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

After unleashing a dozen or so punches, Riyao stepped back and his emerald green eyes darted around half a circle before he realized what was happening.

Something's not right! This wretched place was blasted to pieces by poison gas, leaving not a single blade of grass. The environment is so oppressive that the amount of life force that can be extracted and attached to the fist is less than half of what was expected.

The efficiency of "the weight of life" is as low as toothpaste that has been squeezed dry; continuing to push it is a pure waste of energy!

Once he figured this out, he immediately changed his approach and stopped trying to confront the dumb gorilla head-on.

The ferocious gorilla, over three meters tall, swung its fists, as big as millstones, and smashed them down on his head like a pile driver, each blow cracking the scorched earth and sending rocks flying.

The roar shook the colorful punks hanging on the broken branches, causing them to fall down in a rustling sound, but they couldn't even touch a single hair of Riyao's clothes!

Sunlight was as slippery as an oiled eel, dodging left and right, specifically targeting Nibu's attack gaps, leaving the gorilla dizzy and only able to roar incoherently.

Just as Nibu missed his punch and his center of gravity swayed forward...

Riyao stomped his foot, shattering the scorched earth beneath his feet, and shot up like a golden-green bullet. His clenched fist, imbued with golden magic, was aimed at Nibu's chest and heart, and he slammed it out!

Nibu, who had been howling and roaring, instantly froze into a black-haired stone gorilla stuck in the ground. His scarlet eyes bulged so much they were about to pop out of their sockets, the roar in his throat was stuck in place, and his heart stopped for a full second!

As soon as the sun shone brightly, his mouth stretched from ear to ear, and his smirk almost overflowed.

"Wow, it actually worked!"

Next up is time for some fun target practice!

He moved as if he were traveling at double speed, weaving in and out of the gaps in Nibu's massive body, his fists raining down like hailstones, aiming straight for vital points.

"Bang bang bang bang bang!"

Each punch landed squarely on his heart, throat, and lower back. With each blow, Nibu's body convulsed, and his organs gradually failed.

Sunlight was smashing so hard his hands were practically spinning, yet he didn't forget to hurl insults at everyone, his sassiness was enough to make anyone furious.

"Weren't you pretty arrogant? Where's that bravado you had when you stepped on my head?"

"That three-meter-tall guy was always finding weaklings to explode and transforming, but in the end he couldn't even touch the hem of my clothes. Are the Lonra family genes really that consistent? Your brother is a scruffy bird and you're a stupid gorilla, so you're all just pretty faces?"

"Didn't you just say you were going to smash me into underground fertilizer? Your strength is less than what I used to knead dough this morning! Didn't you eat?! Push harder!"

The synchronized sound of boots broke through the poisonous mist and rushed over. Arcadios led the entire squad of magical knights and finally arrived, his dark cloak fluttering in the wind.

He raised his hand and pressed down, and thousands of people instantly froze in place, their breathing becoming perfectly synchronized, without the slightest extraneous noise.

Just as Riyao was happily beating up Nibu, his ears twitched, and his emerald green eyes glanced over and spotted the leader of the team, Alka.

He immediately gathered his strength and shouted, his voice, imbued with magic, clearly drifting out of the poisonous gas zone.

"Don't come any closer! This place is full of poison gas!"

Arcadios frowned almost imperceptibly, without the slightest hesitation, and immediately waved his hand to signal the entire team to retreat, outside the area covered by the blackish-purple poison gas. He then immediately selected the fastest lightly armed knight and ordered him to turn back to the capital to report and arrange for the poison magic troops to bring their equipment.

All the arrangements were explained clearly in just a few words. He himself stood on the high slope against the wind, his gaze fixed on the swirling poisonous fog in the woods, carefully observing the extent of the poisonous gas's spread.

Just as Riyao finished thinking, "It's time to end this," he had already moved!

Swish

The golden-green afterimage was so fast that it created a semi-transparent double image in the lens. The little guy who was just darting around in the shadow of Nibu's fist was now behind the more than three-meter-tall gorilla in the blink of an eye!

Nibu was still wildly waving his millstone-like claws and growling, not even touching the hem of Riyao's clothes, and had no idea that someone was behind him.

Sunburst clenched his fist, the golden magic on it shining brightly, and aimed at Nibu's vital point connecting his neck and spine, smashing it down with all his might.

Thump! Boom!

First came the dull thud of bones dislocating, followed by a deafening crash of the enormous object slamming into the ground, sending scorched earth and rubble flying three feet into the air!

Nibu didn't faint, he didn't die, but his cervical spine was completely broken, and he was completely paralyzed from the neck down. His huge body was lying at the bottom of the crater, his heavy arms were draped on the rubble, and he couldn't move even half a finger.

With only blood still stuck in his throat, he could only roar intermittently. His scarlet eyes were bulging out of their sockets, making him look incredibly fierce. In reality, he was just stubborn and posed no threat whatsoever.

Riyao shook the black hair and blood foam off his fist, patted the scorched earth and poisonous ash from his palm twice, glanced around at the messy cratered forest, picked up the magic book, brushed off the cover dust, and held it.

Nibu, who had been lying paralyzed at the bottom of the pit, was still screaming with a sore throat. Riyao lifted his foot and swept it across Nibu's big head, ignoring him, and turned to walk out of the gas circle.

The moment he stepped out of the boundary of the dark purple poisonous gas, Riyao expanded his chest and took a big gulp of clean, non-toxic air into his lungs, then turned and grinned at Arcadios on the high slope.

Cool~

Once the toxins were cleared and the suppression was lifted, Riyao's life force immediately surged forth. A hazy, lustrous golden-green light swirled around him, so vibrant it almost overflowed, even more vigorous than before the battle.

He moved his shoulders, his knuckles cracking, his mind perfectly clear.

Just now, in the poison gas circle, Chun Chun was completely countered by the environment, and the life force she could use was reduced to less than 30%.

Honestly, if I hadn't stacked those three additional spells on myself beforehand, and hadn't accumulated a full pool of reserve life force through the Hundred Tactical Method, I really don't know if I would have been able to stand up and come out after being tricked like this today!

Sunlight walked barefoot across the grass at the edge of the poisonous zone, strolling leisurely to Arcadia's side.

After all that blasting and fighting, his clothes were already tattered beyond recognition, with half a piece missing from the hem and a nearly foot-long gash on the side of his waist. His body was covered in black and gray bloodstains, revealing a small patch of his waist and abdomen, which was rather unsightly.

The fierceness he had shown just a second ago, beating up a three-meter-tall gorilla, was completely gone. Riyao scratched the back of his head with his hands behind his back, his shoulders hunched and twisted, looking just like a precocious kid who had gotten into trouble and dirtied the neighbor's fence.

"Um... could I borrow a clean uniform? I'm so embarrassed by how tattered it is..."

Arcadios's face remained taut and hard, like an ice sculpture, except for a sudden, sharp twitch at the corner of his right eye, with three black lines clearly visible running down his forehead. His mind was practically flooded with thoughts of what was going on.

I knew this guy would never do things the way they always do! He's crazier than anyone else when he's fighting, but then he acts all shy around me. I just can't get used to it!

He suppressed the chilling aura that was about to burst, and expressionlessly turned his head to shout behind him, "Someone, get him a spare uniform."

Riyao grinned from ear to ear, and blurted out, "Uncle, you're a really nice guy!"

Arcadios's fingers, gripping the hilt of his sword, suddenly paused. A crack appeared in his otherwise chilling aura, and the knights who had stepped back all lowered their heads, pretending to look at his shoes, their shoulders trembling as they suppressed laughter.