Reincarnation as Lower Rank Five in Demon Slayer

Within the illusory flesh wall of the Guhuoniao's alternate dimension, Li Lei, dressed in a blood-red battle suit made with silk thread blood demon magic, began to launch a full-scale attack on the surrounding blood-red flesh wall.

Li Lei's lightning-fast figure moved and destroyed within the fleshy wall of the Guhuoniao's alternate dimension illusion.

A series of loud crashes echoed within the fleshy walls of the Guhuoniao's alternate dimension. In a short while, the fleshy walls above, below, and to the sides were riddled with holes.

The flesh wall in the alternate dimension began to crack under Li Lei's powerful and dense attacks.

"boom!"

Finally, the overburdened alternate dimension shattered.

Outside, in the red spider lily field of the Infinite City in another dimension, the Lower Moon One (1) Ubume, bound by Li Lei's Blood Demon Art of Silk Threads, suddenly coughed up blood.

Then the incense burner used to perform the Blood Demon Spell suddenly shattered.

In the blink of an eye, Li Lei, who had been bound within the flesh wall of the alternate dimension illusion, broke free.

With blood trickling from its mouth, Guhuoniao looked at Li Lei, who had emerged from the flesh wall of her Blood Demon Art's alternate dimension, and smiled at him without the slightest fear.

Back in the Infinite City of the alternate dimension, Li Lei stared at the Guhuoniao, whose mental state was clearly unstable. He was utterly speechless. ╮(﹀_﹀”)╭

"Even though she lost the battle of reversal, and the losing ghost is supposed to be eaten by the winning ghost, she can still smile at me in the face of her impending fate. It's as if she can avoid being eaten by doing so."

Li Lei walked up to the bound Guhuoniao and said calmly:

"Lower Moon One, Ubume, I have won our battle of attrition. As the victor, I will devour you right here. Do you have any last words before you die?"

Upon hearing Li Lei's question, the Lower Moon One (一) Guhuoniao revealed a kind yet slightly perverse smile on her face, and said to Li Lei:

"What a fine child! It's a pity I lost! Otherwise, I could have devoured you and let you live forever inside my belly!"

"However, it wouldn't be bad if you devoured me here, and I could live forever inside you!"

Looking at the strange, mentally unstable Guhuoniao in front of him, Li Lei didn't think much of it and prepared to start eating.

After all, my mind and body cells are urging me to eat.

Looking at the bound Guhuoniao, Li Lei reached out and grabbed it. He then began to eat it directly from its neck.

"Click - click -"

The sounds of flesh and blood being devoured echoed through the quiet, empty, and boundless city.

Standing at a distance, watching Li Lei defeat Lower Moon One, Muzan Kibutsuji, he was in a very good mood. He thought to himself:

"I'm exhausted! You, who have had similar experiences to me, certainly didn't disappoint me!"

Just then, a figure with pale skin and covered in countless dark blue tattoos representing sinners suddenly appeared kneeling on one knee behind Muzan.

"Lord Muzan! The areas you asked me to search for do not contain the blue spider lily you requested."

Muzan turned around and looked at Akaza, whose fingernails were blood red. Akaza was wearing a purplish-red short shirt and had prayer beads hanging from his ankles.

"Akaza! If we can't find it in those places, let's look elsewhere!"

Muzan spoke expressionlessly to Upper Moon Three Akaza.

"Yes, Lord Muzan," Akaza replied.

Muzan then stopped locking Akaza up. Instead, he watched Riku eat.

Akaza followed Muzan's gaze and looked at Li Lei, who was devouring Lower Moon One.

"This is... a battle of swapped positions! And a battle of swapped positions where a winner has already been decided. It seems that Lord Muzan values ​​this young man who won the battle very much!"

"Akaza! Do you see that boy eating in the distance? That's Rui! The newly promoted Lower Moon One. What do you think of him?"

Akaza thought about it seriously for a moment in response to Muzan's sudden question.

"Lord Muzan, Rui! He was able to defeat the former Lower Moon One, Ubume, who was closest to the Upper Moon in nearly a hundred years. This proves that Rui has already possessed the strength of an Upper Moon."

"The fact that Lei was able to acquire such strength in such a short time shows that Lei has an exceptional talent for becoming a demon."

Hearing Akaza's praise of Rui, Muzan was delighted and said:

“Very good, Akaza, what you said aligns with your own thoughts. That pleases me. As a reward for improving my mood, you won’t need to search for the Blue Spider Lily for the time being.”

Akaza, who was kneeling on one knee, looked up at Muzan respectfully after hearing about the reward Muzan had given him:

"Thank you for the reward, Lord Muzan!"

On the other side, Li Lei looked at the Guhuoniao that he had eaten, leaving only its head.

"You're really not afraid of being eaten by me, or rather? You have no fear of death!"

The Guhuoniao, who was being questioned, looked directly at Li Lei. With her smile, which hadn't changed much, she replied:

"The fear of death? What is that? Is it nothingness? But for me, nothingness and death hold no fear or dread whatsoever."

"What I fear most is that my child will leave me because of some of the things I've done wrong. It makes me very sad! I love her so much!"

"Yet she is afraid of my affection! Even though she is my child, she is always trying to find ways to escape from me! This truly saddens me!"

At this point, Guhuoniao's mood became somewhat downcast.

"However, I suddenly thought of a good idea! Since she wants to escape from me so much, I'll just eat her up! Let her stay in my body forever."

Upon hearing this, Li Lei sighed.

"Sigh—! That girl is so pitiful to be your daughter!"

After saying that, Li Lei quickly ate the rest of the Guhuoniao's head!

After devouring the Lower Moon One (1) Ubume, this battle of titans finally came to an end.

Next, Li Lei walked directly toward Muzan Kibutsuji, but after only a few steps, he was teleported directly in front of Muzan by Nakime.

Seeing the sudden change in the scene before him, he found himself directly in front of Muzan. Li Lei was amazed by Nakime's Blood Demon Art, even though he had been teleported by Nakime multiple times.

Li Lei looked at Muzan Kibutsuji with a serious expression.

"Lord Muzan! I have not let you down. I have won this battle of swapped positions!"

Muzan Kibutsuji looked at Li Lei in front of him and smiled sincerely:

"Tired! You did a good job. You even defeated such a strong Guhuoniao. I promised you earlier that as long as you could defeat Guhuoniao..."

"I will reward you with a large amount of my precious blood and grant you the privilege of turning others into demons, a privilege possessed only by Upper Moon demons."

Upon hearing about Muzan's reward, Li Lei expressed his gratitude, saying, "Thank you, Lord Muzan!"

"Tired! Hurry up and come forward so I can give you my blood and the privileges of an Upper Moon demon!"

Muzan smiled and said to Li Lei.

"Yes, Lord Muzan, I'm tired! I'll come forward now."

Upon hearing this, Li Lei answered and walked towards Muzan.

Next came the time for Muzan to grant Li Lei blood and privileges.

Akaza, who was watching from the side, was quite shocked.

"Lord Muzan actually granted a Lower Moon demon the privilege of turning humans into demons! This is a privilege only Upper Moon demons possess!"