If it were not for being squeezed dry again and again before this.
With Xiao Tianyang's physique, how could he possibly have been so weak after the battle?
What Xiao Tianyang needed most right now was to replenish his strength.
The body cultivation technique Xiao Tianyang had created had one drawback: it relied too heavily on the calories in food.
Simply put, if the cells were given enough calories, they would become your most powerful weapon for breaking through enemy lines.
But if excessive hunger caused a massive loss of heat within the body, then a certain situation would arise.
Cellular autophagy!
That was not a state where the more one ate, the stronger one became.
Generally speaking, the cells that were consumed would truly disappear, while the cells doing the consuming would only grow hungrier.
It was much like a wild wolf that had starved for seven days suddenly eating a piece of meat.
It was not enough to fill its stomach, but it was delicious enough.
Once its appetite was awakened, it was not something a beast could simply shut off at will.
In short, once this self-devouring state began, it was practically equivalent to self-destruction.
Of course, one could use it to briefly recover lost strength, or even use it as a trump card to turn the tables.
The premise was that you had to control the amount.
And after the battle, you had to ensure that you could obtain a large amount of food to replenish your calories.
If that could not be done, then the process of self-devouring would be no different from carving flesh with a dull blade.
That pain would absolutely rival any cruel punishment.
Yue Shen and the others knew full well that Xiao Tianyang was using this state to pull himself