Duke took a spatial ring from Bell. Its design was exceedingly unique, unlike any spatial storage equipment he had seen before.
The band was not made of smooth metal or gemstones, but a dull, dark gray bone-like material that seemed weathered by countless years. It felt icy and slightly slick to the touch, as though it had been polished from the remains of some ancient creature.
The entire face of the ring was carved with the Crawford Family crest: a bizarre design of twisted thorns wrapped around a bleeding, single eye.
The thorny spikes were sharp and lifelike, as if they could pierce flesh at any moment.
The single eye was even more vivid. A tiny, ink-black crystal grain was embedded in its pupil, reflecting a faint, unsettling gleam beneath the weak light of the void.
The spatial ring also carried a spiritual power restriction. Only Bell's spiritual power could open it.
Anyone else who tampered with the ring would immediately alert Bell.
But Bell was already dead, so it no longer mattered. Duke directly poured magic power into it, forcibly erasing Bell's spiritual imprint before inspecting its contents.
The space inside was not as large as he had expected. It was only about the size of an ordinary first-tier spatial ring.
Bell's spatial ring contained a mountain of magic stones. A rough count put it at more than six million first-tier magic stones, along with fifty thousand second-tier magic stones.
Duke also found a box. It was the very box that had once held the Heart of the Deep Sea in the Flower Sea Plane.
He immediately took it out of the ring. The heavy wooden box appeared in his hand, cool yet smooth to the touch. Its intricate and exquisite sealing runes were clearly visible, blocking off the