It seemed that Great General Pang Zhong was filled with confusion and dissatisfaction over what the Heartless Demon Emperor and the others were doing.
Before the Heartless Demon Emperor could speak, Demon Emperor Li Yezhu looked coldly at Pang Zhong and said:
"Pang Zhong, are you questioning Upper Immortal Wuxin?"
As he spoke, an invisible pressure as heavy as a mountain abruptly bore down on Pang Zhong.
Pang Zhong gave a muffled grunt, and blood trickled from the corner of his mouth.
Seeing this, the Heartless Demon Emperor merely raised his hand and swept it lightly, and Demon Emperor Li Yezhu's crushing pressure immediately vanished like smoke.
Then the Heartless Demon Emperor looked at Great General Pang Zhong with a gentle smile and said:
"Great General Pang, if I told you that sacrificing only these hundred-odd thousand refugees from the Yan Kingdom could buy peace for the Heavenly Wolf Kingdom's ten million people, and at least a hundred years of peace for the Heavenly Wolf Kingdom, what would you choose?"
Pang Zhong's expression changed drastically at those words.
Then he looked at the Heartless Demon Emperor in disbelief and said:
"Upper Immortal Wuxin, what do you mean by that?"
The Heartless Demon Emperor smiled.
"Exactly what I said."
Demon Emperor Li Yezhu also spoke coldly:
"Sacrificing the lives of a hundred-odd thousand people from another kingdom in exchange for a hundred years of peace for ten million of your own people is a worthwhile bargain however you look at it."
Pang Zhong's brows furrowed slightly, and he asked the Heartless Demon Emperor again:
"Upper Immortal Wuxin, did you truly mean what you just said?"
Seeing Pang Zhong waver, the corners of the Heartless Demon Emperor's mouth lifted, and he said with a gentle smile:
"Pang Zhong, you and I have