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Seeing the struggling King Xian, Sun Yao lost his mood for amusement. He decided to set the aconite root's shell completely incinerated, thus eliminating the "corpse cave effect" he was worried about.

Just as flames ignited in Sun Yao's palm, the King of Xian suddenly sank down, his entire upper body sinking into the eye of the aconite, leaving only his head sticking out.

"How dare you scoundrel insult me ​​like this! Today you will pay the price!"

As soon as the King finished speaking, the corpse of the Aconite Fungus suddenly contracted, as if it were breathing. Sun Yao knew that this was a sign that the Aconite Fungus had fully completed its corpse transformation and resurrection.

Sun Yao hurriedly flung the flames in his hand at the aconite fungus, but to no avail. The flames burned for only a short while before being extinguished by the aconite fungus in a desperate attempt to save the king.

As a corpse fell from the body of the aconite fungus, Sun Yao frowned. He thought the aconite fungus wasn't difficult to deal with, but if it continued to wear him down in this way, Sun Yao really had no better method than to slowly whittle it down.

"You can sacrifice the outside to save the king, but I don't believe you can do that if we fire the flames into your interior."

As Sun Yao spoke, he took out the Dragon-Subduing Bow, preparing to shoot an arrow directly into the body of the aconite fungus. He wanted the flames to burn from the inside out; surely it wouldn't sacrifice itself to save the king again.

Sun Yao drew the bowstring taut, and Samadhi True Fire formed an arrow fletching on the bowstring. The arrow flew out, its target the constantly moving Aconitum carmichaelii in the tomb chamber.

Sun Yao thought his arrow would be successful, but an unexpected thing happened. Before the arrow even reached the tomb, countless zombies began to appear on the walls of the tomb.

These zombies were all covered in white wax, which was probably what King Xian used to seal inside the aconite fungus. Now that the aconite fungus has turned into a zombie, the corpses attached to its body have naturally turned into zombies as well.

Sun Yao's arrow pierced through countless corpses, but ultimately failed to penetrate the core of the Aconitum carmichaelii. It only damaged the exterior and was once again eliminated by the Aconitum carmichaelii using the tactic of sacrificing a pawn to save the king.

"This won't do. Logically speaking, this Aconitum carmichaelii has no intelligence and would never come up with such a way to counter my arrow. Where exactly did things go wrong?"

Sun Yao didn't rush to solve it immediately; instead, he pondered where the problem lay. Inadvertently, he saw the exposed head of the Prince of Xian, and suddenly, as if struck by a thunderbolt, all the clues connected.

The aconite mushroom fully revived after King Xian buried his upper body in it. Obviously, King Xian did something at this time, otherwise, according to Sun Yao's speculation, the aconite mushroom could not have completed the corpse transformation so quickly.

Then everything makes sense. The reason why this Aconitum carmichaelii suddenly gained intelligence was not because it developed intelligence itself, but because the old monster King Xian was manipulating it.

The key to everything has been found; the solution lies with King Xian. Once King Xian is eliminated, killing this Aconitum carmichaelii will be a piece of cake.

Having considered these issues, Sun Yao examined the aconite fungus once more. He drew his bow and aimed at the aconite fungus's contracted core, this time using a dragon tooth arrow.

Just as the bowstring was about to be released, Sun Yao suddenly changed his target, shifting his focus from the core of the aconite root to the exposed head of the Prince of Xian.

With a loud bang, the bowstring flew from his hand, and the arrow shot off. A fiery dragon roared forth, its target the exposed head of the King of Xian.

Most of the zombies that were originally prepared to protect the core area didn't even have time to react. Only some zombies that were closer to the King's head rushed towards the roaring fire dragon, intending to use their bodies to block the arrows.

But how could mere zombies possibly stop the Dragon Fang Arrow imbued with Samadhi True Fire? The fire dragon roared past, turning all the zombies to ashes, but the speed of the Dragon Fang Arrow—no, the fire dragon—did not decrease at all.

In the blink of an eye, the fire dragon was already in front of King Xian's head. The fire dragon opened its huge mouth and swallowed King Xian's exposed head in one gulp, and then its body swept past.

Sun Yao gently raised his right hand, and a streak of light flashed in mid-air, the Dragon Fang Arrow reappearing in his hand. Now, looking at the spot where the King Xian's head had been, there was no trace of it left, not even a speck of dust.

As Sun Yao annihilated the head of the King of Xian, the enormous aconite fungus went into a frenzy. It created a so-called "corpse cave effect," continuously devouring everything around it.

"That's exactly what I want—for you to swallow it as you please. If you don't swallow it, how am I supposed to kill you? So just swallow it all you want. This Samadhi True Fire is the best gift I can give you."

As Sun Yao spoke, he threw out a huge ball of Samadhi True Fire. Without the control of the King of Xian, the aconite root accepted everything without hesitation, even swallowing the Samadhi True Fire.

In no time, the entire shell of the Aconitum carmichaelii was ignited by the Samadhi True Fire. Upon seeing this, Sun Yao immediately chose to retreat. A large part of this mountain was the body of the Aconitum carmichaelii. If the Aconitum carmichaelii were burned to ashes, there would be a large cavity in the middle of the mountain, which could very likely trigger a landslide.

Before leaving, Sun Yao didn't forget to take the overturned inner coffin and bronze outer coffin with him, both of which were valuable items.

Overall, the Xianwang Mausoleum was quite a fruitful endeavor. Not only did they obtain the thousand-year-old flesh relic that Sun Yao had been longing for, but they also acquired a coffin more valuable than every gram of gold, as well as a priceless bronze outer coffin.

Most importantly, Sun Yao obtained the Muchen Pearl. While the Muchen Pearl does contain considerable energy, it also harbors a separate will that is difficult to utilize. The fact that King Xian was able to see himself ascend to immortality was also due to this very will.

Sun Yao took a single step and arrived outside the waterfall pool, where the Unloading Ridge group was already waiting.

"Master Daoist, what treasures are in the Xianwang Underground Palace? Should we send some brothers down to retrieve them?"

As soon as Qi Tiezui saw Sun Yao appear, he immediately stepped forward to strike up a conversation.

“No need. I’ve taken everything of value from his grave; the rest is useless. Let’s hurry, the mountain is about to collapse if I destroy his grave. Let’s get out of here quickly so we don’t get caught in the crossfire.”