The Cloud Alliance Leader raised his hand and tossed the bracelet. It immediately flew out.
A white streak of light spun upward and met the flames spewed by the Nine-Headed Lion. The sea of flames, like a tamed pet, flew toward the round hole at the bracelet's center. In the blink of an eye, the sea of flames vanished without a trace, and the silver bracelet flew back into the Cloud Alliance Leader's hand.
"You should come down too."
The starry night sky twisted. The Golden Lion swiftly detected that something was wrong, but it was clearly too late. The flames around his body had only just surged up when they were wrapped in a layer of power. The night sky behind him folded over him like wrinkled cloth.
A fire-warding artifact?
The Golden Lion swiftly struck at the cloth behind him, but it had no effect. Instead, it accelerated the black cloth's restraint around him.
The darkness gathered thicker and thicker until it became endless shackles that tightly bound the Golden Lion at the center. No matter how much fire he released, that black cloth accepted it all without complaint. Not only that, the cloth absorbed the Golden Lion's power, making him weaker the longer he fought.
What artifact is this? Why can't I break it?
The divine abilities used by the Golden Lion were all artifact-destroying abilities he had used most often before death. Yet no one knew what method had been used to refine the black cloth; artifact-destroying abilities were completely useless against it. Once the Golden Lion detected this, he decisively abandoned the thought of destroying the artifact.
His gaze shifted to the Cloud Alliance Leader below.
That man had not left his original spot since appearing. The lofty attitude he wore made anger rise in