Symbiotic Anomaly (2/2, Autumn Subscription)

Wu Xiong didn't know when he had started feeling unwell that day. Maybe it was after breakfast, or maybe while he was arguing with someone, spittle flying. Either way, he had felt off all day.

The discomfort manifested as his stomach heaving in waves, making him nauseous and sick.

"Are you all right?"

Great Yang Mansion wasn't very big, so even though Wu Xiong was of the Exotic Race, he had been assigned five teammates to patrol with him.

Seeing him stop every few steps, they asked with some concern, "Is something wrong?"

Wu Xiong had seen that look many times. He had often looked at others that way himself.

It was a wary, suspicious look.

"I-I'm fine... Urk! Urk, urk!!"

The moment Wu Xiong opened his mouth, he began retching violently.

He seemed determined to empty his stomach completely. Once he started, he couldn't stop.

First came vomit, then stomach acid, and finally blood!

As his teammates backed away in alarm, Wu Xiong had already lowered his head to the ground, his body hunched, his Tail sticking straight up as he retched desperately, his face twisted in agony.

When the other guards hurried over, they saw that what Wu Xiong had thrown up was clotted blood and... fragments of organs.

It was as though the organs inside his abdomen had rotted away and been retched out.

Wu Xiong was a Xiantian Realm Martial Artist, yet he had ended up like this. Everyone was horrified, and they scattered deeper into the mansion.

"M-Miss! Miss, something's happened!"

They shouted as they ran.

Wu Xiong weakly raised a hand and said, "Don't... don't... I can still hold on. I'm fine, I..."

Boom!!

Wu Xiong's stomach suddenly exploded, leaving a bloody hole.

Several white maggots, each as thick as an arm, wriggled and