Scathach's mana pathways had already become a system of her own, but that did not mean substitutes could not be found.
After Esdeath was strengthened with ki, she eagerly began training.
Because she was naturally powerful, and according to the settings of Seven Dragon Balls, those born powerful also possessed exceptionally powerful ki.
Lord Frieza was the most typical example. His ki was so powerful that even Frieza's own body could not endure it, so he normally remained in a low-energy state, with most of his energy sealed away.
Esdeath herself had seemingly fused with the blood of the Legendary Level Super Dangerous Species, the Ice Phoenix, becoming something akin to a humanoid Dangerous Species. This was hardly strange; in the Akame ga Kill world, there was no reproductive barrier between humans and Dangerous Species, and mixed-blood offspring were even quite common.
Although Esdeath had become a mixed-blood Dangerous Species later in life, she had risen to an even greater level as a result, breaking through her former bottlenecks and shackles. The blizzard that could cover the entire Empire, as well as the cold that could freeze molecular motion as though time and space themselves had frozen, even surpassed Aokiji, who also wielded ice. All of it demonstrated Esdeath's strength.
The ki she cultivated from this was correspondingly formidable.
This bloodline not only granted her strength and speed far beyond ordinary people, but also subtly altered her body's structure, causing her ki to contain an energy of extreme cold.
Thus, she tried fusing this cold with her ki, allowing the two to intertwine and collide within her body until they ultimately reached a delicate balance.
Ki was the most fundamental energy within living organisms. Through cultivation or training, one could freely control this energy.
Moreover, this path was a broad