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72 - Spar with Bumi and comprehension into bending styles
🕑 Added 2024-11-04 10:07:55 +0000 UTCAN: This chapter was edited using Grammarly for pc instead of all the others that had been edited using my phone Grammarly, tell me if you think there are fewer typos in this so I edit all my future chapters using it.
Enjoy.
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“That was one of the scariest things I’ve ever experienced.” Sokka couldn’t help but say as he barged into the room where Levi and Katara were.
“Tell me about it,” replied Katara, shuddering a little when she remembered losing control of her body, making Sokka look at her weirdly.
There is a saying that people fear what they don’t know, but Katara is still freaked out even now when she knows what has happened and learned the principles behind it from Levi, it wasn’t something she could get over just like that, it will take her a while
But the more she understood it and the more fearful she was, the more she wanted to wield that power. She couldn’t wait until the next full moon.
“We need to do that again.” said Aang excitedly as he ran after Sokka followed by Bumi.
“Yeah, no thanks I’m good.” said Sokka tiredly as he slumped on the chair.
“Well I am glad you guys had fun.” said Levi as he got up, “We can continue later sister I have something to do, come I need you for this Bumi.” he finished as he got out of the room followed by a confused Bumi.
“Alright.” said Katar not really minding it as she turned towards Aang and Sokka, “So how was the ride?” she asked as Aang started to excitedly talk about it and how she should join them next time.
Levi paid them no heed as he walked towards his destination, he could hear Bumi complaining that he was the king and he shouldn’t be ordering him like that but he didn’t pay him any attention either, there was something he was itching to do ever since he got here.
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In an underground big training room, it was covered from all sides with yellow walls even from above, the only light around coming from the shining yellow rocks on the ceiling.
Levi was doing some light stretches and warm-ups even though he didn’t really need them with his Gamer’s body, right in front of him Bumi was doing the same.
“Don’t you go breaking the rules now alright?” said Bumi, narrowing his eyes on Levi, “You’re only allowed to use water bending”.
“I know, just be prepared to have your ass handed over to you.” said Levi in a challenging tone.
“Ass handed over to you? That's new, I like it, I'll be using it in the future.” said Bumi rubbing his chin as he mulled over Levi’s quote.
“Yeah, we can start now if you’re ready.” said Levi.
“Oh I am always ready.” said Bumi as hundreds of tiny sharp rocks jumped from the ground before shooting at Levi as fast as bullets.
Thankfully he was prepared as he quickly extracted water from the air and formed a thick ice wall in front of him blocking the attack.
“You can extract water from the air, how convenient, you don’t need to carry water with you like other water benders, sadly only master water benders can use it.” commented Bumi as the ground below him carried him toward Levi at high speeds.
“Sadly for you, I can do more than just extract water.” said Levi with a smirk on his face as he slammed his hand on the ground.
Starting with his head as the center, the ground of the entire underground floor froze over halting Bumi’s advances as he lost control of the ground below him for a second. Before Bumi could react the ground near him broke into sharp ice shards that launched at him.
Seeing this Bumi’s eyes went wide for a second before the ground opened up below him and swallowed him, spitting him out behind Levi. Sadly for him, Levi was ready for that as he quickly turned, forming an ice pole that he swung at Bumi horizontally with all his strength.
To Levi’s shock, Bumi used his bare hands as he punched his ice pole shattering it into thousands of tiny ice shards before both of them jumped backward.
From this short exchange, Levi saw that Bumi wasn’t any weaker than Iroh, although Iroh was definitely holding back when they first fought, He was only eight years old back then after all. If he had to point out key differences between them then while Iroh had every move calculated and executed to perfection then Bumi was like a tank bulldozing and smashing everything in its way.
As for his water bending it was way more peaceful and serene, all his moves flowed smoothly like water, if anyone watched him practice they would feel it was more like a dance than a fighting style but anyone who doubted its lethality would find themselves six feet under.
It was the first time in his life that Levi had clearly felt the differences between bending styles,
Levi decided to try a new idea he had been working on for a while, taking a deep breath his eyes hardened as the water particles from all around the underground chamber rushed towards him, even Bumi could feel that as his eyes narrowed before he rushed at Levi again not wanting to give him a chance but he was too late.
The water particles gathered behind Levi before freezing and starting to take on a shape, before long a pair of angelic ice wings sprouted from behind Levi shocking Bumi who was rushing at him and stopping him in his tracks, immediately after Levi took into the skies flapping his wings to keep himself afloat.
He hadn't broken the rules, he was relying purely on his water-bending ability, not using air bending or any other tricks to fly so Bumi couldn’t even say anything.
He had this idea before but this was actually the first time he was trying it on, and to his surprise, he was using the wings as easily as if they were part of his body, he guessed that his high water bending level and him using Acnologia’s wings before had something to do with that.
Looking down at the shocked Bumi below Levi couldn’t help but smile evilly, “Now, shall we dance?” he said before he started his attack.
