Their original, meticulously planned battle strategy was:

Using a large number of feinting troops to continuously attack the most conspicuous targets on the island's perimeter, drawing the attention and firepower of the defending forces;

At the same time, elite main forces were dispatched to launch a surprise attack from the relatively weak base of the island, aiming to break through the core in one fell swoop.

But now, the situation has developed in a way that has completely exceeded their expectations. The main force, on which they had placed high hopes, has vanished without a trace, like a stone thrown into the sea, without even making a ripple.

The feinting troops, which were supposed to be pawns, fell into an uncontrollable frenzy, completely disrupting all their subsequent plans.

"Retreat immediately! Order the feint attack force to retreat at all costs!" Blackfin Shark made a decisive decision, issuing the order urgently through the communication conch.

It can no longer allow these precious troops to be wasted in this meaningless madness.

However, the orders transmitted through the communication conch shell seemed to sink without a trace, failing to elicit any response from the feinting troops.

Those deep-sea creatures who had fallen into a berserk state had their brains occupied by the eerie energy emanating from the Crimson Gaze, and were completely unable to hear any rational commands.

Their eyes were fixed on the blinding, eerie red light, and their minds were filled with the most primal and pure desire for killing and the impulse to destroy.

In their eyes, the solid energy shield before them was the only enemy preventing them from unleashing their boundless rage, and it had to be utterly destroyed! Crushed! Torn apart!

Gu Xi's mental power clearly sensed the fluctuations of the enemy commander attempting to issue a retreat order in some way, and also sensed the complete disregard and indifference of the feinting troops towards the order.

A cold, mocking smile curled at the corners of her lips, a knowing glint in her eyes.

"Trying to back out now? It's too late."

As if responding to Gu Xi's thoughts, the crimson gaze atop the Future suddenly emitted an even more eerie and dazzling light, so red it seemed to drip blood.

The fluctuations it released also intensified, acting like an invisible catalyst, further stimulating the already ferocious deep-sea creatures and pushing them into an even deeper abyss of madness.

Gu Xi quietly returned to the command center of the Future.

The battle at the bottom of the island was basically over, with only Flamescale leading a group of excited sea beasts cleaning up the remaining battlefield, searching for any survivors, and taking the "spoils of war".

"The bottom has been completely held! Sister Xi, you did a fantastic job! It was like a divine intervention!" Sun Yiming greeted Gu Xi excitedly as soon as he saw her return, his face beaming with the joy of surviving a disaster and boundless admiration for Gu Xi.

He had just witnessed Gu Xi's heroic figure dominating the battlefield at the bottom through his mental power, and the shock he felt from that moment had not yet subsided.

"Gu Xi, you...you've gotten even stronger." Luo Lin rarely showed a faint smile, his tone filled with sincere admiration.

He had been silently assessing whether he could have handled an enemy of that quantity and quality with the same ease as Gu Xi. The answer was no.

Gu Xi did not show any pride or arrogance despite the praise from the crowd. She simply turned her gaze calmly to the outside of the command cabin, watching the underwater feint attack force that was still frantically attacking the energy shield like moths to a flame.

“The feint attack force has completely spiraled out of control,” Gu Xi said calmly, his tone undisturbed. “They are now just a bunch of beasts controlled by primal emotions, having lost their reason and tactics. In a sense, their actual threat to us has actually decreased, because their attacks have become chaotic and are merely futilely wasting their own strength.”