11 Total Annihilator

"Total Annihilator!", Xi Ansel held his breadth. His face had only one expression- 'Joy! Overflowing Excitement!'

"Pffft", seeing this excited expression of Xi Ansel the voice sent out a giggle.

"You are really an interesting child! When people hear the name of my sword they are scared witless and here you are, overflowing with excitement. Interesting! Very interesting!", the voice continued.

Xi Ansel was so busy probing the sword that he totally ignored the voice. To Xi Ansel, this weapon was like a dream come true. Never in his entire previous life had he seen such a majestic and domineering sword. He fought countless battles, travelled the 8 continents, destroyed countless sects, massacred numerous clans but never did he hear or see a weapon as terrifying as this. For a person like Xi Ansel who only carved for power, this was a huge boon bestowed upon him, by the heavens.

This sword which he held in his hands was made for slaughter! Complete slaughter!

The voice didn't mind Xi Ansel ignoring him as it was common for children to be ecstatic about new things.

The voice not minding Xi Ansel's earlier conduct continued," In my earlier days, I used this sword to slaughter my path through countless righteous and demonic experts and finally reach the pinnacle of martial arts. Earlier, I was happy as you reached the 10,000th stair but I was actually nervous if you could handle the power of the sword. But now seeing that confident look in your eyes, I am relieved."

Xi Ansel suddenly stopped probing the sword and turned towards the voice and respectfully bowed.

"Ancestor, I'm grateful", Xi Ansel was never the one to go with formalities and straightforwardly said. After all, in the previous life he too stood at the pinnacle of martial arts and created an ocean of blood.

While holding the sword, Xi Ansel could feel the unease and restlessness of the sword. Like it was crying, flabbergasted Xi Ansel turned towards the voice.

The voice understood what Xi Ansel wanted to ask.

"Child! this sword has a life, a will of its own, that makes it even more powerful but at the same time difficult to control. Hundreds of thousands of years ago my master gifted it to me, I treasured this sword more than my life. It has since been my partner and we overcame through countless life and death battles together. All was going well, until he appeared.", the voice went silent but the atmosphere turned grave.

At the mention of 'he', the sword suddenly started reverberating even more. This time Xi Ansel could feel the mourning and sadness of the long black sword. Xi Ansel was getting more and more curious, as to what entity could make this majestic sword shiver.

" No-one knew where he came from, he came and disappeared just like a gust of wind. Within the time of his arrival and disappearance he destroyed all the righteous and demonic martial arts sects. I was in seclusion, unaware about the happenings of the world. When I came out, the only thing I saw was river of blood, the corpses of my disciples, destruction of the sect. The whole world was dyed crimson. Everything I preserved was destroyed by HIM!", a sudden burst of murderous aura leaked from the formless voice into the atmosphere. The air became so intimidating that even Xi Ansel, who was hailed as the death emperor in his previous life, felt difficult to breathe.

The voice continued, " I with my sword ' Total Annihilator', went to kill him and a huge battle started. The battle was so fierce that it shook the heavens and nearly destroyed the world. It continued for 2 years and countless other elders joined but the end result was....", the voice suddenly stopped.

Xi Ansel's mind was in turmoil. Each and every word from the voice was like a bomb dropped on him. He had countless questions but he still chose to remain silent. As the saying goes, "A cultivator should do more listening than talking."

"The end result was....I was nearly killed but I heavily injured him. It was my first time facing utter defeat. Even many more of your ancestors assisted with the battle but I was the only one alive. But before I could kill him, that man used some strange method to open a void in the time and space and escaped but before going he said something which had made me restless for all these years. He said, " My work here is complete. This world shall soon be of master's. I'll return soon!"

BOOM!

Like a bomb was dropped in the mind of Xi Ansel.

'What! The ancestor lost! How is it possible? Who is that 'he'? He was just a servant? If a servant like him can destroy the world then how powerful would the master be?', thinking about all this a chill went down Xi Ansel's spine.

"After the battle, my vital qi was exhausted and knowing I would die the next instant. I trapped my remaining soul energy into my sword and stayed in this mountain. I wasn't afraid of death but I didn't want to die without informing the world about the catastrophe that would soon fall on them. The world now has grown weaker and the ancient martial art techniques were all lost during that period. This part of the history was unknown to everyone. It was as if, it never existed. I couldn't escape the mountain as it would mean certain death for me, so I patiently waited for the right person to inherit my legacy and prepare for the apocalypse. Only you, my child can save this world. Become strong! So much stronger that not even the gods can stand before you.", the solemn voice spoke.

Xi Ansel stood there motionless for a moment, not knowing what to say. He had never heard anything like this before. It was totally incomprehensible. How could someone so strong exist? Why doesn't anyone know about it? If someone else would have said all this to Xi Ansel, then Xi Ansel would have thought that, the person is a madman. But it all came from the ancestor, so he was certain that it was credible. Xi Ansel found himself unraveling more and more mysteries of this world. The simple world, which he thought it was in his previous life was now beginning to show its true color.

But then suddenly a thought crossed his mind, his face paled and he instinctively asked, "Then does that mean....?"

"Yes, that person was not from this world!", the voice replied making Xi Ansel's face pale even more.