Chapter 541: The Twelve Terrors and

Wushuang Mansion.

The fake Dugu Yifang walked toward the direction of the study.

He walked with the stride of a dragon and the gait of a tiger, stepping forward with an imposing air; every step he took exuded the majesty and dominance of a superior, possessing a distinct sense of order.

In fact, although this person was a fake City Lord Dugu, as one of the envoys under Bu Baisuzhen, his strength was also top-tier in the world; in terms of martial arts prowess, he was not necessarily inferior to the real Dugu Yifang.

But when Dugu Yifang walked before the study, a feeling called "fear" still could not help but spread in his heart.

That black figure was like a god, like a demon. These days, he had obscurely used some methods to probe the other party, but he only reached one conclusion—unfathomable.

And the terrifying martial art named "Life and Death Talisman" tortured him to the point of wishing for death. Dozens of tangled True Qi within the Life and Death Talisman coursed through his body. Every time he attempted to remove the "Life and Death Talisman," that terrible, concentrated itch would surge like a tide, making him wish he could tear every inch of his skin to shreds.

After pacing before the study for a long while, Dugu Yifang finally knocked on the door.

"Come in."

After receiving the other party's permission, Dugu Yifang pushed open the door and saw that black nightmare sitting at the desk, writing in a bold and unrestrained manner, not knowing what he was writing with his brush.

"Reporting to Young Master, the matters you entrusted to me have all been completed." Dugu Yifang bowed in salute, never daring to raise his head.

"Mm, that is for the best. You are the City Lord of Wushuang City, standing above tens of thousands of citizens. But you must also know one thing: water can carry a boat, but it can also capsize it. If you are too harsh on the common people of the city, there will eventually be a danger of collapse." Yu Liancheng's tone was calm; he did not even raise his head, continuing to write on the desk.

It turned out that Yu Liancheng had issued several political decrees through Dugu Yifang so that the residents of Wushuang City would not have to live in misery.

"This subordinate has been instructed."

Regardless of how the fake Dugu grumbled internally, on the surface, he remained incomparably respectful toward Yu Liancheng.

Yu Liancheng suddenly changed the subject: "Do you know of the Twelve Terrors?"

The fake Dugu's figure shook, and he said respectfully: "Is the Young Master referring to the Twelve Terrors written by Bai Xiaokuang Sheng?"

"Exactly." Yu Liancheng nodded with a smile: "It seems you know."

The fake Dugu said: "Young Master is joking. Even if I am ignorant, the Wushuang Sword of Wushuang City is, after all, ranked fourth among the Twelve Terrors, and has always been regarded as an honor by the Dugu Family. If I did not know this, how could I play the part of Dugu Yifang well without being discovered?"

It turned out that eighty years ago in the Edo, there was a person who knew everything about the people and affairs of the Edo, making Edo figures both respect and hate him, and he even won a strange title—Bai Xiaokuang Sheng.

This person was well-versed in both ancient and modern times, refined in poetry and prose, and had a thorough understanding of the martial arts and origins of the major sects in the Edo, knowing them like the back of his hand.

Throughout his life, he compiled a volume of secret martial arts history as a witness for himself and for the martial arts world of his time. The most thrilling existences recorded in this volume of secret martial arts history were the "Twelve Terrors."

The so-called "Twelve Terrors" were the twelve existences in the martial arts world that made Edo people tremble with fear and change color at the mention of them, hence they were called the Twelve Terrors.

These Twelve Terrors were the Fire Qilin, Snow Drink Saber, Fire Lin Sword, Wushuang Sword, the yet-to-be-forged Peerless Good Sword, Hero Sword, Sword Sect, Shaolin, Wudang, Border Poison Shadow Evil Sect, Zheng Xie Dao, and... "Him."

"Heh, Bai Xiaokuang Sheng claims to know everything, but in reality, he doesn't understand the true terrors in this martial arts world at all. Or rather, although he understands, he dares not make them public."

