Sea Star Douluo fell silent for a moment, a trace of resolve flashing in his eyes. "I do have a way, but... it depends on Commander Ao's decision."
Hearing this, Ao Can stepped forward, clutching the wound on his left shoulder. "Please speak, Lord Sacred Pillar. If it means saving this force, I would walk through boiling water and raging fire without hesitation."
Sea Star Douluo took a deep breath and said, stressing each word, "Self-destruct, just like them."
At Sea Star Douluo's words, both Ao Can and Sea Spear Douluo froze.
Sea Spear Douluo's grip abruptly tightened around the spear he was leaning on. "Sea Star, have you gone mad? We're the Sacred Pillars of Sea God Island! How can we resort to such an evil, unorthodox way of fighting?"
Sea Star Douluo turned, calmly meeting Sea Spear Douluo's shocked gaze. "Tell me, what situation are we in right now?"
The question left Sea Spear Douluo speechless. After a moment of silence, he gritted his teeth. "We're trapped."
"Yes, we're trapped," Sea Star Douluo said, stressing each word. "There are at least a hundred thousand sea soul beasts over a hundred thousand years old surrounding us, while we only have four hundred thousand with ten-thousand-year combat strength. We can't break through head-on, and we can't outlast them by holding our ground. Our only wild card is self-destruction."
Ao Can fell silent for a moment before slowly speaking. "Lord Sacred Pillar, this self-destruction you mentioned... how exactly would it work?"
Sea Star Douluo's eyes flickered. "It's simple. Select a suicide squad from your force, volunteers willing to die. Have them charge into the densest part of the enemy formation and detonate their soul power. As long as they tear a gap in the encirclement, we'll have a chance to break