Reincarnation as Lower Rank Five in Demon Slayer

Chapter 132 The Final Trial Ground for the Demon Slayer Corps Swordsman Selection

At the foot of an unknown mountain, Li Lei looked at the five Demon Slayer Corps swordsmen he had taken from another dimension.

These five were the five Demon Slayer Corps swordsmen who had been chasing "Spider Sister" and were using Kuro as a mattress. When Li Lei came to Mount Sagiri, he brought them over from under Kuro, intending to put them anywhere.

However, before releasing them, Li Lei needed to learn some things from their minds about the Demon Slayer Corps' final trial.

Li Lei arrived at the spot where the five people were lying, randomly selected one of the Demon Slayer Corps swordsmen who looked somewhat pleasing to the eye, and slightly raised his hand to tie his hands with silk threads and hoist him up.

Looking at the Demon Slayer Corps swordsman hanging there, dressed in the Demon Slayer Corps' special uniform, with short black hair and a lively look in his eyes—a stark contrast to the lifeless gazes of the others—Li Lei felt a good impression of him. Li Lei decided to extract what he wanted from his mind.

Li Lei met the eyes of the Demon Slayer Corps swordsman who was hanging up, his own eyes emitting a red light that pierced the other's gaze. Li Lei activated his Blood Demon Art—Memory-Changing Demon Eyes—and began to read the memories in the other's mind.

Soon, Li Lei obtained the memories he wanted from his mind, which were about the location of the final trial for the Demon Slayer Corps swordsman selection.

The Demon Slayer Corps' training grounds for selecting swordsmen are filled with many demons who haven't eaten many people. These demons are captured by the most skilled swordsmen of the Demon Slayer Corps and used as training grounds for new recruits.

However, there was one exception: the Hand Demon, who was captured by the former Water Pillar, Sakonji Urokodaki. The Hand Demon ate forty or fifty people in the Trial Grounds and was much stronger than the average swordsman. Even Tanjiro, the protagonist of the Trial, faced mortal danger when he encountered him.

Li Lei's purpose in going to the Demon Slayer Corps' trial grounds was to obtain the Hand Demon.

The Hand Demon was also the murderer who devoured many of Urokodaki Sakonji's trial disciples; both Makomo and Sabito died at his hands in the future. Knowing the situation, Li Lei didn't want to see Makomo and Sabito die like they did in the original story.

After all, Makomo is so cute, and even Sabito, who comes along with her, gives off a great feeling. If Makomo were to die, Li Lei, who has read the original work, would be unhappy; they are both among the characters he regrets watching Demon Slayer.

Urokodaki Sakonji never imagined that a little devil he captured would cause the deaths of so many of his disciples. He must be heartbroken if he knew.

When Li Lei saw this situation in the original animation, he found it truly ironic. A place meant for newcomers to test themselves had actually encountered demons far stronger than them. It was laughable.

After obtaining the memories he wanted from the mind of the Demon Slayer swordsman hanging before him, Li Lei, following the principle of reciprocity, transmitted his understanding of the Water Breathing Technique to him as knowledge through the Blood Demon Art—Memory-Swapping Mystic Eyes—as his reward.

Then, the memories of the five people were modified and deleted, making them forget what had happened in the past few days. By the time this was done, it was almost dawn.

Seeing the sky beginning to lighten, Li Lei got too lazy to find a place to hide and dug a hole to hide in.

The sun rose, and ten meters underground, Li Lei silently waited for the day to pass.

During the day, the glaring and scorching sunlight woke the five of them, telling them it was time to get up.

The five people who woke up felt normal except for the sensation that their bodies felt like they had been pressed down by something, so they left without giving it much thought.

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Under the cover of darkness and the bright moon above, Li Lei walked along the path, looking around, accompanied by purple figures on both sides.

Based on the memories of the Demon Slayer Corps swordsmen, Li Lei arrived at the final selection location for the Demon Slayer Corps swordsmen.

Looking at the countless tall wisteria blossoms blooming, forming a very large circle, Li Lei couldn't help but marvel at the wealth of the Demon Slayer Corps, using such a large place as a training ground for new recruits.

That's incredibly wealthy. If he were an ordinary person, he'd definitely work for the company that owns the Demon Slayer Corps. The benefits and pay would be great, but he certainly wouldn't become a swordsman; that would be too dangerous.

Li Lei walked along the protective barrier formed by wisteria trees and other trees, his thoughts wandering as he headed towards the training ground.

