Zhou Deqi swept his hand, and more than two thousand Enforcement Hall disciples escorted Nangong Yan as they surged toward Zhou Dechen's Sect Heir Manor.
Zhou Dechen would hardly submit without a fight. He too gathered two or three thousand trusted followers, who filed out of the Sect Heir Manor with Soul Soldiers in hand to hold back the Enforcement Hall disciples' advance.
"How dare you! You would obstruct the Enforcement Hall in enforcing the law?"
Zhou Dechen's trusted followers felt afraid, but they dared not disobey his orders either. They threw caution to the wind and made a final struggle against the Enforcement Hall disciples.
"Hmph, Zhou Deqi, my third brother, you merely led the Enforcement Hall disciples here to transport war supplies. Since when was it your place to dictate the sect's affairs?"
"Oh? Then does the Hall Master of the Enforcement Hall have that authority?"
With victory firmly in his grasp, Zhou Deqi had naturally made thorough preparations. Xiong Ji stepped forward and spoke in a ringing voice.
"I will handle all matters of law and discipline within the sect impartially. Why must you stubbornly resist the law, Fifth Sect Heir?"
"My guilt has yet to be determined. Don't think you can do whatever you please here! Let me see who dares arrest me!"
Zhou Dechen shouted, and his two or three thousand trusted followers stood before him with weapons raised.
"Is that so? My ten thousand War Hall soldiers are here!"
The words had barely fallen when Xiong Youde came flying over at tremendous speed, his bearing imposing, an astonishing killing aura radiating from his entire body.
"See whether I dare arrest you!"
Before long, ten thousand War Hall soldiers in iron armor, bearing gleaming weapons, had surrounded the Fifth Sect Heir's manor so tightly that