Ayana blinked her eyes, trying to regain focus when she felt another strike directed at the right side of her face. She could not see it clearly but she reflexively parried the attack and immediately struck her opponent with a sidekick to the young man's waist.
Just as her knee finally landed where she wanted it to and threw her opponent away, Ayana quickly moved closer to make a follow-up attack. She aimed her fist at the young man's face. She flinched a little and moved away when her fist landed on something like rock. It was not just her imagination. When she kicked him earlier, she also felt the same feeling. She looked at her opponent face and the boy also looked at her with a smug smile on his face.
Ayana smiled. If she did not make a mistake, the boy must have used something prior to the test to harden his entire body. This was never stated in the rule about this but she just felt like drinking potion like that was a coward move.