Reincarnation as Lower Rank Five in Demon Slayer

Chapter 134 Modified Hand Demon

"Hand Ghost, you've been here for forty years, that's good. I'll give you three tasks. Once you've completed them, I'll send you away from here in seven years."

"Would you be willing?"

Li Lei confidently declared, painting a rosy picture for the ghost, promising him freedom and a bright future as long as he worked hard.

"My lord, I'm willing. I'll do anything to get out of here." The Hand Ghost quickly agreed to Li Lei's unspoken request.

"Good! I like your fearless attitude." Li Lei gave the ghost a thumbs up and praised him, then told him the three tasks he needed to do.

"Listen carefully. The first task is that you cannot eat or kill people in this Demon Slayer Corps training ground. The second task is that you must eat demons continuously for the next seven years to increase the amount of demon blood in your body, and wait for me to send you away."

"As for the third task, it's that the former Water Pillar, Sakonji Urokodaki's, apprentice will come to train to become a swordsman over the next seven years. At that time, you will..."

As he spoke, Li Lei made a throat-slitting gesture towards the ghost, letting him understand the meaning for himself.

Upon seeing Li Lei's gesture, the Hand Demon immediately understood Li Lei's meaning: to eliminate Urokodaki's disciples. He was an expert at this; he had already killed ten of Urokodaki's disciples and knew it very well.

Regardless of whether Tekiri understood his meaning, Li Lei meant that if Tekiri dared to touch Urokodaki Sakonji's apprentice, he would teach Tekiri what it meant to have his head fall to the ground.

Anyway, if the Ghost with the second move objects later, Li Lei says he has the final say.

“My lord, the first and third tasks are manageable; I can overcome them with a little effort. But the second task, eating other ghosts, is something that lord forbids. Without that lord's permission, eating other ghosts to increase the ghost blood in my body will trigger the curse left by that lord, and I will be killed.”

The hand ghost said to Li Lei in fear.

"It's alright, I have a way to prevent you from triggering Lord Muzan's curse, so you can complete the task I've given you with peace of mind," Li Lei said calmly and confidently.

"My lord, you—you've revealed that lord's name! You'll die!"

The Hand Demon looked at Li Lei with fear, his voice trembling, but there was a hint of smugness in his eyes. After all, the white-haired brat in front of him was about to be killed by Lord Muzan's curse.

After a minute of silence, Li Lei stood unharmed before the Hand Demon, showing no sign of being killed by Muzan's curse. The Hand Demon, seeing Li Lei's lack of reaction, was inwardly panicked.

Why isn't he dead yet? That's right! He just said he could prevent Muzan's curse from taking effect, but how is that possible!

Hand Ghost couldn't believe Li Lei could do that.

"What's wrong? You're disappointed, aren't you? I didn't die as you expected, and you're unhappy about that." Li Lei said sarcastically, looking at the shocked Hand Ghost.

"No, no, how could I possibly think that?"

Hand Ghost quickly explained that he was simply shocked by the power of Li Lei's methods.

"There's no such thing as 'best.' If I ever find out you're lying, I'll make you regret ever being born!"

As Li Lei spoke, he immediately unleashed a powerful pressure that crashed into the Hand Ghost, who was instantly overwhelmed by the superior aura emanating from Li Lei.

"This is! The Upper Moon Demon, the Upper Moon Demon of the Twelve Demon Moons."

Hand Demon was once again terrified by Li Lei's terrifying strength. At this moment, he also understood why Li Lei could say the name of Lord Muzan. This was probably a privilege unique to Upper Rank Demons.

"Good to know. Work hard for me, and you'll get your share of the benefits."

"Yes, sir. I will do my best to complete your mission and will not let you or that person down."

The Hand Demon said excitedly that as long as he worked hard for seven years, he could not only gain his freedom, but if he did well, it wouldn't be impossible for him to become one of the Twelve Demon Moons.

"Hand Ghost, I think your strength is still too weak. Let me strengthen you."

Li Lei took out a parasitic flesh ball the size of a fist and smiled as he spoke to the ghost.

"What is this, sir?" the Hand Ghost asked, puzzled.

"Good stuff, something that can make you stronger, and also a magic pill that will prevent you from triggering Muzan's curse when you eat demons."

"Let me install it for you."

Li Lei walked up to the Hand Ghost, controlled the flesh ball to transform into a long nail, and raised his hand to plunge it into the Hand Ghost's heart.

The long nail pierced through the flesh and immediately reached the heart of the Hand Demon. Once inside, it merged with the Hand Demon's heart, and from that moment on, the Hand Demon's heart belonged to Li Lei.

But this was only the beginning of Li Lei's experiments. Yes, Li Lei couldn't resist testing his wild ideas again. The Hand Ghost just happened to be the perfect material, a demon that he could use without any psychological burden. Li Lei was overjoyed at this moment.

"My lord, that's all," the Hand Demon asked immediately after enduring the change in his heart.

"Not even close."

Li Lei looked at the ghost with a strange smile and said.

Hand Ghost: "..."

Hand Ghost felt a chill run through his body; he knew the days ahead were probably numbered.

The Hand Ghost's intuition was correct. At this moment, Li Lei had already begun to control the heart within the Hand Ghost's body, which he had assimilated, and began to expand it to the arteries and veins throughout the Hand Ghost's body, determined to assimilate the larger blood vessels throughout the Hand Ghost's body into his own.

"what--"

The Hand Ghost howled in agony as Li Lei forcibly assimilated all the blood vessels in its body, a process that was extremely painful. Li Lei couldn't help but feel a pang of worry for the Hand Ghost, wondering if he had gone too far.

However, thinking about what the Hand Ghost had done, Li Lei immediately felt less distressed. The Hand Ghost hadn't considered the feelings of those being eaten when it ate people, so Li Lei didn't alleviate the Hand Ghost's pain in the slightest. He wanted it to fully experience what others had gone through.

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