CHAPTER 588: CHAPTER 587: EXCHANGE OR NOT

War chariots thundered and murderous intents soared.

Lin Hao led a 160,000-strong army, like a dense swarm of wasps, overwhelmingly advancing across the sky.

Before the army arrived, Gu Country Imperial City already felt like dark clouds looming ready to devastate the city. On the city walls, the Gu Country guards wore a stern, grave expression, many gripping their weapons tightly.

In Gu Country’s history, facing such a situation would certainly mean marching out to meet the enemy.

But today, with Earth’s forces at the gates, and even at the Imperial City, the Gu Emperor surprisingly pulled back the troops from outside to within the city.

3,000 meters, 2,000 meters, 1,000 meters, 500 meters!!

The Earth’s chariot formation advanced rapidly; the moment the army halted, the murderous intent rolled in, surging over the Imperial City.

"Sect Hierarch!"

From a distance, Lin Guodong already noticed vague figures of Earth people on the walls of the Gu Country Imperial City.

As he drew closer, his view became clearer and he tensed up.

"I see them."

Lin Hao’s response was simple; he had been using binoculars to observe the situation of Gu Country Imperial City all the way.

When the Gu Emperor took fifty to sixty thousand Earth women onto the city walls, Lin Hao had already noticed.

Fifty to sixty thousand Earth women!

Only now did Lin Hao realize an issue he had previously overlooked.

That was, within his over one hundred thousand-strong Earth army, there were more than one hundred and sixty thousand men but fewer than one hundred women!

The Earth women within Gu Country were all captured and brought to the Gu Country Imperial City!

If these women were to perish, it would mean that if Earth people wished to reproduce here, these one hundred sixty thousand men were all bachelors, relying only on those one hundred or so Earth women...

Lin Hao dared not even contemplate that scenario.

Suddenly realizing this, a cold sweat broke out on Lin Hao’s back; it amazed him that so many had neglected to remind him of this crucial issue.

"Stop!!"

Suddently, Lin Hao waved his hand, forgetting to use the walkie-talkie, and shouted loudly.

"Stop!"

"Everyone stop!!"

Zhou Pengzi was startled by Lin Hao and immediately echoed the shout.

The army finally halted three hundred meters away from the Gu Country Imperial City.

This distance was neither too near nor too far.

Lin Hao looked ahead with a grim face at the towering walls of Gu Country Imperial City, slightly clenching his fists.

"No one attacks without my order!"

After giving the instructions, Lin Hao leapt forward alone from the military formation and looked up.

Directly in front, at the gate of Gu Country Imperial City, the Gu Emperor, in full military regalia and armed with a sword, stood on the gate tower. Beside the Gu Emperor stood a woman, the Queen of Gu Country!

However, Lin Hao did not spare the Gu Country Queen a glance.

He fixated on the Gu Emperor and then pulled out a megaphone.

"Gu Emperor, do you dare come out and speak with me!"

"Why wouldn’t I dare!!"

Upon seeing Lin Hao, the Gu Emperor felt as though a green light was shooting from his head, he fiercely glared at the Queen beside him, then truly leaped down from the city wall.

Stopping a hundred meters away from Lin Hao, this was a distance both parties considered safe.

"Just fart out whatever you need to say, after that I want your head on a spike!!" The Gu Emperor clenched his teeth, face full of rage.

Lin Hao’s mouth curved slightly as he turned the loudspeaker to maximum volume: "I have an idea that I think you should hear."

"No need to listen!" As soon as Lin Hao finished speaking, the Gu Emperor roared angrily: "If war is what you want, then let’s fight! There’s no need for so much nonsense! I’ve heard that you Earthlings possess Divine Weapons. Today, your Emperor wants to witness just how formidable these Earthling Divine Weapons truly are! If you dare, just bring it on, and I will take everything you have!"

"Do you not want your daughter?" Lin Hao snorted coldly, and then, among the Earthling army formation, with Lin Guodong’s reminder, Zhou Pangzi brought out Princess Wan whom Lin Hao had captured last time in the Gu Country Treasure Vault.

The Gu Emperor’s eyebrows furrowed, and his eyes filled with killing intent.

Princess Wan was his most beloved daughter and also the Cultivator in the Royal Family of Gu Country with the greatest talent.

Unexpectedly, she had been captured by Lin Hao!

Now, amidst the battle between the two armies, Lin Hao was actually using his daughter as leverage against him!

"What do you want!" The Gu Emperor snarled, his mind rapidly weighing the situation.

Princess Wan was his favorite daughter, however, under the current circumstances, he had already prepared for the worst and even, to show the superior beings of the Divine World and the Eternal Life Realm how loyal he, the Gu Emperor, really was in his efforts to eradicate the Earthlings, he had already begun to consider what sacrifices he must make a few days ago.

Now, if Princess Wan were to die in the great battle with the Earthlings, even if he, the Gu Emperor, managed to lead his elite forces to escape afterward, the superior beings of the Divine World and the Eternal Life Realm wouldn’t blame him, would they?

At this thought, the Gu Emperor’s gaze suddenly became resolute.

Unaware of what the Gu Emperor was thinking, Lin Hao glanced at the city wall and said coldly, "How about using your daughter’s life in exchange for the lives of all the Earthlings within your Imperial City?"

"A trade?"

The Gu Emperor’s lips curled with an increasingly chilling coldness.

He looked at Lin Hao and sneered, "That demand can be accepted, but I have one more condition."

"What condition?"

"In this Gu Country Imperial City, there are over sixty thousand Earthlings. If you really want a trade, fine. One for one. If not, ten for one, even a hundred for one is also possible."

The Gu Emperor laughingly stated.

One, for a hundred?

This kind of bargaining, it’s utterly infuriating.

A cold light flashed in Lin Hao’s eyes, the urge to kill rising within him: "Do you think your beloved Princess Wan is only worth the lives of a hundred Earthlings?"

"Ha ha ha!" The Gu Emperor laughed loudly, filled with disdain: "All things under the heavens are equal. Isn’t everyone’s life a life? To kill as compensation for a life, it’s simply a life for a life. For me to allow a hundred for one, I am showing great mercy. If you want to exchange for the lives of over sixty thousand people, that is not impossible. I can give you a suggestion."

The Gu Emperor sneered at Lin Hao, his demeanor toying with the world.

Inside, Lin Hao seethed with anger, yet his face remained composed, and he even refrained from speaking further.

Seeing Lin Hao silent, the Gu Emperor couldn’t help but speak up.

He wanted to insult Lin Hao!

Furthermore, he wanted the whole Plane to know that he was insulting Lin Hao!

"If you really want to trade, you can. Use your life as repayment. As long as you kneel before your Emperor, kowtow, and then commit suicide with a knife, your Emperor will release all the Earthlings in the city!"

The Gu Emperor looked at Lin Hao with utmost disdain, "Dare you?"

Once these words were said, the entire battlefield fell quiet.

Atop the Gu Country Imperial City, laughter thundered, and countless Gu Country Soldiers bellowed: "Dare you, dare you!!"

Their voices shook the heavens, almost changing the color of the sky.

Within the Earthling army formation, however, there was dead silence.

Everyone wore faces of rage, fuming.

Demanding Lin Hao to commit suicide, this was clearly mocking.

Who was Lin Hao?

He was the backbone of the Earthling army, to commit suicide?

Everyone knew this was impossible.

The Gu Emperor of Gu Country, clearly had no sincerity.

Could it be, he didn’t care even for his most beloved Imperial Princess? Did she mean less to him than sixty thousand Earthling women reduced to slavery?