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We don't actually know the effectiveness of the enchantment, just like we don't know the effectiveness of artificial dragon slaying magic. It's a hot topic of debate, but we saw Laxus' and Erik's magic was just as effective against the dragons, even if they were poorly paired (Cobra's not having a nose but still getting knocked to the ground, and Laxus' having no correlation to lightning but still getting sent flying). Wendy's enchantment seems a more natural source than DS lacrimas unless the lacrimas come from dragons themselves. But Wendy enchanting the blade with DS magic rendered Irenes scales asunder, which is how Erza was able to cut through.
Even Acnologia was afflicted by DS magic on Tenrou, but it was the combined force of three dragon slayers just to knock him back. While Irene isn't as powerful as Acnologia, Wendy isn't as powerful as Wendy, Natsu, and Gajeel put together. In Irene's human form, their magic is just as effective on her as normal fire, wind, metal, etc. and base Irene hilariously outclasses Wendy, no matter if she's DF or not.
Erza's right side got shattered when she got non-commitally bitch-slapped. Now imagine Irene trying to kill Erza and Wendy. They're field mice trying to beat an eagle.
But there is a large difference between Acnologia and Irene.
Acnologia has shown to maintain his dragon form with severe injuries.
Irene has shown to be reverted by a 95% broken boned Erza with a simple DS-enchanted sword.
Even though everybody likes to speculate about DS magic, I find there is a pretty obvious difference between the two situations.
Back on Tenrou and GMG, the dragon slayers were all very weak. Since Alvarez, most of them have mastered their magic.
If we go by actual feats, then Irene's dragon form will be knocked out here. It was actually shown in the manga, that isn't speculation.
Different dragons have different thresholds for pain tolerance.
Canonically, Irene has low pain tolerance in her dragon form, which will result in her body reverting back to a human.