Reincarnation as Lower Rank Five in Demon Slayer

Chapter 118 Unexpected Event: The Arrival of Upper Moon Two, Doma

A clear, crisp sound echoed through the forest under the bright, soft moonlight.

"Blood Demon Art - Blood Rain"

"Breathing Technique of Thunder: Lightning Flash"

When Akaza got close to Li Lei, in a moment of extreme crisis, he used the 360-degree Blood Rain technique, with countless blood threads shooting out from Li Lei's body like sharp swords.

He blocked Akaza's approach and used the Thunder Breathing Technique to quickly move away from Akaza. Li Lei knew that his role was that of a mage, and his attack methods were mostly ranged attacks, while Akaza's fist attacks were stronger in close combat. He would definitely not have the advantage in close combat with Akaza.

Knowing this, Li Lei would not allow Akaza to get close to him. Even if Akaza accidentally got close, he would immediately use every means to stay away from him.

Akaza, facing the countless threads that Li Lei was stabbing at him with, quickly waved his hands to shatter them, and countless broken threads fell in front of him.

Li Lei found it utterly outrageous; Akaza had shattered his resilient silk threads with just his fists. Was that even possible with a fist?

"The waning moon is exhausted, take this."

After disrupting Li Lei's offensive, Akaza attacked Li Lei again with incredible speed, leaving Li Lei shaking his head in disbelief. He couldn't win, he couldn't win, he simply couldn't win; the gap in skill was too vast.

Li Lei had no choice but to fight while running. There was no other way; Akaza loved close combat too much. If he didn't run, he would definitely get hit all over the place. For this reason, Li Lei used his Thunder Breathing Technique to its fullest extent, and even began to improve it.

This is cause for celebration, indicating that Li Lei's strength is increasing once again.

Li Lei expressed that this was not the way he wanted to become stronger. Being chased by Upper Moon Three Akaza was not the way he had imagined.

Akaza was delighted. This chase was incredibly difficult; the faster Li Lei ran, the fiercer his attacks became. The only downside was that Li Lei was simply too fast. He'd been chasing him for half an hour and still hadn't managed to catch him an inch.

"Don't run away when you're tired, come and fight me head-on!"

Finally, Akaza lost his patience and shouted at Li Lei, indicating that a battle should look like a battle; simply running away is useless. He needed to fight against himself to improve.

"No way! Your punches are so fast, I can't dodge them at all. Fighting you is just about defending, that's not progress, that's just going to break me."

Li Lei shouted as he ran, giving Akaza no chance to get close.

I'm a mage, not a warrior. Why would I need to fight in melee when I can run away? I'm not stupid.

"Hey, didn't you just want to spar with me? You've been running around like this without fighting me. Can you call this a sparring match?" Akaza, who was chasing after Li Lei, kept shouting at him.

"That was just now, and this is now. The me who promised you then is not the me who promised you now. If you want to fight, go find the me from then. Do you dare to keep chasing after the me from now?"

"Besides, I can't beat you. Fighting you would just be asking for a beating, so I'm not stopping. Forget about it." Li Lei turned and stuck his tongue out at Akaza.

Li Lei ignored Akaza's words completely, continuing to run as he pleased, and even launching continuous silk thread attacks on Akaza behind him. Whether it was effective or not was unimportant; the main purpose was to annoy Akaza. "If you're so capable, then catch up and beat me up!"

The chase between the two ghosts lasted for two hours, during which the trees and vegetation along the way were battered beyond recognition.

The clearings in the forest had been transformed into several roads by the battle between Li Lei and Yiwozuo, which, when viewed from above, resembled an octopus with legs growing out of its shell—a very bizarre shape.

Just as Yiwozuo and Li Lei were locked in a fierce chase, a voice came from the depths of the dense forest.

"Oh dear, I'm so tired. Akaza, you two seem to be having a lot of fun. If you don't mind, could I join you? I'd like to play too."

With his classic fake smile on his face, Douma walked step by step toward Li Lei and Akaza, his right hand holding an unopened golden iron fan and his left hand patting it lightly. His fake smile was incredibly bright.

