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"Grrr!"

Hao Xuan lowered his head and buried his face in between his hands to keep the physical changes from being discovered by the others. He could feel razor-sharp teeth ejecting from his gums akin to a completely new layer of teeth.

Even his nails started turning white and elongating by the second.

'NO! Not here! Baracus, help me!'

Hao Xuan felt like there was some kind of a creature inside his stomach trying to claw its way out. He started shaking visibly and with Baracus's help managed to suppress the bloodline back into a state of temporary narcosis.

It was many times stronger than anything Hao Xuan had experienced before mainly because it was not one-sided. Not only was the bloodline trying to come out from the inside, but something was calling it from the outside as well.

Some distance away amongst the band of musicians that were providing the main source of entertainment for this event was one person that had suddenly zoned in on Hao Xuan.