As the food was rapidly digested and absorbed.
Chen Shouyi finally felt a little better.
Then he remembered something. His expression changed, and he quickly focused his mind, checking the energy vortex in his dantian.
The moment he looked, Chen Shouyi couldn't help sighing.
The energy he'd painstakingly accumulated over this period had, just like his physical strength, been completely drained. Not a trace remained.
Although he'd already suspected as much, seeing it for himself still made his heart ache. That was nearly two months' worth of accumulation, all wiped out by a single Giant Transformation. He'd labored for two months, only to return to square one overnight.
"From now on, unless I'm in mortal danger, I absolutely can't go wild like that again!"
He stood up, dug a hole in the ground, and buried the bones.
Then he headed toward the cave. Suddenly, a thought struck him, and he walked back to the site of the earlier battle.
Everywhere he looked, trees lay toppled, weeds had been torn to shreds, and enormous pits and trenches scarred the ground.
Some of the pits were seven or eight meters across and two meters deep. The whole area, hundreds of meters around, looked as though it had been ravaged.
When he'd transformed into a giant, the change in perspective had kept him from noticing much.
But now that he'd returned to normal size, Chen Shouyi could truly appreciate the terrifying power he'd wielded in giant form.
He walked over to the area that had been reduced to ashes. The white layer of ash on the ground nearly reached his knees.
Chen Shouyi glanced over it, his expression growing grave.
The ash was incredibly fine, nothing but delicate powder. There wasn't a trace of charred residue, which meant the fire had burned extremely