Reincarnation as Lower Rank Five in Demon Slayer

Chapter 121 The end of the battle

As the battle between Li Lei, Akaza, and Doma continued, the three demons' fight reached a fever pitch, and they were now unleashing their full power without any restraint.

The entire forest was covered with oval snow circles of varying sizes created by the ice and snow produced by Doma's Blood Demon Art, and trees were everywhere severed by Li Lei's silk threads and smashed by Akaza's fists.

As their battle progressed, the sky gradually brightened, and finally, at a certain moment, the three demons stopped fighting. The already whitening sky signaled that it was about to unleash a powerful attack, letting the sunlight shine upon the earth, and saying, "If you keep fighting, you'll all die!"

The three demons, sensing that dawn was approaching, saw no need to continue fighting.

If they fight any longer, they'll all have to sunbathe. Even a demon knows the sun is dangerous; touching it will cause injury, and being exposed to it will lead to death. Even the Demon King Muzan doesn't dare to act arrogantly in its presence. He can only obediently operate at night.

If Muzan, the Sun God, was like this, how much more so would they, the Twelve Demon Moons?

"Oh dear! The sun is about to rise. Lord Akaza, I'm so sorry, I can't seem to handle you. Hahaha!"

Douma quickly healed the penetrating wound left by Li Lei, the fist mark and bruise left by Akaza, and the broken bone under his skin. Holding an iron fan, he smiled at Li Lei and Akaza.

Looking at Doma's smug face, Li Lei was speechless, while Akaza looked disgusted.

If it weren't for the approaching dawn, Li Lei and Yiwo would definitely have worked together to sew his mouth shut. His face was annoying to look at, even more annoying when he smiled, and his voice was incredibly annoying.

"Tch—consider yourself lucky, you little devil Doma. I'll let you go today, but you'll be sorry next time we meet."

Li Lei pointed at Tong Mo and made some harsh remarks, while also recovering from his frostbite.

Doma's Blood Demon Art left Li Lei covered in wounds; if Li Lei weren't a demon, he would have been in the hospital long ago.

Akaza gave Doma a displeased look, then turned and left, his extensive frostbite healing instantly.

"King Akaza, would you like to come visit me? I have plenty of nutritious and delicious young human girls. If you come, I'll let you choose whichever you like, since we've been friends for years! I guarantee they'll all be delicious."

Doma called out to Akaza as he left with a smirk. His expression was utterly smug.

"What did you say!"

Akaza stared intently at Doma, his fists clenched so tightly they cracked, and veins bulging on his forehead—all testament to Akaza's fury. If Doma dared to mention eating women again, he would surely attack once more.

"Haha, I forgot, Lord Akaza neither eats nor kills women. But that's a real pity, young women are so delicious, don't you think?"

With a smile on his face, Doma continued to provoke Akaza, while also winking at Riku.

"Destruction Kill - Annihilation Style"

"Destruction Kill - Air Style"

"Destruction Kill·Kick Style·Flying Star Thousand Wheels"

Akaza finally erupted again, charging towards Doma in a flash to vent his rage, relentlessly chasing and attacking him. Doma was also taken aback by Akaza's actions, not expecting Akaza to suddenly launch an attack.

"Akaza, the sun is about to rise! What's wrong with you? Why are you chasing me and hitting me like that? Aren't you afraid of dying?!"

Doma shouted at Akaza, puzzled.

Normally, if I say something like that, Akaza would at most get angry. What's wrong with him today? Why does he want me dead so badly?

"You scoundrel who bullies the weak and women! You deserve to die, I'm going to kill you."

Akaza, his face contorted with rage and his eyes bloodshot, relentlessly charged at Doma, completely disregarding whether the sun was rising or not.

Doma's words inadvertently stirred up some fragmented memories in Akaza's mind, including the voice of a blurry young woman speaking to him.

"Komaji, look how beautiful the fireworks are in the sky..."

"Komaji, am I handsome...?"

"Komaji, I like..."

Akaza was crying, and for some reason he was very angry. A lot of rootless rage welled up in his heart, and he wanted to kill the doma who ate females.

Looking at Akaza, who was extremely angry, Li Lei, who was standing to the side, couldn't help but guess what was going on.

Has Akaza recalled his memories from before he became a demon?

In his human form, Akaza's master and fiancée were poisoned and murdered by villains who coveted their dojo land. Upon learning the truth, Akaza, in his human form, unleashed a furious rage, wiping out the poisoners with his fists, causing a sudden mass death in the area.

This attracted Muzan. After discovering that he had killed all these people by himself, Muzan thought Akaza was quite strong. Since he was also recruiting powerful demons, he turned Akaza into a demon.

However, Akaza doesn't know whether it was because Muzan's method of turning him into a demon was too brutal, or whether demons forget something after becoming demons.

Anyway, Akaza lost his memory, specifically his memories of being human. Thus, after losing his memory, Akaza became a man-eating demon, a subordinate of Muzan. He only regained his memory during his battle with Tanjiro and Giyu Tomioka.

Thinking of all this, the tragic past of Gyutaro and Daki also came to mind. Li Lei felt sorry for Akazato, Daki and Gyutaro. He took out a handkerchief and wiped the corners of his eyes, which had no tears.

"Those damned Japanese devils actually drove the kind-hearted Akaza and the unfortunate Gyutaro siblings to their deaths, almost making me cry myself."

But—let's hurry, it'll be dawn soon.

Li Lei threw away the handkerchief without looking back, ignoring the situation after Akaza and Douma's fight, and quickly left.

So that's how it is. Doma and Akaza can do their thing, while Riku can go his own way. After all, the sun is about to rise, and Riku has already obtained the information he wanted. There's no need for him to stay here and watch the sunrise with two big men like Doma and Akaza.

Li Lei can't accept the sun's selfless love and sunshine right now; he'll leave that to Doma and Akaza. They don't seem to be leaving anyway. Of course, Doma is the one who doesn't want to leave, albeit reluctantly.

To avoid the sunlight, Li Lei ran incredibly fast, leaving the two ghosts behind to fight. And so, Li Lei happily departed, without taking a single cloud with him.

……

Seeing the golden light appearing in the eastern sky, Doma started to panic, realizing he had really angered Akaza.

(°-°〃)

Doma didn't have a good solution for Akaza, who wouldn't let him off the hook. He was stronger than Akaza, but not by much.

"Akaza, stop chasing me and hitting me. If you keep hitting me, we'll both be in the sun. How about this, you stop and let me go, and I'll stand here and let you hit me again tomorrow night. Is that okay?" Douma shouted at Akaza, trying to communicate.

But Akaza wouldn't listen and kept chasing after Doma.

Muzan and Upper Moon One Kokushibo, inside the Infinity Castle, were speechless as they watched the scene transmitted from Doma and Akaza.

Doma managed to push Upper Moon Three Akaza to this point, to the point where he didn't even care about his own life or death. It seems we should give Doma a warning from now on.

In order to avoid losing two powerful subordinates, Muzan had no choice but to have Nakime teleport them to the Infinity Castle. After all, there were only six Upper Moon demons with the strength to reach that level, and Muzan didn't want to lose two of them at once.

After receiving Muzan's order, Nakime immediately teleported Akaza and Doma to the Infinite Castle in another dimension.

As Nakime activated her Blood Demon Art, the two demons who were still chasing each other in the forest immediately appeared in front of Muzan in the Infinity Castle.