Yu Liancheng set down his brush, blew the ink dry, and a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth: "Now, I will teach the people of the world to see what is truly called a terror."

The fake Dugu did not understand what Yu Liancheng meant, but as the other party flicked his sleeve, the scroll of silk flew before him. When he received it in his hands and saw the content of the silk scroll, his expression changed instantly, and at the same time, he understood the meaning behind Yu Liancheng's words.

The preface of the silk scroll stated that the Twelve Terrors written by Bai Xiaokuang Sheng were wild and fallacious, insufficient to describe the true terrors of the world, and that this volume contained existences that were truly enough to make people "terrified" and change color.

The First Terror—World Association, the most prominent Edo force at present, with the momentum to sweep across the world. Its Gang Leader, Xiongba, apprenticed under the Three Ultimates Elder, possessed exceptional martial arts and great ambition, and was favored by heaven's mandate, possessing ten years of great fortune. During these ten years, he was invincible, and would forge the status of a supreme hegemon.

However, once the ten years pass, his grand ambitions will be nothing more than a handful of yellow soil.

The Second Terror—Sword Saint, Sword Saint Dugu Jian, master of the Wushuang Sword, a natural Sword Idiot, began practicing the sword at five, surpassed his master at seven, became famous with one sword at nine, and attained enlightenment in Sword Dao at thirteen; he once traveled far to Dongying in pursuit of the peak of Sword Dao. After returning, he had created the Holy Spirit Sword Art, from Sword One to Sword Eighteen. He once fought the number one assassin organization in the Edo, "Tianchi," for three days and three nights with the Holy Spirit Sword Art, killing all but the final Tianchi Twelve Killers.

Later, because he was defeated by the Martial Arts Myth Wuming, he retired from the Edo and became indifferent to worldly affairs.

In recent years, the Sword Saint has pushed the Holy Spirit Sword Art to Sword Twenty-One, and the Holy Spirit Sword Art has become increasingly unfathomable. But heaven and earth have their limits, while the Holy Spirit is endless; after Sword Twenty-One, there is Sword Twenty-Two, and even... Sword Twenty-Three.

If one day the Sword Saint can create Sword Twenty-Three, that will surely be a sword that slashes heaven and earth. Even someone as strong as the Martial Arts Myth would only be defeated under this sword.

The Third Terror—Martial Arts Myth, Wuming.

Master of the Hero Sword, successor of the Sword Sect.

When he first entered the Edo, he defeated the Sword Saint, and his fame was unrivaled for a time. Later, with his own strength, he thwarted the ten major sects of the martial arts world, killing them until the martial arts world was once desolate and has yet to recover; later, because he made too many enemies and his wife was poisoned to death, he had no choice but to fake his death and retire. In recent years, his cultivation has reached a higher level, already attaining the Heavenly Sword realm, which can make ten thousand swords submit.

He is indifferent to fame and wealth, cares for the world, and his cultivation is unfathomable. If there are foreign enemies plotting against the Central Plains, they must first use various dark means to cause Wuming to be injured or disabled before they dare to invade.

The Fourth Terror—Chang Sheng Bu Si Shen. A God from the Bu Clan God Race, with extraordinary martial arts talent. He possesses the two great divine arts, the Heaven-Shifting Divine Art and the World-Extinguishing Demon Body, broke through the Sida Daxian, founded the Search God Palace, and several times nearly ruled the world, but all ended in failure. Now he even possesses the Immeasurable Maha, and can almost be considered invincible in the world.

An invincible and immortal God, for the world, may perhaps be an unimaginable catastrophe.

However, can Chang Sheng Bu Si Shen not grow old? And can he truly be immortal?

The Fifth Terror—Mo Zhu.

Since there is a God in the world, how can there not be a Demon? Mo Zhu Bai Suzhen seems to have descended into the world from mythology; she is also an immortal person, and her Six Great Demon Crossings are miraculous.

Yet, the God is not a true God, and the Demon is not a Demon.

