With that, Xue Huan passed out.
Faced with a Fifth-Tier Eerie Treasure, Xue Huan had already shown remarkable resolve by holding out this long.
But the gap in strength was ultimately a vast chasm. A Fifth-Tier Eerie Treasure was absolutely not something a cultivator like Xue Huan could resist.
Looking at the unconscious Xue Huan, Ma Yuxuan's expression grew even graver.
A few days earlier, his teacher had said that, in theory, a fifth-tier eerie treasure fate artifact could only deal with Immortal King Realm experts.
In reality, however, some special eerie treasures could even kill Quasi-Emperor experts.
He had not quite believed that claim at the time, but now Ma Yuxuan believed it completely.
The eerie treasure affecting him did not possess much destructive power. It had only one function: turning a living being's blood into clear water.
Even when he mobilized the great dao laws within his body to suppress it, he still could not stop the transformation completely.
If this continued, he would probably die here.
At that thought, Ma Yuxuan immediately sat cross-legged and began reciting the World Cleansing Mantra.
Waves of Buddhist chanting instantly dispelled the sinister energy around him, but his blood continued turning into clear water.
"Pfft!"
Ma Yuxuan spat out another mouthful of clear water, his gaze already beginning to lose focus.
"Open!"
The bitter sea phenomenon churned. At this point, Ma Yuxuan could no longer afford to conceal his identity.
An illusory Heaven-Splitting Great Axe fell into his hand.
Whoosh!
A streak of light cleaved forward, illuminating the vast darkness as brightly as day.
The powerful strike split open the courtyard's barrier, as well as the fate artifact's domain.
But the opening lasted only a fleeting instant. Once the streak of light vanished, the fate artifact's domain immediately closed again.
"Cough!"