Fairy Tail: This Healing Mage's hits hurt so much!

Sunlight carried Gray and Cana, narrowly avoiding the Skeleton King's jade foot stepping towards the train.

Upon landing, he staggered two steps, deliberately retreating towards the forest not far away, then burst into laughter, his mocking words carrying a deliberate provocation.

"Hey! You coward hiding on the skeleton! I can't hit you, I can't hit you, I'm so mad!"

The leader standing on the Skeleton King's shoulder trembled with rage, his turbid eyes bloodshot, his hoarse and shrill voice a mixture of sounds like a broken gong being scraped.

"Arrogant brats! You're asking for death! No matter where you run to, you're going to die!"

He was completely blinded by rage and didn't think much about the schemes involved; all he wanted was to tear these three brats who had humiliated him to pieces.

He immediately gave a stern order: "Chase them! Crush them into mincemeat!"

The massive Skeleton King let out a deafening roar, took heavy steps, and chased after the direction in which Sunbeam and his companions had fled.

The giant foot trampled across the grass, leaving deep craters in its wake. Enraged, it was led into the dense forest by the Sun's taunts.

Seeing this, Riyao's eyes flashed with a hint of triumph, and he immediately put Gray and Cana down.

"Quick, run into the woods! The dense trees there will restrict this giant's movement and get us completely away from the passengers!"

Without further hesitation, the three turned and ran wildly into the depths of the forest.

Skeleton King strode into the forest, and as soon as he raised his hand to swing his giant bone blade, although the dense, thick tree trunks did not stop him, they did slow down the speed of his swing.

The massive skeleton struggled to turn around, and its long legs were constantly getting caught by the protruding roots of old trees.

The powerful stomping and sweeping movements that were originally unleashed were completely ineffective in the narrow forest, and the movements became clumsy and slow.

Riyao grabbed the towering tree with both hands and exerted his strength, overturning several ancient trees by their roots with a loud crash!

The fallen tree trunks, layer upon layer, were tightly wedged around the Skeleton King's ankles and knees, effectively locking him in place.

Even if the bones could regenerate quickly, they would still be stuck firmly in the wood and unable to move.

Gray immediately understood, and icy blue magic spread through the forest roots: "Ice Shape - Ice Fountain!"

The ice spread along the tree trunk and wrapped around the Skeleton King's bones, strengthening the bondage.

Kana raised her hand and threw out several cards. The withered leaves in the forest were swept up by the gale and turned into a gray mist that obscured the view of the Skeleton King and the villain on his shoulder.

Meanwhile, the trees multiplied and wrapped around the Skeleton King's lower body, making his limbs increasingly stiff.

After a series of perfectly coordinated attacks, all three were breathless, their foreheads covered in cold sweat, and their magic power was almost completely depleted.

Gray supported his aching arms, and Cana gripped the cards tightly, their minds filled with only one thought: that the council's forces would receive the commotion and arrive at the forest as soon as possible.

On the other side, the Skeleton King, entangled by ancient trees and trapped by ice crevices, was still frantically twisting his massive body, his joints cracking, but he couldn't break free from the shackles of the trees and ice in a short time.

The villainous leader, perched on her shoulder, roared furiously, his eyes blazing with rage, "Useless trash! Get up! Crush them! Grind these three brats to dust!"

Seeing that the Skeleton King was temporarily trapped and unable to get close in a short time, Gray and Cana breathed a slight sigh of relief, their tense shoulders relaxing slightly.

Riyao, however, was suddenly jolted, a strange tremor rising within him. In the darkness, a power rooted in the earth was slowly resonating with him.

He suppressed his doubts, tentatively bent down and reached out his hand, his palm lightly touching the damp earth in the forest.

In a moment, his eyes suddenly cleared, and he instantly understood the origin of this resonance.

A complex magic circle, emerald green interwoven with golden patterns, quietly unfolded on the ground. After a moment of swirling light, it vanished without a trace, leaving the ground empty as if nothing had ever happened.

Gray scratched his head, and Kana tilted her head, looking confused. The two looked at each other, neither able to understand what Sunrise was doing at that moment.

Just then, the leader on the high place completely lost his patience, a ruthless glint in his eyes: Since we're entangled!

He suddenly activated his magic and gave the order.

Without hesitation, the giant skeleton king raised his giant bone blade and slashed it down hard at his lower body, which was locked by trees!

"Boom—!"

Suddenly, a cloud of dust filled the sky, obscuring the view.

The broken lower body bones floated in the air, avoiding all restraints, and quickly reassembled and pieced together in mid-air.

In just a few breaths, the Skeleton King was completely transformed, standing firmly on the ground, having broken free from all constraints.

The leader looked at the freed Skeleton King and let out a maniacal and ear-piercing laugh, his voice a mixture of triumph and murderous intent.

"Hahaha! A bunch of useless trash brats! Die! All of you die right here!"

As the smoke cleared, I looked at the Skeleton King before me, who had autonomously severed his body, reformed himself, and escaped his predicament, demonstrating his ability to make choices and break free from his predicament.

The three little ones, having exhausted their magic, froze on the spot. Riyao subconsciously let out a soft cry, his face full of astonishment.

"Holy crap... This nameless villain actually has brains?!"

Gray and Cana stared at the Skeleton King, who had become even more ferocious after escaping his confinement. Their magic was completely exhausted, and they panicked. Helpless, they turned to Sunbeam—their only hope at this moment.

But the moment they turned their heads, they both froze.

All that could be seen was a faint, shimmering green light emanating from the sun, a light that lingered like morning mist in the forest.

It flowed slowly from his hair, fingertips, and the hem of his clothes, even tinging his pupils with a translucent turquoise.

What resonates with the sun at this moment is the boundless vitality of the trees in this ancient forest.

The emerald green magic circle had already quietly established a connection between him and the forest.

Riyao closed his eyes, no longer suppressing the resonance, greedily absorbing the immense life force surging from the depths of the forest like a parched land receiving timely rain.

The ancient trees all around trembled slightly, their leaves lost their luster at a visible speed, and their branches withered gently.

A massive amount of complex life energy followed the trajectory of the magic circle, transforming into streams of green water that surged wildly into his body.

Although these life forces are mixed and impure, carrying the wildness and roughness of plants, Sunlight can no longer care about filtering them at this moment.

The magical power within him, which was on the verge of depletion, rapidly revived under the nourishment of life energy.

The golden patterns on his body, marked by "Hundred Battles," shone even brighter, intertwining with the green light around him to form a dazzling golden-green light curtain that spread along his veins and covered his limbs and bones.

The golden patterns on his body, etched with the marks of countless battles, slowly began to glow. Riyao clenched his fist, feeling as if he could kill a black dragon with a single punch.

"Gray, Kana, go back to the train and wait for the rune troops."

Gray and Cana didn't move, refusing, "No, we'll fight together. We can't abandon our comrades and run away."

Riyao picked up the two men and threw them out of the forest, cursing, "I was afraid of getting involved with you two idiots."

Just as the two were thrown into the air, "Boom—!"

The giant skeleton king's massive bone blade was already upon them, the blade accompanied by a whistling sound that tore through the air, its shadow enveloping the entire forest, the chilling aura of death almost freezing the air itself.

Sunrise turned around, his eyes showing no fear, but instead burning with fighting spirit.

Facing the bone blade powerful enough to split mountains and shatter rocks, he advanced instead of retreating, his body glowing with a golden-green light that condensed in his right fist, and he swung it straight out!