The Sovereign's Last Reliance

Lin Su had already exhausted every means at his disposal. His longsword unfolded the Dugu Nine Swords.

The Literary Way manifested War Azure Ci Poetry.

Every so often, he drew several bizarre circles through the air, turning Space Law into a graveyard for experts.

By his strength alone, he had killed at least thirty percent of the enemy!

Moreover, he knew that several people had arrived!

A pair of golden scissors swept through the air, killing three experts! Lin Su recognized those scissors. Outside South Mountain City, in a little garden, it had been those very scissors that severed Su Rong's Great Dao Essence Flower!

Yao Gu of the Agricultural Sage's holy household had slipped quietly into the capital—and at this critical moment, she had acted!

She had not revealed herself, because her intervention was an absolute taboo! The Holy Hall did not interfere in changes of imperial power, much less could a holy household!

Lu Youwei's mother, Luo Tianyao, had acted as well. Her move had been extremely covert, yet Lin Su still sensed her presence. Luo Tianyao had even more cause for caution. She had once been the daughter-in-law of the current prime minister, while Lu Youwei was Lu Tiancong's own granddaughter. Lu Tiancong was a staunch royalist.

The person who surprised him most was another individual: a masked figure. Though masked, Lin Su still knew clearly that this person was the Azure Robe Nun he had encountered aboard the ship when returning from Medicine King Mountain, and the one Li Qingquan had paid particular attention to at Lingyin Temple.

When this nun suddenly appeared on the battlefield, Lin Su had thought she too was a member of the Hidden Dragon Guard. Yet the moment she struck, she killed one Hidden Dragon Guard member. Her method of killing