"Upper Moon Two Doma!"

Upon hearing the sound and stopping, Li Lei and Akaza frowned upon seeing the newcomer, clearly neither of them had anticipated the appearance of Douma.

"Doma, what are you doing here? You're not welcome here. Get out of here right now!" Akaza said to Doma.

Akaza's expression turned grim upon seeing that the visitor was Doma, and veins slowly bulged on his forehead. Akaza disliked Doma intensely, as he was known to devour young women to become stronger.

Li Lei knew the reason for Akaza's behavior: Akaza didn't kill women or children. However, Doma, who specialized in consuming young women to become stronger, had absolutely no similar stance to Akaza.

"Oh dear, oh dear. Akaza-sama is so mean! After getting together with Rui, you don't want me anymore. I'm so heartbroken. I came here specifically to see you, and of course, I also came to play with Rui."

Doma gave Akaza a sarcastic laugh.

"Lord Akaza, could Lord Doma be a pervert, the kind of pervert who likes men in a certain way?"

Even though Li Lei clearly knew that the ghost had excellent hearing, he still whispered to Akaza and asked.

"Who knows? Maybe the woman ate too much yin energy and it caused her to change her sex," Akaza said sarcastically to Doma.

Akaza, who hoped to wear down Upper Moon Two, would not say anything kind.

Who can blame him for being so annoying, especially since he's always bothering him? If he weren't so weak, he would have already launched a bloody battle to switch places with him.

"Oh—so that's how it is. No wonder he looks neither male nor female, neither here nor there. I knew it! How could the mighty Lord Doma be a hermaphrodite? He was clearly a hermaphrodite among demons."

Looking at Doma, who might kill Shinobu and Kanae in the future, Li Lei spoke without holding back, saying such harsh words.

Douma: "(?_??)"

"Does 'yin-yang person' refer to me? According to normal emotions and the expected process, I should be angry, right? Should I retaliate?" Douma wondered to himself.

Upon hearing Li Lei's words, Douma began to consider the emotions he needed to feign when facing Li Lei and Akaza.

"I'm tired, Akaza. I'm getting angry if you talk about me like that."

Doma initially pointed his iron fan at Li Lei and Akaza, appearing quite angry, but to Li Lei and Akaza, Doma's behavior seemed strange. It was neither anger nor laughter, even somewhat comical.

"Lord Akaza, do you think Doma looks like a fool?"

“Yes! It is very similar, no—it should be said that it is exactly the same.” Akaza nodded in response to Li Lei.

"What you said is a very apt description. I think so too."

Li Lei and Akaza took turns speaking ill of Douma. Moreover, they were getting louder and louder, clearly insulting Douma to his face.

Doma: "..."

"Aren't you guys going a bit too far? I'm Upper Moon Two, after all."

Doma felt a strange unease about Li Lei and Akaza's insults, though he couldn't quite put his finger on it. Nevertheless, he immediately unleashed a barrage of ice attacks on Li Lei and Akaza.

"Lord Akaza, look how desperate he is! He's even started fighting demons!"

"Hmm! I saw it, how stingy."

Li Lei and Akaza dodged Doma's casual attack and continued to speak ill of Doma.

"What's the use of all this talk? It won't hurt me anyway," Tongmo interjected, turning to Li Lei and Yiwo.

"What's wrong with us? We're happy to."

Li Lei and Akaza looked smug, as if they were very happy to scold Doma and the others.

Douma: "?_??"

Today is so strange. Why do I feel uncomfortable? I don't know if this is an emotion, and I'm puzzled about it.

Due to the influence of his parents during his lifetime, Doma was emotionally detached. After being turned into a demon by Muzan, he had almost no feelings and did not understand emotions. Therefore, he was puzzled and confused by the insults from Li Rui and Akaza.

However, the body's involuntary attack response puzzled and puzzled Douma.

"Why? Why did I fall to the ground? I wasn't angry, so why did I want to attack them?"

The body's instinctive reactions are all expressions of venting negative emotions to the outside world, but Douma does not understand them and is unable to understand them.