Reincarnation as Lower Rank Five in Demon Slayer

In the darkness, under the silvery moonlight, in a forest full of tall trees, a figure moved swiftly back and forth among the trees like flowing water. It was unclear what the figure was doing.

However, if you zoom in, you'll find that the figure is Li Lei practicing Water Breathing.

Suddenly, a thin silver light flashed in Li Lei's hand as he moved rapidly. The silver light quickly passed by the waist of the nearest tree, which was as thick as two people.

Then Li Lei continued practicing the water breathing technique without turning his head.

The tree, which had been instantly cut in half, hadn't even reacted yet, as if the attack had nothing to do with it, and stood quietly in the moonlight.

Just then, a gentle breeze blew by, and the once upright tree began to sway precariously. With the continued blowing of the breeze, the tree finally lost its balance and fell towards the ground.

Li Lei, who was concentrating on practicing breathing techniques beside the big tree, suddenly sensed danger coming from behind him.

Sensing danger, Li Lei instantly turned around. What appeared before his eyes was the tree he had cut in half.

Looking at the massive tree, thicker than two people, falling towards him, Li Lei sneered.

"I originally intended to leave you with a complete corpse, but you brought this upon yourself, so you can't blame me! Tonight, I, Li Lei, will have you torn apart by five horses, sliced ​​into a thousand pieces, and then your body dumped in the wilderness!"

"Water Breathing, First Form (Modified) - Horizontal Cross Slash"

As the tree fell towards Li Lei, Li Lei instantly unleashed the Water Call level technique and used his modified first form—the Horizontal Cross Slash.

With the blessing of the Water Breathing Technique, Li Lei used a modified First Form of his Nichirin Blade—the Horizontal Cross Slash. In the blink of an eye, he had delivered two slashes, one horizontal and one vertical, to the large tree.

The tree that was falling towards Li Lei was struck by his sword technique, and the two remaining sword shadows left cross-shaped afterimages on the tree.

"boom--"

The cross-shaped sword shadow disappeared, and the tree split into four pieces in the air, but Li Lei did not stop there.

Looking at the tree that was still falling towards him even after being chopped into four pieces, Li Lei smiled slightly.

Li Lei gripped the knife with both hands, raising it so the blade was to the side of his head, and then suddenly thrust his legs downwards, propelling his body like a fully drawn bow. In an instant, he leaped towards the tree that had been cleaved into four pieces.

"Breathing with water, taking on the form of land—a twisting vortex"

Li Lei jumped up from the ground and rushed to the four halves of the tree that were falling towards him. He rotated his upper body to generate torque and swung his swords violently in mid-air.

With a snap, the tree split into eight, then a vortex of air created by Li Lei's sword swirled around it. To the observer, it looked like a tornado several meters high.

"Bang bang bang-"

Li Lei and the eight trees landed smoothly, and Li Lei slowly put away his Nichirin Blade.

Little Black, watching from the side, asked Little Crow above its head, puzzled.

"What's wrong with Master? He could easily dodge the tree that was falling on him, or cut it into pieces with his Blood Demon Thread Technique, or even just bind it with threads!"

Standing on Little Black's head, Little Crow, hearing the ignorant Little Black ask him a question, confidently raised his head and replied.

"Haha! You didn't know, did you? Master is practicing the Ghost Hunter's special move he just acquired, and he's showing us his progress so we can praise him!"

"But Little Wu, I don't feel like Master is the way you described!"

"That's it! Little Black. Trust me, I'm sure I'm right. If you don't believe me, just wait and see!"

After saying that, Xiao Wu led Xiao Hei toward Li Lei.

On the other side, Li Lei, having finished another day of training, looked up at the silver moon in the sky. Recalling his actions just now, he felt that the moves he had used were incredibly cool!

"But it feels like something's missing?"

Puzzled, Li Lei looked around, staring at the large tree that had been chopped into eight pieces and lay scattered on the ground nearby. Suddenly, it dawned on him!

"Hey! Look at my memory, Brother Tree, I'll reconnect you with your 'thousand cuts' brother right now."

As soon as he finished speaking, Li Lei raised his right hand and then swung it repeatedly at the wooden blocks around him.

In an instant, as Li Lei raised his right hand and swung it out several times, dozens of sharp threads slashed across the surrounding wooden blocks in the blink of an eye.

The sound of tiny cutting echoed through the forest! The large tree, which had originally been divided into eight pieces, had now been reduced to hundreds or even thousands of pieces.

Standing amidst the fragments formed by the tree, Li Lei looked at his masterpiece and felt a sense of satisfaction.

"Cool--"

"As expected! Powerful strength is truly captivating."

At that moment, heavy footsteps came from behind. Without thinking, Li Lei knew that it was Xiao Hei and Xiao Wu who had arrived. He had sensed the parasitic flesh and blood he had left on them from afar.

"Little Black, Little Crow, what's the matter?"

Li Lei asked with his back to Xiao Hei and Xiao Wu.

When asked, Xiao Hei and Xiao Wu exchanged glances and blinked, as if trying to convey something. After a few seconds of stalemate, Xiao Wu stepped forward to test it.

“Master! You have no idea how powerful and cool the moves you just used were! They were like a flying dragon in the sky, a comet striking the moon, and every move was imbued with divine intent.”

"It seems as if this move should only exist in heaven, and is rarely heard of in the human world."

"And you, Master, have learned such a powerful move in just a few days. This shows how strong your martial arts talent is. It is probably rare in the world!"

20 minutes later...

"With a genius like you, Master, how are the others supposed to live!"

The little crow stopped right after saying those words. At this moment, the little crow was parched and lacked words. Even its walnut-sized brain was not working very well.

Hearing Xiao Wu praise Li Lei for stopping, he turned around to look at Xiao Wu and Xiao Hei.

He smiled at Little Crow and said, "Don't stop! Keep going, say more! Master loves hearing you praise me now!"

At this moment, Little Crow was already cursing under his breath. Damn it! Master, you're not playing by the rules!

Faced with Li Lei's continued demands, Xiao Wu, whose mouth was dry, could only squeeze out the last of his brain cells and start again.

"Master, your eyes are as bright as starlight, your hair is as straight as a waterfall, your ears are like..."

Ten minutes later, Xiao Wu, who had been standing there talking non-stop, was now lying on the ground, panting heavily.

At this moment, Xiao Wu wants to say that someone here is abusing animals. And abusing them both physically and emotionally.

Li Lei approached Xiao Wu, who was lying on the ground, squatted down, and poked the motionless Xiao Wu with its tongue sticking out on the ground with its right index finger.

"Don't touch me, Master! I'm done playing. Let me rest now!"

Xiao Hei, standing to the side, watched all this without moving an inch, demonstrating his talent for sculpting statues through his actions.

Li Lei looked at the little bird that had been played with so much, and withdrew his right hand with satisfaction.

He stood up and began to reflect on the results of his training in Sendu over the past few days. For some reason, the Water Breathing Technique seemed to suit him very well.

The results of these few days of training are comparable to the results of several years of training for an average member of the Demon Slayer Corps.

Am I really a genius? But—I don't even think so myself! I wonder if other breathing techniques will work like Water Breathing when I practice them?

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