leaning back and forward while her feet continued to dance on the ground.
By this time Iris was feeling all of the pain. She was allowing it to full her to at least put both of them on the ground at least once. Iris got an idea that was risky but it would end the match if it resolved.
"Liz you boneless bitch. Take my final attack." Iris yelled.
Liz never liked being called a bitch. That moment of clarity, was all Iris needed to be able to try and end the match.
She darted forward. The lightning quickness at her feet. Grabbing Liz by the waist and launching themselves up into the air to do a suicide dive.
Liz had already guessed this was what Iris wanted. For the two of them to remain equal like this. One thing that was forgotten during this time was the cracked ground.
Liz shifted just enough to allow Iris to hit a stone. She would also hit another rock. As the dive came to a close, Lilith caught both of them and stopped the dive.
"You two are very daring to try and cause the damage to your heads. I cannot and will not allow that." Lilith growled.
The duo passed out. Not from them overdoing it in the fight but their bodies naturally needed to recover and now that this stopped the fight. Their bodies could now recover.
The duo were separated to take care of them differently. Since Iris did have a broken arm a better smelling aroma filled the room to heal it. As for Liz, a smelling aroma that allowed her to regain her cool was inside at first.
The duo were locked in the rooms for two days. After the first smelling aroma faded, the next one was placed. For Liz, this one was the healing aroma. Her injuries were not as severe as Iris's. Iris than got the calming aroma.
This did not mean that they were not properly kept feed. It was more like no one could stand the smelling aroma that filled the rooms.
Meanwhile
"These aromas, where did you find them?" Lilith asked the Oracle.
"Those aromas are personally made by myself. It is to not depend on others while I am in punishment. It does stink to those who do not need the aromas. For those who do, my aromas help them tremendously." The Oracle replied.
Lilith found it surprisingly a good idea to try and make some herself. She wanted to know how to actually make it.
"Technically, the aromas are all poisons. Due to their nature, it is from poisons that they are created. I have used healing herbs within the poisons to create the aromas that do what I want them to and not what they should be doing. Of course, while creating thr aromas. I had several people either become overly hooked or severely hated the aromas.
After years of refinement, these bad boys are truly a miracle. A miracle allows others to know that you are indeed special.
I do hate to say this but most people I visit. I use an extremely mild version of the calming aroma. It allows for more personal talk and less just natural responses that would naturally come."
Lilith was more than happy to use these around the house of Rex. Especially with Iris and Liz currently. She needed ways to ensure that they kept their cool at least until the Soul Mate marriage.