Partner Mark, Lit Up!

Yu Tu was far too ruthless with himself.

The most horrifying wound was on his neck, slashed so deeply that flesh and skin were torn apart.

Countless white vines and purple vines burst wildly from his wounds, wrapping around him before converging above him. In an instant, they seemed to form the roots of a massive ancient tree.

At the same moment, flames attacked him from all directions!

Yu Tu was once again turned into a fireball. Faintly visible within the flames, the vines were continuously burned away, only to keep growing upward.

They were destroyed as they healed.

Constantly dying, constantly being reborn.

For the first time in his life, Lu Mi understood what it meant to hurt so much that his legs went weak.

The foot he had stepped forward with suddenly lost all strength. He collapsed to the ground, his body and voice trembling uncontrollably.

"Don't... don't... He'll hurt... He'll hurt..."

It looked as though the vines were burning, but in truth, Yu Tu's own flesh and blood were being incinerated.

Suddenly, Lu Mi's voice cut off.

He lowered his head in disbelief and looked at his chest.

It was burning hot.

The spot on his chest connected to his arm was burning, burning hot.

He had clearly thought of something...

Trembling, he yanked open his clothes and exposed the skin over his chest.

Part of the white vine branded there glimmered faintly on the surface of his skin, while another part glowed from within his flesh.

"This is..."

Lu Mi looked toward Yu Tu again, gritting his teeth as tears streamed down his face.

"Yu Tu! You lied to me again!"

Boundless strength erupted from within Lu Mi. He got to his feet and leaped toward Yu Tu!

Using the other spacecraft as footholds, the distance