Xu Huo genuinely hadn't expected the shadow personality to be able to imitate voices and distract Xue Lang. He hadn't fully recovered his memories of the Seventeenth Hospital. What he'd regained was mostly related to Dr. Zhang, and he couldn't remember many of the details. The other children in the hospital had also attended Dr. Zhang's training sessions, so he didn't know all that much about them. He had no idea whether he and Xiao Liang had been friends as children... But judging by Xue Lang's expression, it probably hadn't been a pleasant relationship.
Fragments of shadow scattered across the ground. Some of them gathered into thin streams and flowed behind Xue Lang, then slowly rose into the air, forming a hand that reached for his throat.
Before it could touch him, though, he vanished from where he stood and teleported a hundred meters away.
Watching Xu Huo, Xue Lang's expression shifted back and forth, as if he were debating something. Just then, the Communicator in his pocket rang. Its urgent tone made up his mind.
"We'll meet again when the Dungeon ends." He spoke toward Xu Huo, then opened a portal and left.
Xu Huo felt somewhat relieved, though a little disappointed, too. Xue Lang must have sensed what he was trying to do, which was why he'd decided to back down and leave.
He wondered whether Xue Lang's companions had also been raised by Dr. Zhang.
After applying medicine to his wound, Xu Huo reopened his Spiritual World.
He'd sensed something when the Space Ray passed through the manifested door. The first time he'd undergone spatial Evolution, he'd also discovered the Space Ray through his Spiritual World. Although he couldn't actually do anything with the Space Ray yet, this meant that, with his spiritual power greatly strengthened, he