Martial God: Grinding from Mortal Flesh to Immortality-Chapter 55 Zhao Tianxing!

Qiming City, Zhao Family, inside a laboratory.

A young man with metal patterns on his skin sat on the sofa with his legs crossed, his face expressionless, but his eyes were fixed straight on the experimental instrumentation ahead.

Inside the instrument, Zhao Jiadi’s face twisted in pain, his body linked with numerous special mechanical tubes, and his mechanical prosthetics shook continuously as if he was enduring immense suffering.

He roared, and cold sweat dripped down, but the glass of the instrument isolated his voice, making the entire laboratory eerily silent.

Time slowly ticked by as mechanical arms repeatedly landed on Zhao Jiadi’s body, seemingly installing something.

After an unknown amount of time, suddenly there was a sound of gas impact, the mechanical tubes linking Zhao Jiadi inside the instrument detached and returned to their original positions.

Zhao Jiadi seemed to collapse from exhaustion, kneeling directly on the ground.

The glass of the instrument slowly opened, and Zhao Jiadi’s heavy breathing finally echoed within the laboratory.

Despite his appearance of extreme pain, a mighty aura spread out from Zhao Jiadi’s body.

His skin, much like that of the young man on the sofa, displayed metal patterns all over, exuding an icy aura.

"How does it feel to step into Tier Three?"

The young man stared at Zhao Jiadi with calm eyes, his voice devoid of any emotion, as cold as a machine.

Zhao Jiadi struggled to lift his head, his gaze towards the young man filled with fear.

"Brother..."

Zhao Jiadi trembled as he spoke.

Indeed, the young man on the sofa was none other than Zhao Jiadi’s blood brother, Zhao Tianxing.

The most outstanding member of the Zhao Family to date.

Facing his younger brother, Zhao Tianxing remained expressionless, still seated on the sofa, but gazed upon Zhao Jiadi with a commanding look.

"Punishment has been meted out, but it also gave you a chance to step into Tier Three."

"Now... do you know where you went wrong?"

Zhao Tianxing spoke indifferently.

Zhao Jiadi trembled slightly. Just moments ago, Zhao Tianxing had summoned him to receive punishment, or rather undergo an extremely dangerous prosthetic modification.

Now he had successfully advanced to the level of a Tier Three Advanced Cybernetic Enhancer.

With his head lowered and fists clenched, Zhao Jiadi whispered, "I shouldn’t have provoked Lu Sheng."

A sharp glint flashed in Zhao Tianxing’s eyes, his tone suddenly turning severe.

"Wrong!!"

Zhao Tianxing reprimanded, his gaze towards Zhao Jiadi filled with growing disappointment: "You are wrong about three things!"

Zhao Jiadi looked up in confusion, but when their eyes met, he still felt fearful, his body trembling uncontrollably.

"First, you didn’t thoroughly understand Lu Sheng’s background before acting, unaware of his connection to Jiang He, leading our Zhao Family to be targeted by Jiang He!"

Zhao Tianxing’s tone was calm.

"Second, you foolishly acted against Lu Sheng without understanding the significance of Qi Blood Illusion for a Martial Artist, failing to kill Lu Sheng and thus creating a formidable enemy for our Zhao Family!"

Zhao Tianxing’s voice grew increasingly angry as he spoke.

"Third..."

"Eliminating potential rivals is not wrong. Even I would do it. But... your biggest failure was not eliminating Lu Sheng!"

"You failed!"

"And because of your failure, how much has our Zhao Family lost?"

Zhao Tianxing’s eyes bore into Zhao Jiadi, filled with disappointment and a hint of resentment.

Zhao Jiadi continued to tremble, be it from the previous ordeal in the instrument or Zhao Tianxing’s harsh tone.

"Because of you, Father fought with Jiang He and was defeated, still recovering from his injuries. The cost of compensating Yucai High School with fifty million federation credits and Father’s prosthetic repair of sixty million federation credits is minor compared to..."

"The most critical issue is... because of you! You idiot, our Zhao Family’s plan has been utterly disrupted!"

As he said this, a spark of fury flickered in Zhao Tianxing’s eyes.

Even... a flash of potential killing intent showed deep within his eyes.

As the most outstanding member of the Zhao Family, Zhao Tianxing’s cultivation had long reached the peak of an Advanced Cybernetic Enhancer.

He was only one step away from achieving Tier Four.

He merely needed to offer his faith to the Lord of Ascension, perform the Ascension Ceremony, and he would receive the Lord of Ascension’s boon, enabling him to break through to a Tier Four Mechanical Cultist.

By then, his Zhao Family would possess two Tier Four Transcendents, undoubtedly making them the overlords of Qiming City.

However...

Because of Zhao Jiadi, Zhao Tianxing’s father was severely injured by Jiang He and still repairing his mechanical prosthetic, making the Ascension Ceremony impossible without him.

This indefinitely delayed Zhao Tianxing’s advancement to Tier Four.

Moreover, the Zhao Family now had Lu Sheng, a potential enemy.

Qi Blood Illusion...

A Martial Artist capable of mastering Qi Blood Illusion would at least become a Tier Four Golden Body Realm in the future, possibly even higher.

Even the Zhao Family dared not easily provoke such a person, yet Zhao Jiadi’s foolishness had brought such an enemy upon them.

Zhao Tianxing’s gaze towards Zhao Jiadi was filled with intense killing intent, but in the end, he suppressed it due to their blood relationship.

"If you weren’t my brother... I’d want to kill you right now!"

Zhao Tianxing closed his eyes, mumbling to himself.

"Did you know, Father wanted to offer you to Jiang He to apologize to Lu Sheng?"

Zhao Tianxing opened his eyes, looking at Zhao Jiadi.

Zhao Jiadi’s trembling body froze, he lifted his head in terror, panicked: "No, no way, Father would never abandon me... I’m his son!"

"Brother... Brother, help me, please help me, I don’t want to be discarded!"

Zhao Jiadi panicked, crawling toward Zhao Tianxing, hugging Zhao Tianxing’s leg, crying and pleading.

Zhao Tianxing took a deep breath, feeling a bit of disgust, but finally said, "I’ve already spoken to Father for you."

"You still have a chance to qualify for the Tianqi Training Camp, and I barely managed to put this matter aside, but if you fail to get that qualification..."

Zhao Tianxing’s deep eyes gazed at Zhao Jiadi, not speaking further.

But... Zhao Jiadi understood Zhao Tianxing’s unspoken threat.