Awakening the Immortal Demon Armor

The sky was Blood Red.

The afterglow of the setting sun had yet to fade completely, but the flames and thick smoke soaring from the village had stained it an ominous crimson.

Lin Jin jolted awake from unconsciousness. A sharp pain throbbed at the back of his head, and the scene before him was blurry and swaying.

"Brother... Brother..."

A faint, tearful call sounded beside his ear, rousing him from his confusion.

He shook his head and looked behind him.

His four-year-old Younger Sister, Lin Xue, was curled up on the ground, her face filled with terror.

Her large eyes were brimming with fear unlike anything she had ever known.

And around them, the quiet, peaceful little village from his memories had become a living hell.

Ruined walls and shattered homes lay everywhere. Flames blazed, while familiar neighbors and playmates lay in pools of blood, devoid of life.

The air was thick with the stench of blood and an indescribable, cold, evil aura.

"Younger Sister, I'm here... Older Brother is here!"

"Don't be afraid, Older Brother is here!" Lin Jin quickly pulled Lin Xue into his arms to comfort her.

"Brother, where are our parents?" Lin Xue asked weakly from Lin Jin's embrace.

"Father... Mother..." Lin Jin's heart and pupils contracted.

In front of him lay two familiar figures in a pool of blood.

His father's powerful arm was still held in the posture of pushing him and his Younger Sister away, while his mother shielded his father tightly from the front.

They did not move.

Overwhelming grief surged into his mind in an instant, nearly suffocating him.

He was a transmigrator, his soul coming from another world.

Yet during the six years since his rebirth, his parents in this life had given him unconditional love. Those few short years of warmth had long since healed the wounds of being an orphan in his previous life.

His Younger Sister, Lin Xue, also depended on him deeply. She was the treasure he had sworn to protect with his life.

Today had originally been the village's joyous day of awakening Martial Souls.

That was why nearly all the Villagers had gathered in the square today, hoping their children would awaken good Martial Souls.

But now...

Whoosh!!!

A Black Shadow shot out from behind a burning house like Gui Mei, carrying a nauseating gust of bloody wind.

It was a person dressed in tattered black robes. The exposed skin was pale beyond that of any living person, his eyes glowed bloodthirsty red, and his mouth was stretched into an exaggerated grin as he stared at Lin Xue, as though admiring a toy that was about to fall into his hands.

"What tender skin, what a pure soul. It couldn't be more perfect for nourishing my Soul Power and Martial Soul." His hoarse voice rasped like sandpaper.

An Evil Soul Master!

The term representing evil on the Douluo Continent flashed through Lin Jin's mind.

He had no time to consider why an Evil Soul Master had appeared here. His intense desire to survive and his instinct to protect his Younger Sister drove him onward.

He immediately shielded his Younger Sister behind him and picked up a short piece of Wooden Root from the ground.

Like a wild beast driven into a Desperate Situation, Lin Jin roared, "Get lost!"

"Tsk, the struggle of Ants." The Evil Soul Master sneered.

With a casual wave of his hand, a jet-black lash of Soul Power, thick with a corrosive aura, whipped toward Lin Jin.

Bang!

Lin Jin's vision went black. Pain exploded in his chest as he was sent flying, crashing heavily into a broken wall. The wooden stick in his hand had long since flown who knew where.

"Brother!" Lin Xue let out a piercing cry.

"Hehe, so she's the Younger Sister. No wonder she's so tender. Once I eat her, I'll eat you too."

The Evil Soul Master no longer paid attention to Lin Jin, who had lost the ability to resist, and walked straight toward the frozen Lin Xue.

His withered hand reached for her delicate neck. The black Soul Power coiling around his palm radiated the aura of death.

No! I can't let this happen!

His Younger Sister was about to die before his eyes. Their Parents' Blood Feud remained unavenged. Was his life after transmigrating here truly going to end so miserably?

Unwillingness! Rage! Despair! Protection!

All kinds of extreme emotions exploded and boiled within his chest! It was as if something had been forcibly ignited!

"Get... your hands off her!!!"

A roar that seemed to come from the abyss burst from the depths of Lin Jin's throat. It was no longer the clear voice of a child, but carried a harsh, heavy quality like grinding metal.

Bzzzzz!!!

An indescribable, utterly violent power erupted from the deepest part of his body!

Dark Greenish-Black veins, neither metal nor iron, surged wildly from beneath the skin of his right shoulder as if alive, rapidly spreading and covering him!

In the blink of an eye, his entire right arm and half his chest were covered by a savage-looking, hard-lined Dark Greenish-Black Arm Armor and Chest Armor.

Dark Red lines of light flowed across the Armor like magma, emitting a chilling aura of slaughter.

Even more astonishingly, a sharp blade formed entirely of Dark Red energy rapidly extended and condensed in the palm of his armored right hand!

The Demon Blade was long and narrow, its edge flashing with a bone-chilling sharpness!

"What?!" The Evil Soul Master turned around in horror, sensing the aura emanating from Lin Jin that made his heart tremble.

"What kind of Martial Soul is this? I've never seen an aura more powerful and evil than mine!"

Lin Jin felt as if his entire body was filled with explosive Strength, but his mind was consumed by a cold desire to kill.

He had no time to think about where this power had come from. He only knew that his Younger Sister was in mortal danger.

"Take your filthy hand off my Younger Sister... now!" Lin Jin roared. Almost unconsciously, he swung the Demon Blade in his right hand at the Evil Soul Master with all his might.

"I was born to protect, and I came for destruction."

There was no soul skill, only the simplest horizontal slash.

Rip!!!

A Dark Red crescent Light Blade tore through the air with a shrill howl, slashing toward the Evil Soul Master at a Speed too fast for the naked eye to follow.

The Evil Soul Master's expression changed. He hurriedly activated his Soul Power and released a soul skill, raising a black barrier before himself.

Yet before the Dark Red blade light, the barrier was effortlessly cut in two like butter beneath a hot knife.

The Light Blade did not slow, passing directly through the Evil Soul Master's body.

The Evil Soul Master froze. He lowered his head in disbelief and saw a thin line of blood across his waist.

"Im... possible..." he muttered. The next moment, his upper body slid off along the bloodline, blood and organs splattering across the ground.

One strike!

With just one strike, Lin Jin had slain an Evil Soul Master at least at the Soul Elder level.

Lin Jin stood where he was, gasping heavily. The Demon Armor and Demon Blade on his right arm slowly faded away, revealing his original frail body.

A powerful wave of weakness washed over him, but he ignored it and scrambled toward his Younger Sister.

"Xiao Xue! Xiao Xue, how are you?"

Lin Xue's little face was deathly pale. Though the Evil Soul Master was dead, a cold grayish-black aura still clung to her. Her breathing had become weak and rapid, and her body was beginning to grow cold.

"Cold... Brother... Xiao Xue is so cold..." Lin Xue curled up in his arms, her eyes shut and brows tightly furrowed as she mumbled.

Lin Jin held his Younger Sister tightly, trying to warm her with his own thin body. But that Evil Soul Power clung to her like a disease rooted in bone; body heat could not drive it away at all.

Although the power of the Immortal Demon Armor was strong and filled with extreme offensive and defensive power, it was helpless against this evil energy that eroded life.

Despair poured over him again like icy water.

He had awakened his Martial Soul and gained power, yet he could not save his only remaining family.

What could he do? Who could save her?

Chaotic thoughts crashed through his mind as fragments of memories from both his past and present lives flashed continuously before him.

Suddenly, a name cut through his confused thoughts like lightning.

Qian Renxue!