“In the end, I'm still your Ninth Uncle.” Si Yehan stared at Si Xia, who was caught off guard. “Give up or else you will die.”

“You…!”

Si Xia fuming with rage between gritted teeth. “Don't pretend to be my Ninth Uncle! You don't have that right!”

“I'll say it again.” Si Yehan was expressionless. “Give up.”

At this moment, a fleet of black military off-road vehicles had driven onto the battlefield from the rear without notice.

Everyone turned to the off-road vehicles that appeared abruptly with alarm.

A second later, the vehicles stopped and three men and one woman stepped out of the vehicle in the front while a team of well-trained people dressed entirely in black rapidly descended from the other off-road vehicles behind it.

Ye Wanwan narrowed her eyes. “These people are…”

Nameless Nie's hands suddenly clenched into tight fists, and he muttered with a dark expression, “The Arbitration Council…”

“What? The Arbitration Council?” Ye Wanwan's expression s.h.i.+fted.

The leading three men and one woman appeared to be higher-ups from the Arbitration Council. The three men looked to be in their 40s or 50s while the woman looked fairly young, perhaps 30 at most.

Ye Wanwan couldn't help but glance at the woman a few more times since the woman was simply too beautiful. However, her expression was very dark and chilly, forcefully destroying the prettiness of her face.

Perhaps because the woman detected Ye Wanwan's stare, her gaze suddenly shot toward Ye Wanwan like a knife.

The gaze contained extremely unfriendly hatred and disgust, sending chills through Ye Wanwan's heart.

At the same time, warmth enveloped Ye Wanwan's hand and dispersed the chilliness inside of her.

Ye Wanwan looked down her arm and discovered that Si Yehan had clasped her hand at some point in time, sending warmth from his palm into her body.

Si Xia's face was dark as ink. “The Arbitration Council…”

The extremely beautiful woman opened a thick book of legal codes, her eyes sweeping across everyone before fixating on Si Xia. She looked at him as though he was a corpse and expressionlessly said, “Si Xia, you've violated the Arbitration Council's 36th Law: h.o.a.rding a large quant.i.ty of firearms. Please come with us.”

Everyone was astonished. It wasn't until minutes ago that they learned from Si Xia that he had gathered a large stockpile of firearms and didn't hear a whiff of this before then, so how did the Arbitration Council get the news and arrive on the scene this quickly?

Moreover, these four directors came from the Arbitration Council in full gear, so it was apparent they caught word of this long ago.

There were 12 total directors installed in the Arbitration Council. They were the composers and protectors of all the laws of the Independent State, so they were greatly revered.

Normal matters didn't require their personal attendance, but this time, four directors came at the same time.

Furthermore, one of them was the only female director, a member of the Twelve Independent States' strongest state, Yin Yuerong.

Si Xia acted without any fear because he was planning to catch everyone unaware. He clearly didn't expect news to be leaked or the Arbitration Council to arrive at this moment.

Insanity flashed through Si Xia's eyes. “Heh, rules? Ridiculous! You're the Arbitration Council, huh? Since you came, then let's stay here together!”

Next to the woman, the slightly portly Arbitration Council director in a black suit with a head of white hair chuckled. “Young man, it'd be best if your tone wasn't so arrogant!”