His wings flapped down towards Bumi as ice shards shot out of them in the hundreds, shooting towards Bumi on the ground. Although Bumi was fast and managed to dodge all of them he realized he had no way to attack Levi.
He tried launching earth spikes at him from the ground and even from the ceiling above but it seemed Levi had eyes on the back of his head as he managed to dodge everything, his agility while using these ice wings was unbelievable to BUmi who had seen so much in life.
It took a while before Levi was done testing his ice wings and decided to end it. His chi was getting dangerously low, and using his bonded spirits chi was considered breaking the rules, even if Bumi didn’t find out, he would know and it didn’t sit right with him. Plus he used most of the water particles in the underground room already and at the speed they were being replenished it’ll take hours.
As for the water particles he had turned into water previously? It had disappeared as soon as it touched the ground, absorbed into it, but it happened so fast that Levi knew it wasn’t natural, it was Bumi’s doing.
Thankfully he still had his ice wings, disabling them he turned them into a dozen water tentacles that stuck into his back as he fell to the ground, his water tentacles deflecting all the rocks thrown at him and cushioning his fall.
Both Levi and Bumi stared seriously at each other, they both knew that the next exchange would decide the end of their spar.
It was Bumi who made the first move as he disappeared underground, but sadly for him Levi still had his blood bending active from before so he could sense his every movement, he was shining like a candle in absolute darkness for Levi, he could see that Bumi was moving towards him from underground.
Solidifying the ends of his water tentacles into ice drills Levi pushed them into the ground right on top of Bumi who changed his direction in the last second, but Levi had other free ones that he pursued him with before Bumi had enough and used all his strength to lift half the ground of the underground space into the air hurling at Levi.
“Oh fuck me.” those were the only word that came into Levi’s mind at that moment,
he had forgotten how much of a monster Bumi truly was.
He had the instinctive urge to use Ethereal force or limit breaker to fortify his body and just break the small mountain coming his way into pieces, but he held that urge down, instead he had another idea.
In that moment of extreme stress, Levi pushed his water bending to the limit. He could see notifications popping one after the other on the side of his view but he ignored them.
He compressed the water forming the tentacles behind him into a tiny ball, barely the size of a baseball. He wasn't done as he kept pushing more water into it and compressing it further until it reached the size of a golf ball.
Finally, when he couldn’t bear the pressure any longer he released it in a straight line in front of him as a water jet shot out so fast that Levi and Bumi could barely perceive it, cutting through the giant rock that was half the stage like a hot knife through butter.
Seeing this scene Bumi’s mouth hung wide open in shock before his hair stood on end as he hurriedly got out of the way making it out in time.
He didn’t know whether to laugh - because Levi was on his side and this was just a spar, or so he liked to believe -, or cry - that such a monster existed in the world and he was still only seventeen years old with endless potential.
“I give up.” said Bumi as he saw the water jet losing its power.
Hearing his opponent admit defeat Levi was relieved inwardly.
‘Thankfully he admitted defeat when he did.’ he thought with sweat dripping down his forehead as he looked at the system’s warning in front of him.
[Ding]
[Warning]
[Chi reserves reaching critical levels]
[User is recommended to use bonded spirits energy]
[Chi: 8/550.]
“Ha-ah, you really are full of surprises young friend, I haven't been pushed like this against a water bender ever since…” said Bumi before he paused in thought.
“I guess ever since I sparred with your master.” he said as if finally remembering, sighing with a complicated look on his face as he donned his robes back and approached Levi, “Who taught you that technique, was it Tenzin?.”
Hearing his question Levi didn’t know what to say before he decided to be honest “Actually I just created it during the fight.” said Levi honestly.
“I…I see.” said Bumi, barely, stuttering with his words, “But a technique like that can be very dangerous in the wrong hands. Be careful who you teach it to.” he said with a serious look.
“Don’t worry, I doubt many would be able to perform it even if they know how.” said Levi and he could see Bumi's expression relax at his words.
“That's true too.” said Bumi as he walked away.
Levi wondered how he would react if he knew that he had mastered an even more dangerous technique like blood-bending and was teaching it to his sister.
Following Bumi Levi finally looked at his piled-up notifications, they had been piling up since the start of the spar but he couldn’t check them until now.
[Ding]
[Water bending leveled up +3 l 74 ===> 77 ]
[Danger sense leveled up +3 l 51 ===> 54 ]
[Rapid recovery leveled up +4 l 35 ===> 39]
[Wisdom +5]
Looking at his notifications Levi was surprised at the sudden increase in wisdom, he would’ve expected agility or even strength to increase but never wisdom, soon enough though he figured out why, it came from his comprehension of the differences in bending styles.
Levi couldn’t help but smile, with this he could finally use his spirit body ability on his own without assistance, his Chi had reached 600 points, enough to switch back and forth whenever he wanted.
