sixth ballard

As Lin mu yu uttered the name of the spell, ''the gate of death'' the black light that surrounded the black gate which had dimmed previously, grew darker and darker as an eerie cold atmosphere pervaded the entire area as the warrior above began to feel cold sweat starting to drip from their backs.

Below the black light on the black gate began to writhe and turn, with each subsequent change within the black light creating new patterns on the wall of the gate.

Silence loomed over everyone as they watched the change that place on the gate.

Many years in the future many people would debate why the warriors didn't attack Lin mu yu when it was clear that he was pinned down, and if any of the warriors had lived to hear the debate they would answer with a single word "fear".

In front of the gate that was forming in front of them, the warriors felt an instinctual fear for their lives. it wasn't the type of fear one would feel when facing an opponent stronger than one's self, it was the fear one would when looking at death itself. It was the most primal type of fear. No living creature can escape death, no cultivator can, and not even immortals can- as such facing death personified before them in the form of the black gate the warriors lost all their bearings as they caved into fear.

Whilst the warriors above stood petrified in fear, the patterns on the black gate became more discernible. With each increase the pattern on the wall the cold and eerie atmosphere increased as the entire area around where the black gate stood froze, causing everyone near to feel as if they were plunged into the cold abyss of hell.

Little gust of wind began to fill the area. Overbearing silence loomed over the warriors. the sound of

of teethes slamming against each other and rustling of armours was the only sound present in this dead space.

'What the hell are you fools doing, charge at him before I ha-' the silence that loomed over everyone was broken by a loud sonorous roar that reverberated in everyone's ears. Turning back to locate where the voice had originated from the warriors discovered Zhou ba, who was covered in sot from head to toe carrying his broadsword with him. Zhou ba wanted to berate the allied army members for insubordination, however the sight of what they were starring at made him shut his mouth.

Arriving at the area where the warriors stood Zhou ba ignored the looks that some of the warriors gave him and looked straight at the pitch black gate the beginning to form completely. On the face of the wall was two pitch black horned skeletons that partially protruding from the gate, fixed on the face of the wall by long stakes, with their only armed wedged in the middle of the gate acting as the gatekeeper for the gate.

Seeing the completion of the black gate, Zhou ba became horror-stricken by the thought of what this black gate represented.

Looking back at the gate Zhou ba thought back to what he was told before about the operation. the operation was extensively planned covering all available angles and more-some. the time that it took to plan the operation stretched for years before it was implemented, amassing enough personal form of the saint stage from all three regal schools and the ten lower schools to the lowest wandering cultivator before attacking Lin mu yu. One can say the scope and planning for this operation were done to such a meticulous level that it would make it virtually impossible for them to fail.

However, no plan is ever perfect, which was acknowledged when considering who they are trying to killing. as such the masterminds of this operation before committing their act of murder amassed enough information on Lin mu yu to come up with stigmatises against the man.

With all the information there have and the careful planning they have eighty per cent of the time the assurance of Lin mu yu's death was all but guaranteed, however, under two scenarios the complete eradication of the allied army was impossible to avert .