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Liu Ming glanced at the unconscious fair-skinned youth at his feet and let out a light sigh.
The fights between cultivators were indeed vastly different from the other skirmishes he had experienced before; a seemingly simple ice spike attack could suddenly manifest in unexpectedly varied ways.
And his opponent was just a mid-stage Spirit Apprentice who appeared to have cultivated very few secret techniques.
If he were up against someone who had been cultivating for a longer time, or had learned more profound spells and secret techniques, wouldn't he find it even more difficult to cope?
As these thoughts went through Liu Ming's mind, he moved his shoulders slightly and then unceremoniously began to search the belongings of the three people on the ground.
After a thorough search, he acquired three talismanic instruments, over thirty spirit stones, half a bottle of Bigu Pills, and various materials that included herbs and some unidentified animal bones.