Before that, any mage who wished to compete could register. The preliminary selection for this World Cup Duel Challenge was a true open qualifier, with no requirements for contestants beyond being a mage.
If one lacked the strength but still wanted to join in the excitement on a world-class stage, then this World Cup Duel Challenge was a rare opportunity... perhaps the only one.
Rumors had long circulated that those who performed brilliantly in this World Cup would likely earn the favor of the gods, receive divine blessings, and embark upon an extraordinary life.
This was undoubtedly a crucial turning point that could alter the course of one's fate. Thus, mages from all over the world flocked to it.
By the time Dark temporarily concluded his experiment, it was already the seventh day of April. By then, they had successfully used the high-grade "Beast of Life: Fireseed" to selectively cultivate a human body with an extremely high affinity for ice elements. They had also adjusted it according to Shirley Augustine's appearance, making it completely identical to her... perhaps even more perfect than her original appearance.
However, it certainly could not be called a body bearing her original bloodline.
It could only be said that it was a physical body recreated from her memories, identical in appearance.
But at the very least, the soul and consciousness within it were her own.
After successfully cultivating the body, Professor Harvey extracted her soul from the body of the Parasite Spirit Fan and stitched it into the new body.
The stitching technique he had mastered through dissecting the body of Rororo, the Stitching Corpse Demon, had reached maturity after repeated testing.
No errors appeared during this stitching process either.
The finished product performed remarkably well in the subsequent examinations.
The inevitable rejection between soul