Maoshan World: The young marshal starts!

Chapter 333 Killing Empress Dowager Cixi
The calamity dissipated.

Empress Dowager Cixi's figure then appeared from high above.

At this moment, Empress Dowager Cixi's appearance was quite different from the imagined old witch. Not only did she not look old, but she was extremely young and beautiful, with a pair of charming peach blossom eyes, a delicate and pretty face, skin as white as snow, and long hair draped over her shoulders.
The Empress Dowager Cixi before us clearly not only recovered her physical body completely after becoming a drought demon, but also returned directly to her youthful state.

Guan Shaoqing examined it carefully.

It must be said that the Empress Dowager Cixi, whose body has been restored to its youthful state, is truly stunning. Her appearance and figure are both exceptional, and especially when combined with the powerful aura of the drought demon and the noble bearing surrounding her, her temperament is like that of a sacred and inviolable goddess.

It is so captivating that it inspires awe.

"Have you come to stop me from being resurrected?"

At this moment, Empress Dowager Cixi spoke again, and her gaze turned to Guan Shaoqing and his entourage. In an instant, an overwhelming and terrifying pressure swept over them like a tidal wave.

Apart from Guan Shaoqing, everyone else present felt as if a mountain had pressed down on them in an instant, and they almost felt like they were about to collapse from the pressure.

But that's about it.

Om-!
An invisible, vast aura erupted forth.

Guan Shaoqing took a step forward, releasing his martial saint aura to withstand Cixi's oppressive aura.

call!
Shi Jian and the others immediately breathed a long sigh of relief, as if a mountain that had been pressing down on them had disappeared in an instant, and they felt a great weight lifted off their shoulders. Then, apart from Shi Jian and the other Maoshan people, the other Longhushan and Gezaoshan people present also looked at Guan Shaoqing in shock.

You must know that Empress Dowager Cixi is now a drought demon, a terrifying zombie that corresponds to the martial arts saint and the primordial spirit realm of cultivation. Yet Guan Shaoqing easily withstood Cixi's aura.

What level of strength has Guan Shaoqing reached?
At this moment, the people of Longhu Mountain and Gezao Mountain were unaware that Guan Shaoqing's cultivation level had already reached the Martial Saint realm. This was because Maoshan had not publicized the news of Guan Shaoqing's breakthrough to the Martial Saint realm, but had instead kept it a secret internally.

"Master, senior uncles, and all the elders from Longhu Mountain and Gezao Mountain, you go deal with those zombies in Cixi's lair. I'll take care of Cixi."

Guan Shaoqing then spoke up.

He could sense that in the Qinling Mountains, besides Empress Dowager Cixi who had already broken through to become a drought demon, there were also many zombie auras, and even seven or eight flying corpse auras.

"Alright, then Shaoqing, please be careful."

Upon hearing this, Shi Jian and Uncle Jiu did not hesitate at all. They knew that only Guan Shaoqing could deal with Cixi, who had become a drought demon. It would probably be of no use for them to stay. They might as well deal with the other zombies.

Swish! Swish! Swish! —

The group immediately flew towards the zombie lair deep in the Qinling Mountains.

Empress Dowager Cixi, watching from above the Qinling Mountains, paid little attention to Shi Jian and the others. Instead, she focused her gaze on Guan Shaoqing. She knew that Guan Shaoqing was the only one who posed a threat to her. If she could deal with Guan Shaoqing, then the others would be no threat. Conversely, if she couldn't deal with Guan Shaoqing, then dealing with the others would be meaningless.

"I never imagined that there would be such a master as you in the world today."

Empress Dowager Cixi spoke again, her beautiful eyes looking at Guan Shaoqing, and then she suddenly smiled.

"However, I feel that there is no need for us to fight to the death. Have you ever thought about what a magnificent scene it would be if we joined forces? What in this world could possibly stop us?"

Looking at Guan Shaoqing's formidable strength and handsome face, Empress Dowager Cixi suddenly felt that she and Guan Shaoqing were a match made in heaven.

"Besides, at our level, we have already attained immortality and transcended worldly concerns. The cycle of birth, aging, sickness, and death in the mortal world has long lost its meaning for us. Compared to ordinary people, we are already beings on another level. So why don't we become Daoist partners and share immortality, becoming a pair of immortal lovers who live forever? Wouldn't that be wonderful?"

Empress Dowager Cixi continued, and the more she spoke, the more moved she became, especially when she looked at Guan Shaoqing's flawless face.

"Do you think I am beautiful?"

Finally, Empress Dowager Cixi gave Guan Shaoqing a charming smile.

It must be said that Empress Dowager Cixi's smile at that moment was indeed very alluring, and her words were equally seductive.

Even Guan Shaoqing couldn't help but be slightly tempted by Empress Dowager Cixi.

But it was only a tiny bit, and Guan Shaoqing quickly suppressed that thought.

"People who are already dead still come out to wreak havoc on the world. Your Manchu Qing dynasty is truly a scourge to the country and its people."

Guan Shaoqing replied coldly.

Swish!
Upon hearing this, Empress Dowager Cixi's gaze turned cold, and her face lost its previous charm.