The Demon harbors compassion, seemingly using a demonic heart to save all living beings.

The Seventh Terror—Heavenly Gate, a mysterious and unfathomable sect, whose influence covers almost the entire Edo; once mobilized, it is enough to sweep across all living beings.

The master of the Heavenly Gate, "Di Shitian," named himself after Heaven, how arrogant. Yet he once drank phoenix blood and has the means to bring the dead back to life; he is a legendary figure who has lived for nearly two thousand years, his life is almost eternal, and his martial arts are unfathomable. To mortals, is he not Heaven?

It is a pity that his martial arts aptitude is limited; after thousands of years, he may not necessarily be able to defeat the decades of hard work of a Martial Dao genius.

Ridiculous, pathetic, lamentable.

The Eighth Terror—Dragon, one of the Four Great Divine Beasts, its form is as high as a mountain, possessing extremely terrifying power; a casual strike can destroy mountains and break ridges, causing rivers to flow backward, suspected to be an ancient creature that has survived to this day.

Among the Four Great Divine Beasts, the Xuan Turtle and Phoenix each created two powerhouses who have overlooked the human world for thousands of years, while the Qilin created the Fire Lin Sword, the Nie family's mad blood, and that person's Qilin Arm.

If someone can obtain the dragon essence within the dragon's body, even if it is only a part, they can also be immortal and find it hard to encounter an opponent.

The Tenth Terror—Four Great Divine Stones.

The Four Great Divine Stones are Ice Soul, White Dew, Black Cold, and... Divine Stone.

It is rumored that these four strange stones were left behind by Nüwa when she mended the sky, each possessing magical powers. Among them, White Dew has already been forged into the Snow Drink Saber, owned by the Nie family. Black Cold was obtained by Baijian Villa, which is attempting to forge a Peerless Good Sword. Ice Soul can make objects remain unchanged for eternity, and is currently preserved in the Hero King Mansion to preserve the corpse of an ancestor.

And the last Divine Stone is an immeasurable super weapon; even if an ordinary person obtains it, it can be used to kill top experts. And if a top expert obtains it, its power will be even more world-renowned.

The Eleventh Terror—Heavenly Crying Scripture. This scripture contains the first character created by Cangjie, full of strange magic, which can make those who see the character suddenly have their minds filled with infinite Xuanji, as if communicating with heaven and earth; obtaining this one character is equivalent to seeing all the creations of heaven and earth. But the person who views the character will also be cursed by the Heavenly Crying, living a life worse than death...

The Twelfth Terror—Love of the City.

This is a peerless move; although from a literal meaning, it only looks like a play or a touching love story.

But this is indeed a peerless move.

An invincible, miraculous technique.

This technique only appeared over a thousand years ago during the Three Kingdoms era, wielded by the Martial Saint Guan Yu.

And the Love of the City-Toppling, it truly can topple a city, and at the moment of unleashing the technique, it can even transcend time and space. Without a doubt, this is a technique capable of contending with the yet-to-be-born Sword Twenty-Three, and perhaps even a cut above.

The Thirteenth Terror—Maha Immeasurable.

This is also a peerless, miraculous art. If one says the Love of the City-Toppling and Sword Twenty-Three still belong to human martial arts, then Maha Immeasurable is already a power possessed only by "Heaven."

"Maha" signifies Sanskrit, meaning infinitely large. The so-called "Maha Immeasurable" refers to infinitely large power. It is rumored that this supreme art was originally realized by the Patriarch Bodhidharma upon observing two types of natural Heavenly Phenomenon between heaven and earth; these two powers are—Wind and Cloud.

The wind is infinite, the cloud is inconstant; gathering the power of heaven and earth, it is inexhaustible and unending. When this power reaches its extreme, it can even—traverse the past and future.

This is power that only "Heaven" possesses.

But it has already been stolen by God and Demon; it is unknown whether this is a curse or a blessing.

The Fourteenth Terror—He.

