CHAPTER 589: CHAPTER 588: RAISING THE BANNER!

"Speak, do you dare?" The Gu Emperor sneered repeatedly, cold light flickering in his eyes.

Lin Hao’s expression was equally icy, but his heart was truly filled with extreme rage.

Over sixty thousand Earth women!

If the Gu Emperor refused the hostage exchange, Lin Hao would certainly not be able to rescue them.

This was the Gu Country Imperial City, and not to mention the Gu Emperor had already reached Emperor Cultivation, Lin Hao knew that within the Imperial City, there were several hidden experts of Emperor Cultivation as well.

Seize them by force?

Impossible.

Moreover, of the one hundred and sixty thousand troops behind Lin Hao, only the one or two thousand who possessed high-tech weapons brought from Earth were truly capable of combat.

Even with this small number, forcibly rescuing the hostages was out of the question.

Even if they tried, those missiles and cannons, those rockets, they don’t have eyes. With so many Earth women on top of the city walls, in the end, they could only die together with the Gu Country soldiers.

But if he didn’t save these Earth women, the issues and troubles that would follow were also not something Lin Hao wanted to see.

"I will kill your Wan Princess!" Lin Hao looked at the Gu Emperor coldly, his voice like the grim reaper himself, chilling to the bone.

"Kill, just do it!" The Gu Emperor sneered, and then suddenly waved his hand: "Watch me kill them for you first!"

As his words fell, Gu Country soldiers on the walls of the Gu Country Imperial City brought out a row of Earth women, forcefully pushing their heads down onto the city wall, then Gu Country soldiers raised their sabers.

"Kill!"

A unified shout.

A thousand blades swung down, a thousand heads fell from the walls of the Gu Country Imperial City.

For a moment, there was silence between heaven and earth.

Lin Hao watched as the thousand heads fell from the city wall, the Earth’s army witnessed them rolling onto the hard ground below the wall.

Afterward, the Gu Country soldiers threw the thousand headless corpses down from the city wall.

"Bang bang bang!"

The sound of the corpses landing was incessant, and hundreds of meters away, every person in the Earth’s army felt as though the ground was shaking with the impact of these bodies.

"You are seeking death!"

Lin Hao was filled with immense rage, wishing he could rush over and kill the Gu Emperor right at that moment.

"Ha ha ha! Is that so?" The Gu Emperor laughed heartily, arrogantly pointing at Lin Hao: "You say I’m seeking death, but what about you? Let me tell you, today my Gu Country has mobilized the nation’s entire strength to engage in a decisive battle with you Earthlings! Today, I shall use the heads of these Earthlings in the city to consecrate my battle flag! Watch closely!"

Having said that, the Gu Emperor leapt into the air, flying back up to the Imperial City.

After that, Gu Country soldiers again brought out the Earth women from the city and beheaded them one by one, just like before.

Blood sprayed, bodies fell.

In the space between heaven and earth, a wave of sorrow echoed.

Within the Earth people’s formation, many were biting their teeth so hard, they were nearly breaking.

Because, those Earth women enslaved in the Gu Country Imperial City, they were originally their families, their wives and daughters!

Silence, dead silence.

When Lin Hao returned, not a single person in the Earth’s army formation spoke, even their breathing and heartbeat were hardly audible.

Lin Hao only saw many faces wet with tears!

Over sixty thousand Earth women, just like that, were beheaded on the walls of the Gu Country Imperial City, their blood quickly pooling into a stream beneath the walls of the Imperial City!

"Attack, we must seek revenge!!"

"Give the order! I want to personally storm into the Gu Country Imperial City and slaughter all the Half-beasts!!"

"Issue the command, Sect Hierarch!"

"Sect Hierarch, give the order, attack!!"

Lin Hao returned to his tank, Lin Guodong and a dozen core members all came running, each making their appeals.

Attack?

Is it that easy?

Lin Hao’s face clouded, and he took a deep breath, his gaze landing on the side, where Princess Wan of Gu Country was being held by Zhou Pangu.

This Princess Wan was young, yet she showed no fear at her face, even quite indifferent, as if she had long predicted this outcome.

"Prepared for death?"

Lin Hao snorted coldly: "Then I’ll grant your wish!"

"Come! Execute this princess of Gu Country on the battlefield and kill her to signal our battle cry!"

At Lin Hao’s command, Lin Guodong, who could hardly wait, stepped forward, drew his broadsword, snatched Princess Wan from Zhou Pangu, and beheaded her with a swift strike.

"Crack!"

Princess Wan remained silent from beginning to end, and finally, her head fell to the ground, lifted high by Lin Guodong.

"Kill! Kill! Kill!"

"Revenge! Revenge! Revenge!!"

"A blood debt must be paid in blood! A blood debt must be paid in blood!!"

The moment Lin Guodong raised Princess Wan’s head, the army of 160,000 Earthlings roared with all their might.

The sound shook heaven and earth, filled with boundless fighting spirit.

Lin Hao stood atop a tank, raised his hand, and soon, the army fell silent once again.

"Prepare the rocket attack!!"

The first round, a probing attack.

Lin Hao had witnessed the location of Gu Country Imperial City’s great walls, which were essentially an immovable Heavy Shield Formation. The city walls were inscribed with Runes, possessing strong defense powers.

Following Lin Hao’s order, within the ranks, more than two hundred rocket launchers raised their launch tubes.

"Fire!"

At Lin Hao’s command, rockets blossomed with firelight, whistling out like a barrage of arrows.

"Swoosh Swoosh Swoosh!!!"

The sky filled with the sound of Sky-breaking, the rockets roaring and bellowing, seemingly carrying the rage of Earth’s 160,000-strong army, rushing toward the walls of Gu Country Imperial City.

The sight was tremendously spectacular,

Lin Guodong was the most excited, his eyes wide, unblinkingly fixed, his fists clenched tightly, trembling with excitement as he continuously chanted: "Break! Break! Break!"

Lin Guodong was once a minister under the Gu Emperor, even a senior official, so he knew something about the defense system of the Imperial City. At this moment, no one was more excited or worried than he was.

Watching the rockets whistle by, Lin Guodong’s heart rose to his throat.

Closer, closer, closer!

For the rockets, a few hundred meters was but a moment’s travel.

But for many, it seemed like an eternity.

"Boom!"

"Boom Boom Boom!!"

...

Explosions rang out instantly, thousands of rockets blossomed upon the walls of Gu Country.

"Shield?!"

Almost at the moment of explosion, Lin Hao’s eyes sharpened, and he murmured under his breath.

At the instant the rockets reached the walls of Gu Country Imperial City, golden light shone brightly, numerous mysterious Runes sequentially sparkling upon the wall.

With the Runes activated, a nearly transparent Shield made of Primordial Power covered and protected the entire wall of Gu Country.

Thousands of powerful rockets exploded, enveloping the entire front of Gu Country’s walls in flames.

But, Lin Hao could see clearly, that even though these were modified, the most powerful rockets made from Eternal Life Realm materials combined with Earth technology, they still couldn’t break the Array defenses of the Gu Country city walls!

The Shield was like the surface of water, rippled by the explosion, seemingly about to break at any moment, yet in reality, Lin Hao knew, that it was impossible to breach the Shield with such power!

"What now?"

It wasn’t just Lin Hao who noticed this, but also Zhou Pangu, Liu Chuixue, and Flame Winged Dragon. Amidst their shock, all eyes turned to Lin Hao.