"No—!!"
With a scream, the Spider Goddess's body completely collapsed and crashed to the ground, transforming into countless dead spiders that scattered everywhere. At the same time, the purple flames that had covered the surroundings slowly faded away.
"Phew... Done."
Only after confirming that the Spider Goddess's divine power had completely vanished did Fang Zheng finally breathe a sigh of relief. Although the Spider Goddess had only descended in an avatar, Fang Zheng's final blow had injured her soul. Wounds to the soul were not so easily healed. By now, the Spider Goddess had probably hidden away in some spider hole to recover. For the time being... she probably would not be coming to cause him trouble again.
With that in mind, Fang Zheng waved his hand. Following his motion, the ground beneath him, which had been covered by dead spiders, was instantly swept clean. The metal pillar buried beneath them was revealed once again.
And...
"This should be it."
Looking at the blue crystal sphere placed before the pillar, Fang Zheng frowned slightly, then beckoned with his hand. The object swiftly flew over and landed in his palm. If Fang Zheng was not mistaken, this should have been the item the Dark Elves had brought back from the lake.
So what exactly was this?
Fang Zheng held it in his hand and activated the system. Soon, a system notification appeared before his eyes.
[Information Storage System detected. Activate?]
"Activate."
Looking at the message before him, Fang Zheng immediately nodded. Then another notification swiftly popped up before his eyes.
[Please enter password]
"A password... This thing is encrypted?"
Fang Zheng was instantly speechless. He did not know the password, so how was he supposed to enter it?
"Forget it. I'll put it away and hand it