To publish chapters more quickly, there may be a slight drop in translation quality between Chapters 20–50. However, as daily updates continue, the translation quality improves in later chapters. If you'd like, I can also go back and revise those chapters.
Although he didn't know what secret technique made Azula so confident, he was equally confident now, a confidence stemming from the bending he had mastered during this period.
So, two equally confident people arrived at the training ground and began a long-awaited spar.
Then…
"What the hell is this!?"
Azula looked on, bewildered and unable to comprehend, as the terrifying fireball she had unleashed suddenly shrank mid-air, transforming into an adorable little fireball.
Kahn chuckled, offering no reply, and infused the extracted heat into his own flas, making their power even greater, catching Azula off guard and forcing her to dodge hastily, looking sowhat disheveled.
Azula then discovered that it wasn't just that one fireball.
Any of her Firebending would inexplicably weaken in front of Kahn, and at the sa ti, Kahn's flas would suddenly grow stronger.
Anyone could tell that sothing was wrong.
But how was he doing it?
She racked her brain but couldn't figure it out.
This is cheating!
Azula cursed silently in her heart, yet she was still helpless.
She had originally intended to use a new move to make Kahn suffer, but instead, she was the one who ended up at a disadvantage, which put her in a very bad mood.
At the sa ti, Kahn revealed a satisfied smile.
Even though the power of Heatbending didn't achieve the terrifying effect he had envisioned, it was still formidable, especially when facing Firebenders.
Just like before, he could use bending to extract heat from the opponent's flas, weakening their attacks, while simultaneously adding that heat to his own attacks to enhance their power.
With one side diminishing and the other increasing, the disparity would beco quite astonishing, just like now—
Originally, he and Azula were evenly matched in strength, but with the addition of Heatbending, Azula even found it difficult to fight back.
It was just like their first battle, only the roles were reversed.
Furthermore, if even Azula perford like this, then the situation of other Firebenders was obvious.
To put it bluntly, after mastering Heatbending, he could definitely be considered a natural counter to Firebenders.
If he inflated his ego a bit more, it wouldn't be wrong to call himself one of the strongest Firebenders.
Rembering Iroh's existence, Kahn silently corrected himself.
But on the other side, seeing Kahn laughing happily, Azula, whose mood was already bad, beca even more furious and could no longer tolerate it, so she launched a fierce attack.
Azula reversed her disadvantage, unleashing her full power to conjure a sea of flas with both hands, filling Kahn's vision.
The vast, azure sea of fire carried a terrifying temperature, like a deadly embrace, threatening to engulf him in an instant.
Kahn remained expressionless, repeating his previous tactic, preparing to weaken it using Heatbending.
However, at that mont, the Spiritbending that had only recently awakened helped him detect a subtle and inexplicable danger.
So he changed his action, preparing to abandon a direct confrontation and switch to dodging.
But it was already too late.
'I fell for it!'
A flash of light appeared within the sea of fire, striking Kahn at lightning speed, causing a tingling and stinging sensation throughout his body.
He instantly lost control of his body, able only to watch helplessly as he collapsed to the ground.
It was then that he belatedly realized what that 'light' had been—
Was that a bolt of lightning?
He doubted his own eyes.
As the flas dissipated, Azula looked at Kahn, who was still twitching slightly on the ground, and finally stretched with a sigh of relief.
Her bad mood was gone, and she felt completely refreshed.
Then, Azula walked gracefully toward Kahn, her familiar wicked smile returning to her face.
She crouched beside him, playfully pinching his soft cheek, and said smugly:
"You were laughing so happily just now, weren't you?"
"Are you still happy now?"
"Hahahahaha!"
"@#$%… (Hands off!)"
Kahn protested, but it had no effect whatsoever.
On the contrary, it made Azula's actions even more unrestrained.
When Azula finally grew tired of playing and released him, the tingling sensation in his body had significantly lessened.
He finally regained control and slowly sat up from the ground.
Then he asked Azula:
"What was that move you used!?"
"Which move are you talking about?"
"You know I used quite a few moves just now."
After teasing him for a bit longer, Azula finally put her index and middle fingers together.
In Kahn's shocked gaze, she flicked a bolt of lightning at an empty spot and smiled.
"Are you talking about this move?"
Kahn finally relaxed.
Sure enough, he hadn't been imagining things—what the hell!
A bolt of lightning!
Kahn declared that he had truly never seen such a thing, and he couldn't understand it at all.
The Four Arts were Air, Water, Earth, and Fire.
Where did this lightning co from?!
Azula's explanation shattered his understanding even more directly.
She told him that this was a high-level Firebending technique—Lightningbending, also known as lightning fire.
Good heavens, lightning fire counts as fire, right?!
Although he couldn't understand how these two things were connected, it didn't stop him from wanting to learn Lightningbending.
This was just too cool!
Not only was it cool, but it was also incredibly powerful.
Azula said that she had only just begun to master it, and that last strike had been intentionally weakened.
If she had used her full power, he would probably have died on the spot.
Azula's Lightningbending was personally taught by Ozai.
According to her, the lightning Ozai unleashed looked like real natural lightning, with terrifying power.
However, he wasn't sure if he was qualified to learn Lightningbending.
Although Lightningbending was an advanced application of Firebending, he had never heard of it before.
Even thinking about it casually, he knew things were not that simple.
Kahn guessed that Lightningbending might be a secret technique only available to royalty, which was why it was kept so confidential.
Therefore, his request lingered on his lips, turning over and over, but he ultimately couldn't bring himself to say it.
It was better not to put her in a difficult position.
However, Azula had long since noticed his conflicted expression.
Just as Kahn was feeling disappointed, she chuckled from the side:
"If you want to learn it, it's not impossible."
"But you'll have to exchange it for that move that weakens my flas and strengthens yours."
"Really?!"
Kahn said, both eager and sowhat hesitant.
"But what if your father finds out…"
Azula scoffed, crossing her arms.
"Do you think I'm afraid of him?"
"Besides, just don't let him know, right?"
"Are you going to tell anyone?"
"Of course not!"
Kahn finally broke into a joyful smile.
There was no way around it—no one could resist the allure of Lightningbending.
However, exchanging Heatbending for Lightningbending felt like a bit of a loss, even to him.
But he had nothing else suitable to offer, so he decided to keep this favor in mind for now.
And so, with researching Firebending and learning both Spiritbending and Lightningbending, Kahn seed to see a bright future ahead through such a fulfilling routine.
But just then, an unexpected piece of bad news arrived.
"Zuko is in trouble!"
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