Demon Slayer: I am a Demon

"We're already ghosts, why are we still so fixated on our past identities?"

It came out of the demon's mouth in an almost roaring voice.

Su Mu did not answer. He simply sat cross-legged on the spot and closed his eyes slightly. He was not attached to his past identity, nor was he truly unable to accept becoming a ghost. After all, becoming a ghost would grant him an almost inexhaustible lifespan, something many people would covet.

Moreover, once you become a demon queen, your strength has already transcended the limitations of the human body. Even the weakest demon is someone who has broken through the limits of the human body. Even if you become a demon queen and have the defect of being unable to see the light, it is not a big deal.

What Su Mu truly could not accept was the uncontrollable instinct to devour flesh and blood. He could feel that as he persisted, the desire to devour flesh and blood grew stronger and stronger. This desire would intensify over time. Even though he could still hold on with his willpower now, one day his willpower would be crushed by this ever-increasing desire.

Once his will is crushed, he will become a monster who cannot control his flesh and blood and loses his nature. This is why he is so obsessed with his past identity.

Seeing the silent Su Mu, the evil spirit seemed to see itself, just as it had struggled to persevere when it first became an evil spirit. But in the end, the instinctual desire for flesh and blood in the spirit deepened, and all that perseverance, like a small dam holding back a raging flood, completely collapsed under repeated impacts.

No demon in this world can escape this instinct, not even the first demon, the progenitor of demons, Muzan Kibutsuji.

There is no evil spirit in this world that does not lust after humans.

"One day, you will become like me."

Thinking of all this, and looking at Su Mu struggling in front of him, the evil spirit couldn't help but sneer. It picked up the thigh bone from the ground and silently began to gnaw on it. The tender and juicy flesh burst open in its mouth. Once you tasted it, you would understand how delicious it was and you would definitely become addicted to this kind of food.

If it weren't for the restrictions placed on each demon by Lord Muzan, he would have hunted countless prey every day.

Besides the restrictions imposed by Muzan, there are also those despicable demon hunters who relentlessly pursue them. Once someone is targeted by these people, they will never have peace of mind.

It should be noted that although these demon hunters are also weak humans, they can temporarily possess physical abilities comparable to those of demons by relying on "breathing techniques," and they also possess Nichirin Blades that can completely slay demons.

Of course, what truly disturbs people's peace is that these ghost hunters will stop at nothing to deal with them, and their favorite method is to find them during the day and then find a way to expose them to sunlight.

The thought of sunlight almost instinctively evoked a sense of disgust and fear.

As the demon devoured flesh and blood, it pondered its own thoughts, its gaze occasionally falling upon Su Mu beside it. It could sense that Su Mu's body had an unparalleled craving for the flesh and blood it was consuming. Although Su Mu forcibly suppressed his demonic instincts, these instincts grew stronger day by day.

"You can't hold on for long."

The demon swallowed a piece of flesh and blood, then looked at Su Mu: "Let me see if you can hold out for another day, two days, or... three days..."

"call……"

Su Mu suddenly opened his eyes, his bloodshot eyes staring coldly at the evil spirit opposite him, but soon his gaze instinctively fell on the thigh bone in the other's hand.

"Gurgle!"

"Gurgle!"

His throat moved involuntarily, the aroma of the food making every cell in his body leap and urge him to devour the alluring flesh and blood like a demon before him.

His will seemed to be gradually yielding to the body's instincts, as if telling him that just one bite, just one bite would be enough.

Feeling the primal urge of his body, feeling his will falter under the impact of this urge, Su Mu's face turned incredibly ugly at this moment. He clenched his fists tightly, knowing that if this continued, he would eventually become like the evil spirit in front of him, turning into a monster that could not control its flesh and blood and had lost its nature.

This was something he could never accept, but what could he change? No matter how much he insisted, how could his own will resist the instincts of a ghost? For thousands of years, no evil ghost had ever been able to resist this instinct.

If there is such a case, it is only one: the one who turned into a demon, Nezuko.

Even Nezuko was able to overcome this instinct not only because of her own obsession, but also because of the help from "Water Pillar" Urokodaki Sakonji.

Moreover, this is not only due to the help from Sakonji Urokodaki, the "Water Pillar." I remember that the anime also vaguely revealed some details, namely that Nezuko once ate the Blue Spider Lily, which can make up for the defects of demons. The Blue Spider Lily is something that Muzan Kibutsuji has been searching for for a thousand years but could not obtain. It is something that can make Muzan Kibutsuji, who is infinitely close to a perfect creature, completely perfect.

It is precisely because she may have eaten the blue spider lily that Nezuko, who became a demon, is different. She is the first exception in thousands of years and the first evil demon that has never been a human.

He has not yet consumed any blue spider lilies. No matter how hard he tries to persevere, his instinct as a demon to crave flesh and blood grows stronger day by day. He has a vague feeling that he may not be able to hold on for very long.

Watching Su Mu swallow repeatedly, the evil spirit revealed a mocking smile.

"See? I told you you wouldn't last long."

Su Mu suddenly stood up, and the evil spirit also revealed a smile: "See, we are ultimately of the same kind. Stop treating those weak creatures as our kind."

As he spoke, the demon raised the thigh bone in his hand.

But Su Mu did not look at the thigh bone that the evil spirit was holding up, nor did he take a step closer to the evil spirit. Instead, he turned around and walked out of the cave.

The evil spirit paused, looking at Su Mu with some confusion and curiosity about what he was going to do, and then followed him.

Soon, the evil spirit followed Su Mu closer and closer to the cave entrance. As it got closer to the cave exit, a sense of fear rose in its heart. An indescribable feeling of unease almost filled its entire body and mind. The evil spirit stopped almost instinctively, looking ahead with disgust and fear in its eyes.

At the entrance and exit, sunlight streams down, dispelling the darkness and allowing a faint sense of warmth to be felt.

That was the warm sunlight that one could bask in when one is born as a human, but at this moment, that warm sunlight is the most terrifying thing in the world to an evil spirit.