A lion hampered in a net.

Energy takes starstuff and turns it into a horse. Dissolves the horse back into stardust and uses the same starstuff to grow a tree.

This mountain when it rageth […] casteth forth huge stones, disgorgeth brimstone.

The blow is not as severe as those to his leg. It is meant only to break, not crush. Blood and internal fluids spew from his nose.