Li Lei left the wisteria grove and entered the trial grounds, where he immediately encountered many little devils. But they were all too weak; none of them possessed supernatural abilities or blood demon magic.

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"Hahaha, someone's here! I've found someone!" The demon laughed as it pounced on Li Lei.

Seeing the little devil rushing towards him, Li Lei expressionlessly raised his hand and punched it, instantly turning the evil devil into pieces.

Without even glancing at him, he turned and left, heading towards other places he hadn't been before. The demon that had been reduced to pieces wasn't dead, but it was close to death. It was too weak after being smashed to pieces by Li Lei; it wouldn't be able to recover its body in a day.

They can only wait until dawn to be baked to death by the sun, or be eaten by other starving evil spirits.

Along the way, Li Lei frequently encountered ghosts attacking him, even though he had already released some of their ghostly energy.

But these starving ghosts still treated him like a human because he looked too much like one. Li Lei was speechless about this; wasn't the ghostly aura he released obvious enough?

Does he have to unleash all his demonic energy and swagger around to show he's Lower Moon One? But that would alert the Demon Slayer Corps. Yes, before entering, Li Lei used his keen senses to discover that Demon Slayer Corps swordsmen were stationed on the outskirts of the trial grounds.

Therefore, Li Lei didn't want to release all his demonic energy, nor did he want the Demon Slayer Corps swordsmen to discover his presence. Li Lei only wanted to quietly find the Hand Demon and complete his mission.

Another hour later, Li Lei finally found the Hand Ghost, or more accurately, he found the Hand Ghost's location.

Li Lei stood on a barren, vegetation-free patch of ground, sensing an aura from the ground that was far stronger than that of ordinary ghosts.

"So you were hiding underground here. It's been so hard for me to find you. No wonder I couldn't see you, you enormous hand ghost," Li Lei laughed at the hand ghost hiding underground.

"You can come out now," Li Lei yelled at the hand on the ground.

Seeing that the hand ghost underground still didn't come out after hearing his call, Li Lei's eyes immediately turned hostile.

"You won't listen to reason, so you'll have to suffer the consequences. Come out here!"

Faced with the disobedient hand ghost, Li Lei didn't bother to give him time to consider whether to come out. Dozens of blood threads emerged from his palm, transforming into barbed harpoons that suddenly plunged into the ground and burrowed into the disobedient hand ghost's body.

Li Lei forcefully pulled his arm backward, mercilessly dragging the ghost out of the ground.

"Ouch—it hurts so much, you bastard, I'm going to kill you!" The hand ghost was furious as Li Lei pulled it out with barbed silk threads.

As soon as it emerged from the ground, more than ten arms sprouted from its body and slapped at Li Lei.

Li Lei remained calm as he watched the numerous dark green arms about to strike him. With a light pull of his fingers, the silk threads formed a sharp net that sliced ​​the attacking arms into pieces.

His own dozen or so arms were shredded by the attack, and the hand ghost was shocked to see it.

"what?"

Seeing Li Lei easily deflect his attack with a slight movement of his index finger, the Hand Ghost couldn't believe his eyes.

But what the Hand Demon didn't expect was that after the large net made of silk threads cut through the attacker's arm, it didn't stop, but instead quickly enveloped him, who was four or five meters tall.

The hand ghost's enormous body couldn't escape Li Lei's net at all. He could only use the palms that grew all over his body to defend himself, but it was no use. Li Lei's net was too sharp, cutting through all the blocking palms and covering his body in an instant.

"what--"

The hand ghost, trapped in the large net, screamed in agony, bleeding profusely from its body, its body riddled with countless deep wounds, each more than an inch deep, as Li Lei's net pierced its flesh.

At this moment, Hand Ghost was terrified of Li Lei due to the physical pain and Li Lei's immense strength.

"Hand Demon, what did you just say? You wanted to kill me? Are you that brave?!"

Li Lei looked at the Hand Ghost with a hostile expression, and countless threads emerged from his hand to form a ten-meter-long solid white stick.

He swung the stick at the hand ghost with tremendous force, the stick moving incredibly fast and with immense power, splitting the hand ghost in two at the waist.

"I'm calling you, but you won't come out. I'm calling you, but you won't come out."

The thought of Hand Demon killing and eating Makomo and Sabito in the original story made Li Lei furious. He swung his staff twice more, breaking Hand Demon into four pieces.

"Ah—ah—" the Hand Ghost screamed in pain, his fear of Li Lei growing even stronger.

The Hand Ghost couldn't understand what it had done wrong that this powerful white-haired demon was bullying it like this.