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Under the referee's watchful gaze, the three lay there a while longer before slowly regaining consciousness.

The first boy twitched his fingers, then his arm, before bracing himself against the ground and sitting up. He stared blankly at his two companions, who were still lying there.

The girl slowly climbed up as well, rubbing her shoulder with an even more bewildered expression than the boy's.

The last boy moved, realized he could control his limbs again, then sprang to his feet and warily looked around.

After confirming they were all right, the referee waved them away.

As the three left, they continued muttering in low voices, "What exactly happened just now?"

"I don't know. I just felt my body go numb, and then I couldn't move."

"Who was that person from the other side?"

"Who the hell knows? Anyway, I just hope we don't run into him again."

Xue Lingyun had already gone far away and did not see this scene.

But even if he had, he would not have been surprised.

He had practiced this Pressure-Point Technique plenty of times back in the Far North.

Usually, he had Xiao Bai catch some volunteers to serve as sparring partners, then poked them to see whether he could make them stand still on the spot.

At first, he often missed the mark, and the Soul Beasts he poked would turn around and bite him.

Once, a Soul Beast nearly bit his finger off, though it ended up becoming dinner that very night.

Later, after enough practice, he gradually became accurate enough to make them stand there for however long he wanted.

After going out to gain experience, he had tested it on actual people a few times as well.

When he encountered someone it was inconvenient to fight physically, one poke