He is also the strongest and most mysterious existence among the previous generation of Twelve Terrors. The other Twelve Terrors exist merely to set off his existence.

He likes to laugh.

He is Xiao Sanxiao.

Because he obtained the blood of the auspicious beast, the dragon turtle, he has lived for a full four thousand years. No one knows his background, and even fewer know just how strong he truly is. Perhaps he is merely a high-level expert living in seclusion beyond the heavens, unconcerned with worldly affairs. Or perhaps, he has long since laid out a chess game in the mortal world, and everyone is his chess piece, all just to resist that thousand-autumn catastrophe.

Or perhaps, he is the very instigator of that catastrophe.

The above is the Fourteen Terrors.

The earth-shattering Fourteen Terrors.

As a subordinate of the Mo Zhu Bu Baisuzhen, Jia Dugu knew more secret lore than ordinary martial artists. But as he read the silk scroll line by line, his back was unknowingly drenched in cold sweat.

The content above was truly too shocking.

God, Demon, auspicious beasts, peerless supreme skills, peerless divine weapons, legends who have lived for a thousand years... any one of these, if thrown into the pugilistic world, would be enough to stir up monstrous waves.

No wonder Yu Liancheng laughed and said the so-called Twelve Terrors of Bai Xiaokuang Sheng counted for nothing at all.

Compared to these Fourteen Terrors.

Except for that "He," the others truly can only be considered as fillers.

Jia Dugu gulped, unable to help but look up and ask curiously: "Young Master, is what is written here true?"

Yu Liancheng chuckled: "How could it be fake? If you obtained the Love of the City-Toppling, Dragon Essence, or Sword Twenty-Three—any one of these—you could break free from my control, and also break free from your master's control, becoming a true hegemon who dominates a region."

Jia Dugu's breathing grew slightly heavier.

Because among these Fourteen Terrors, there were two things that seemed very close to him.

Sword Twenty-Three and... the Love of the City-Toppling...

Sword Twenty-Three goes without saying; the Sword Saint Dugu Jian is now his elder brother. Dugu Jian has sought the sword his whole life; he is not a schemer and his city-dwelling nature is ordinary. If the other party truly realizes Sword Twenty-Three, then he might not be unable to, in the identity of his younger brother, plot to obtain that Sword Twenty-Three capable of slaughtering the world.

As for that Love of the City-Toppling, it was created by the Martial Saint Guan Gong a thousand years ago. When he saw the two characters "Martial Saint," Dugu Yifang immediately thought of the pillar in front of the city gate with "Martial Saint" written on it.

Jia Dugu hesitated for a moment and said: "I do not know why Young Master wants to write this 'Terror List'?"

"Haha, because this pugilistic world is not yet lively enough. Those old monsters are all hiding in the shadows; if I don't force them, how would they be willing to enter the world?"

Yu Liancheng had a faint smile on his lips: "And I, I want you to use the power of Wushuang City to spread the 'Terror List' throughout the world. From now on, let this pugilistic world become lively."

Truly a madman.

Jia Dugu cursed inwardly. His eyes rolled, and he suddenly said: "Young Master, this Terror List is indeed shocking to hear, but in this humble one's view, there is one more person who can be listed in the Terror List, and can even suppress the Fourteen Terrors on this list."

Yu Liancheng raised an eyebrow: "Oh, who are you talking about?"

Dugu Yifang bowed to Yu Liancheng again. When his face hung low where no one could see, a sinister smile suddenly appeared on his lips: "That person is you, Young Master."

"Me?" Yu Liancheng was slightly startled, then he looked deeply at Dugu Yifang and chuckled: "Not bad, there is one more terror, and that is—'Me'."

So he took the Terror List from Dugu Yifang and took up a brush to write another line of small characters.

The Fifteenth Terror—Me.

Although this was only six short characters, each character was as sharp as a sword, as if it could fly off the silk at any moment, transforming into a streak of astonishing sword light to tear the person reading the list to shreds.