Reincarnation as Lower Rank Five in Demon Slayer

Chapter 123 Becoming Stronger, the Arrival of the Unknown Evil Spirit

Time flies, and a year has passed in the blink of an eye. During this year, Li Lei reduced his wandering around and spent half of his time practicing the boxing techniques he learned from Akaza on Mount Nata Spider to improve his close combat abilities.

He spent the rest of his time refining his Water Breathing and Thunder Breathing techniques, and adapting to the backlash from switching between the two. From the very beginning of the switch, he would experience intense backlash pain, making it difficult for him to continue.

After a long period of adaptation, the backlash from the breathing technique has been greatly reduced, and he can now switch between Water Breathing and Thunder Breathing multiple times during battle.

All of this is done to become stronger, to eliminate any weaknesses or shortcomings in close combat.

During his battle with Akaza, Li Lei discovered that he was very bad at fighting and was constantly being unilaterally overwhelmed by Akaza. If he hadn't been fast, Akaza would have definitely pinned him to the ground and rubbed him however he wanted.

Whenever Li Lei thinks of this past, he feels a surge of resentment. In the past, when he fought, he was always the one who unilaterally crushed and bullied others. When had he ever suffered such pain and bullying?

It was supposed to be a fight that ended with a point (as Li Lei thought), but Akaza started chasing after him from the very beginning. Didn't he have any pride?

If the other Lower Moon demons found out, and he was still hanging around in the demon world like this, still holding onto the title of Lower Moon One, how could he possibly command respect? (Oops, scratch that part.) With Muzan around, even if he were incredibly bold, he wouldn't dare expect other demons to submit to him; after all, Muzan is currently the Demon King.

In short, Li Lei wanted to chase after Akaza and beat him up to vent his pent-up resentment, otherwise he wouldn't enjoy his meals anymore.

If Akaza knew what Li Lei was thinking at this moment, he would be speechless, since apart from injuring Li Lei at the beginning of their fight, he had been led around by Li Lei ever since.

He wanted to fight Li Lei, which was fine, but Li Lei's speed was ridiculously fast, and he couldn't catch up at all. Even if he did catch up, he wouldn't dare to kill him, after all, he wasn't stupid, and he didn't want to hurt Li Lei badly.

He'll be skinned alive by Muzan, and he'll never have a good life.

In Li Lei's courtyard on Mount Natian Spider, Li Lei kept swinging his fists, practicing the fist techniques he had been doing every day for over a year. During this time, he also used the Blood Demon Technique to add weight to himself.

By constantly adapting the body to punching under immense weight, the goal is to train both physical strength and boxing technique, improving both power and skill simultaneously, and thus quickly catching up with Akaza's close-combat abilities.

His goal was to become stronger and beat Akaza up. More importantly, he wanted to become stronger as soon as possible to get rid of Doma, because Doma had been asking other demons about his whereabouts for years. If Doma found him at Mount Natagumo, he would be in trouble.

The consequences would be unimaginable. He had three humans with rare bloodlines here: Ten'i Moka and Chihiro Chigusa. If he came to Natagumo Mountain while he was away, the three of them would surely die.

Those with rare blood are a rare delicacy for demons, and can also make demons stronger quickly. Douma will definitely not let this opportunity pass him by.

Thinking of this, Li Lei couldn't help but sigh.

"Sigh—what's wrong with Upper Moon Two Doma all these years? He keeps staring at me like I owe him money."

"When he and Akaza were fighting him, I only used the Thousand Years of Death Threads on him a few more times from a distance. Was it necessary to hold such a grudge? As a demon, and an Upper Moon Two at that, it's not like I can't recover." Li Lei muttered to himself in the courtyard.

"My lord, what is the Thousand Years of Death? Who did you use the Thousand Years of Death on? Is the Thousand Years of Death very powerful? Is it a new technique you created?"

Chihiro walked into the place where Li Lei was training and heard him muttering to himself. She heard the word "Thousand Years of Death" in it and was immediately filled with curiosity. She asked Li Lei about it.

Looking at Chihiro's inquisitive expression, Li Lei didn't know whether he should say it or not. He wondered when and where the term "Thousand Years of Death" originated, but such a suggestive term was definitely not something that people of this generation would know.

In the end, Li Lei couldn't withstand Qianxun's inquisitive gaze and immediately gave in, speaking in a roundabout and abstract way.

"The Thousand Years of Death is a terrifying attack that can cause double damage to the enemy's body and mind. It inflicts mental damage on top of physical damage, causing both the body and mind to be injured at the same time. It is a very terrifying move."

"(⊙o⊙) Wow, that's amazing! Can I learn this Thousand Years of Death technique, sir?"

"No, this move is too evil. You can't handle it, so I can't teach you. If you learn it, you'll be in big trouble."

"Oh, I see. What a pity."

"Can my brother Chigusa learn it?" Chihiro asked, unwilling to give up.

"No, because that move is too evil."

Li Lei gave the same answer to Chihiro.

"By the way, Chihiro, why are you here so late at night instead of sleeping?" Li Lei asked Chihiro, who was standing next to him.

"Oh dear, I almost forgot if you hadn't reminded me, sir." Hearing Li Lei's question, Qianxun raised her hand and patted her head.

"Just now, a demon broke into Mount Natagumo, but my brother, Koro, and I caught it. I ran over here to tell you about it."

"It's just a ghost, you can kill it yourself, no need to come looking for me," Li Lei said to Qian Xun in a conciliatory manner.

Li Lei thought it was something important, but it turned out to be just an ordinary ghost. There was no need to bother him with such a trivial matter.

"But sir, that ghost said it knows you and that your relationship is unusual."

"Oh! That's quite unusual."

“She didn’t say, she kept emphasizing that she knew the adults, and she would only tell you when she saw you.”

At this point, Li Lei began to have doubts. Apart from the Upper Moon demon, he didn't seem to know any other demons. Even if he did, he would never tell her where he was.