"Hey, boy, what's your name? You're so handsome, I want to be with you forever! In my stomach, forever accompanying me, okay?"
Ugh!
Li Xing almost puked from disgust. This demon probably had some sort of gay tendencies; he had to end it quickly.
"Shinsengumi, First Division Captain, Okita Sōji, reporting for duty!"
Boom!
Before he even finished speaking, Li Xing sprang from the ground, his Nichirin Blade in hand, and charged.
"Okita Sōji, what a lovely name. So eager to be with me already? What a good boy."
"What the heck, you're truly disgusting when you talk!"
"Ice Breathing, Third Form: Shattering Ice!"
Li Xing couldn't stand this perverted demon any longer and attacked with a move of immense destructive power, aiming to eliminate it in one blow.
"Blood Demon Art: Gluttony!" The plump demon suddenly opened its massive maw and swallowed Li Xing's attack whole, even trying to suck Li Xing into its belly.
"It can swallow my attack? It's a bit like the Taotie from the Classic of Mountains and Seas," Li Xing mused in his mind. He thought of Taotie, one of China's famous Four Fiends, said to be able to devour heaven and earth. This demon before him was a low-tier, beggar version, but he couldn't underestimate it.
"What a delicious flavor. Okita Sōji, enter my stomach." The plump demon laughed heartily, and then opened its wide mouth again, a powerful suction drawing in everything around it.
Damn it, isn't it afraid of eating shit? Li Xing quickly retreated, jamming his Nichirin Blade into the ground to prevent himself from being sucked in.
"Hey! Plump demon, is your name Taotie? You eat so much, how about I give you a big gift?" Li Xing suddenly thought of a plan.
"Sun Breathing, Eleventh Form: Solar Halo Dragon Dance!"
Li Xing swung his Nichirin Blade, flames coiling around the blade. The flowing blade unleashed a slash, and the flames formed the shape of a dragon. The plump demon didn't react in time and swallowed this fire dragon as well.
"Aah! Okita Sōji, you'll die! My stomach! By my gluttony, I will crush you and then devour you!" Gluttony roared in fury and lunged at Li Xing.
"Holy crap, such a plump body moves this fast? Damn! And such strength!" Li Xing blocked Gluttony's punch with his Nichirin Blade and was sent flying hundreds of meters away, coughing up several mouthfuls of blood in the process.
Gluttony immediately charged again, leaping high and smashing another punch at Li Xing. Li Xing quickly rolled to dodge, the fist hitting the ground.
Boom!
Gluttony's punch created a massive crater in the ground, and the entire Mount Ibuki seemed to tremble.
"This is even more brutal than Tsunade," Li Xing exclaimed in shock. This Gluttony demon's strength and speed were too immense. He was only slightly puzzled why such a powerful demon wasn't an Upper Rank; its strength was at least far superior to a Lower Rank.
No time to think, Gluttony threw another punch. Li Xing likewise slashed with his Nichirin Blade, intending to go head-to-head.
"Ice Breathing, Third Form: Shattering Ice!"
Clang!
The Nichirin Blade met the fist, and Li Xing's blade shattered. In his haste, Li Xing immediately materialized his nebula and struck again.
"It's over, Hotaru Haganezuka is going to scold me." Li Xing's fighting spirit flared up. This Gluttony demon could actually break his Nichirin Blade.
Li Xing took a deep breath, then exhaled a turbid breath. His body began to turn reddish, his body temperature rose rapidly, and his heartbeat accelerated violently, forming a fiery pattern on Li Xing's face.
"The Mark! Is this the Mark?" With no time to ponder, Li Xing wielded his nebula sword, clashing with Gluttony's fists again and again.
"Ice Breathing, Final Form: Absolute Zero!"
Li Xing delivered a sword strike to the throat. While it didn't sever the head, it instantly froze Gluttony. The extreme cold stopped Gluttony's blood flow, and for a moment, Gluttony couldn't break free from the ice's restraint.
"Gluttony, a very powerful demon, completely exceeded my expectations. I will grant you release."
Suddenly, Li Xing leaped high. In the air, he gripped his sword with both hands, surrounded by intense flames. Viewed from below, he was like the sun in the night sky.
After gathering power, Li Xing dived down, shouting, "Stella!"
Gluttony's eyes showed a hint of fear. It tried to escape but was frozen and unable to move, able only to watch as this sun rushed towards him.
Boom!
As Li Xing descended, the ground seemed to be struck by a meteor, causing a massive explosion. Mount Ibuki lit up like daylight for a moment, and Li Xing was also sent flying by the immense shockwave, spitting out a large mouthful of blood.
"Mount Ibuki fireworks, a special delivery!"
"Xing, don't be so dramatic. If you hadn't used Heavenly Dao, you would have been dead already."
"What you said, if I hadn't used Heavenly Dao, could there have been such a huge explosion? Gluttony would have turned to dust."
Although the Sun Breathing fused with Heavenly Dao was powerful, it was easy to injure oneself due to its wide range.
Li Xing wiped his sweat and immediately ran away. If the government caught him, it would be disastrous. He couldn't afford to compensate for such a large area of land.
"I won't use such moves anymore. It's all your fault, Li Yun. If you hadn't instigated me, I wouldn't have used it." Li Xing began to shift the blame to Li Yun in his mind, while also brainwashing himself, convincing himself it had nothing to do with him.
"Xing, you really have no shame."
He could blame anyone, as long as he didn't take the fall himself.
Li Xing immediately quickened his pace, needing to return to the Butterfly Mansion as soon as possible. What kind of perverted demons had he been encountering lately? Each one was stronger than the last.
"Li Yun, what's the deal with this Gluttony? Why is it so strong but not an Upper Rank demon?"
"Do you want to see Gluttony's memories, Xing?"
"Yes, show them to me."
Suddenly, a skinny figure appeared in Li Xing's mind. Clearly, this man was Gluttony when he was human.
Before becoming a demon, Gluttony's name was Danggui, and he had a mother who was gravely ill. Danggui, in order to cure his mother's illness, carried her to Tokyo Prefecture. However, because his family was poor and had no money, no doctor was willing to treat his mother.
Danggui wanted to take his mother elsewhere for treatment, but due to perpetual hunger and malnutrition, he was forced to entrust his mother to a villager, giving all the money he had to the villager.
"Brother, don't worry. I'll be back in about seven days. Please take care of my mother for a few days." This is what Danggui said at the time. After arriving in the countryside, Danggui encountered a demon devouring a human. Although Danggui was scared, he picked up an axe and charged at the demon, wanting to save the person.
As a result, the demon, admiring his courage, turned him into a demon. From then on, Danggui never returned, and his mother likely died of illness at the villager's home.
Later, due to his immense strength, he sought to challenge the Upper Ranks but lost. Muzan, appreciating his talent, transformed him into the demon of Gluttony among the Seven Deadly Sins.
Li Xing sighed in his heart, "Danggui, Danggui, your mother is waiting for your return!"
"I didn't expect there to be Seven Deadly Sins demons. It seems they are Muzan's hidden pawns. There are no words in their eyes, so they must be trying to confuse the Demon Slayers! They weren't in the original story. It seems this world has some deviations."
Li Xing was somewhat troubled. There were still six other demons among the Seven Deadly Sins, each comparable to an Upper Rank. Akaza was Gluttony's master, and he had to be careful of Akaza coming for revenge.