Reincarnation as Lower Rank Five in Demon Slayer

Chapter 166 Several months have passed in the blink of an eye

Feeling the demonic flesh of Genya that he had swallowed, instinctively wanting to devour his own flesh, Li Lei was not too panicked. It was just a piece of demon-devouring flesh; even if he had eaten Muzan's blood, it was nothing to him.

Aside from the initial slight injury he suffered due to lack of awareness, Li Lei had now controlled his body's cells to suppress it.

Faced with Li Lei's counterattack, Xuanmi's demonized flesh instantly became obedient. Possessing some biological instincts, it immediately knew that the things around it were not to be trifled with, and turned back to normal, hoping to deceive Li Lei as before.

"Wow, you're quite the liar, too bad you're brainless!"

Li Lei's smile instantly turned cold. Being suddenly pricked by the food he'd just eaten would be unpleasant for anyone. Li Lei was in a bad mood; he was usually the one eating others, never the other way around.

Everyone knows he's petty and doesn't like to suffer losses. What kind of meat is in his belly that anyone would dare to eat him?

Don't they know that once they're inside his stomach, they have to obey him? Immediately, Li Lei gave an order, and the cells around the flesh immediately swarmed forward, quickly tearing Xuan Mi's demonized flesh apart and eating it.

Li Lei ate Genya's flesh in just a few bites. After finishing the demonized flesh, Li Lei immediately discovered something incredible: the demonized flesh actually possessed some of Muzan's properties. Although these properties were very weak, Li Lei still detected them with his powerful perception.

Genya's demonized flesh possesses the ability to suppress demons, much like Muzan has the power of life and death over demons. If an ordinary demon were to encounter Genya's demonized flesh, it would be directly frightened by the aura emanating from it.

"Interesting. Powerful disguise and a natural suppression effect on demons—these are all abilities that Muzan possesses. Genya's flesh, which has activated its demon-devouring ability, was actually able to devour from a single drop of Muzan's highly concentrated blood, albeit a very weak one."

But all of this surprised and pleased Li Lei.

"Demon Eater, so this is a Demon Eater! This ability is simply amazing."

Having witnessed the power and effects of the Devourer firsthand, Li Lei was incredibly excited. He was determined to obtain the Devourer's power, no matter what means he had to use or how long it took.

Over the next few months, Li Lei continued to study Xuanmi and Shimi's special physiques.

He tried every possible method to figure out what was special about the brothers' physiques so that he could replicate their physical effects.

However, Li Lei failed. The birth of rare blood is highly random and difficult to artificially create. The Devourer's constitution is too complex to be analyzed in a short time.

Li Lei estimated that it would take him at least several decades or even hundreds of years to analyze the structural composition of the Devourer's physique.

However, although the Devourers eat ghosts, they are still human at heart, with a lifespan of at most one or two hundred years. Xuanmi's lifespan probably wouldn't even be enough for Li Lei to conduct his research. Upon discovering this fact, Li Lei was saddened for several days.

If Li Lei can't figure out Xuan Mi's Ghost Eater physique while he's still alive, he probably won't have another chance. Ghost Eaters are even rarer than those with rare bloodlines, so encountering another one is simply a pipe dream.

Xuanmi's Demon Eater physique is considered special even among Demon Eaters, which makes Li Lei even more upset.

Li Lei even considered turning Xuan Mi into a ghost so that he could live longer and conduct research on him. However, an experiment conducted over the past few months made him abandon this idea.

Because when he was experimenting with a small piece of Genya's flesh, he discovered that a fully demonized demon-devourer's physique, which cannot revert to human form, would suddenly undergo a fundamental change, losing the ability to gain Blood Demon Arts by eating other demons.

This infuriated Li Lei, but fortunately, he found a workable solution a few days ago.

That is, Li Lei used his own flesh-and-blood parasitic blood demon technique to parasitize a large amount of flesh and blood into Xuan Mi's body, and constantly analyzed the changes in his demon-devouring physique.

Furthermore, due to the unique nature of Li Lei's Blood Demon Technique, coupled with the significant difference in strength between Xuan Mi and Li Lei, Li Lei succeeded immediately.

"Xuanmi, how are you feeling? Is there anything wrong with your body?"

Having successfully parasitized Xuanmi's body using the Blood Demon Technique, Li Lei asked a question.

"It's nothing, sir, I feel fine."

Xuanmi clenched his fist, feeling the powerful energy flowing through his body. His muscles were full and the lines were smooth, giving him a strong sense of power.

Just a month ago, after the adults fed him a piece of raw meat of unknown origin, he felt a very strange change in himself. Xuanmi couldn't describe this feeling, but he was certain of one thing: he had become stronger.