"If Your Excellency truly wishes to be my enemy, do you perhaps think you have me cornered?"

"Whether it is or not, we'll know after we fight it."

Guan Shaoqing spoke in a cold tone, then said no more, raising his hand to deliver a palm strike from a distance. Boom!

In an instant, the entire void seemed to collapse. A vast and mighty stream of martial arts blood erupted from Guan Shaoqing's body, forming a massive, blood-red handprint that blotted out the sky and slammed towards Empress Dowager Cixi. The terrifying heat wave seemed to ignite the entire sky, and the air was violently distorted by the scorching heat.

Empress Dowager Cixi's expression changed drastically in an instant. She quickly launched a full-scale attack to counterattack, and the powerful drought demon energy erupted from her body, colliding with the blood-red handprint unleashed by Guan Shaoqing.

"boom--!"

When the two collided, the entire sky seemed to explode in an instant. The sky, spanning thousands of meters in radius, was almost instantly turned into a vacuum. All the air was annihilated in the collision, and the sky became a gray vacuum zone, which looked like a spatial black hole from a distance.

Empress Dowager Cixi was also thrown dozens of meters away before stopping, her hands were covered in blood and flesh.

Guan Shaoqing stood motionless high in the air.

Although the Empress Dowager Cixi before her had become a drought demon, she had only just broken through, and her strength was at most that of an ordinary early-stage Martial Saint.

However, even setting aside his cultivation level, Guan Shaoqing's martial arts cultivation has reached the mid-stage of Martial Saint, which is a whole minor realm higher than Cixi's. In addition, when Guan Shaoqing was at the Grandmaster realm, he broke through the limits of both internal and external martial arts. Even if they were at the same realm, Cixi might not be a match for Guan Shaoqing, not to mention the suppression of realm.

They defeated Empress Dowager Cixi with a single blow.

Guan Shaoqing raised his hand again, and the Kusanagi Sword instantly pierced the sky from afar and landed in Guan Shaoqing's hand.

With the Kusanagi sword in hand, Guan Shaoqing raised it and swung it at Empress Dowager Cixi once more, a blood-red sword light bursting forth from the Kusanagi sword.

"Thorn-"

The sky seemed to have been cleaved open in an instant by Guan Shaoqing's sword.

As the crimson sword light slashed down.

"puff--"

As large chunks of blood and flesh flew from the sky, Empress Dowager Cixi was completely cleaved away by Guan Shaoqing's sword, her entire body almost split open by the blow, suffering a severe injury on the spot.

With the power of the Kusanagi Sword, Guan Shaoqing's attacks were far stronger than those of bare hands, not to mention Empress Dowager Cixi, who was no match for Guan Shaoqing to begin with.

"Roar--!"

The severely injured Empress Dowager Cixi was instantly aroused by the ferocity of a zombie. She roared to the sky and a monstrous corpse aura burst forth from her body, surging towards Guan Shaoqing like a tidal wave that blotted out the sun. This corpse aura also contained deadly poison, and even Guan Shaoqing dared not underestimate it.

Guan Shaoqing then unleashed his martial arts energy to resist the corpse energy emanating from Empress Dowager Cixi, and at the same time, he swung the Kusanagi sword in his hand once again.

The crimson sword light burst forth once more, and a hint of fear flashed in Cixi's eyes. She dared not confront it head-on and leaped to dodge.

However, Guan Shaoqing gave Cixi no room to dodge. After the second sword strike, he directly used all his strength to unleash several sword strikes at Cixi, drawing upon his martial arts blood and the power of the Kusanagi sword.

"puff--"

Empress Dowager Cixi was unable to dodge in time, and her body was once again sent flying by Guan Shaoqing's blow.

Guan Shaoqing did not want to give Cixi any more opportunities to entangle herself, and prepared to finish the battle quickly. Otherwise, the longer it dragged on, the more likely things would change, and it would also be a bad thing if Guan Shaoqing's own strength was greatly depleted, since he still needed to constantly fight against the suppressive power of the Great Dao between heaven and earth.

Especially with this move.

Guan Shaoqing could clearly feel that as he made his move, the suppressive power of the Great Dao in the world was becoming stronger and stronger.

Fortunately, Guan Shaoqing was not the only one suppressed by the power of the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth; Empress Dowager Cixi was the same.

After being slashed away by Guan Shaoqing again, Cixi finally managed to regain her balance, but due to the suppression of the power of the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth, she staggered again, and her entire body was almost crushed by the power of the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth and fell from the sky.

opportunity.

Upon seeing this, Guan Shaoqing instantly swung his Kusanagi sword again, giving Cixi no chance to catch her breath.

After a dozen or so sword strikes in succession.

"Roar! I am not reconciled!"

With a final, unwilling roar, Empress Dowager Cixi's entire body was finally annihilated by Guan Shaoqing's sword.

[Ding! You have slain a drought demon and gained 42000 merit points.]

The message notification from the Book of Creation rang in Guan Shaoqing's mind, but the amount of merit points he received surprised him greatly.

How come there are so many!
(End of this chapter)