Charles Potter

As it turned out, Ignatius's judgment was entirely correct.

Whether it was due to a gap in the fourth grade or because the top students in the second and third grades were too strong, the duel with Lucretia Black was almost no challenge for Xiwen.

If it weren't for the need to consider the feelings of Ignatius's young girlfriend, Xiwen might have simply defeated her with a few simple spells.

The duel was essentially an act by Xiwen, who ultimately "narrowly defeated" Lucretia in a battle that was nearly evenly matched.

Seeing Lucretia's regretful and somewhat resentful expression, Xiwen subtly exchanged a glance with Ignatius in the audience and shrugged at him.

Ignatius gave him a thumbs-up and mouthed silently, "Your next trip to Hogsmeade is on me!"

Xiwen smiled and nodded, then walked straight to the fifth-grade dueling stage without lingering.

The top-ranked player on the fifth-year leaderboard was a Ravenclaw wizard named Angus McMaggus. He was slightly stronger than Lucretia, but ultimately, due to his lack of combat experience, he didn't cause Xiwen much trouble either.

Amidst the astonished gazes of the students and professors below the stage, Xiwen slowly walked towards the sixth-grade dueling platform.

"Mr. Rozier, you've already fought three duels in a row. Don't you really need to rest?" Professor Merrythought asked, looking at Xiwen with surprise. "If you want to rest a bit before continuing, I can arrange for the fourth-year challengers to begin their duels first."

"Furthermore, I must remind you that the sixth-year students at Hogwarts are all outstanding wizards who have passed the Ordinary Wizarding Levels Examination. They are already considered the backbone of the Wizarding World, so don't underestimate their strength!"

Xiwen looked at Professor Merrythought and nodded slightly, saying, "Let's continue. I won't take up any more of everyone's time. Just bring me a mana restoration potion."

Seeing this, Professor Merrythought didn't know what to say and could only nod helplessly.

After arriving at the sixth-grade dueling arena, Xiwen casually grabbed a bottle of mana-restoring potion from the shelf next to the steps and drank it all in one gulp.

In fact, his recent duels with fourth-grader Lucretia and fifth-grader McMagnus hadn't taken too much of a toll on his stamina.

It's worth noting that back then, Xiwen could open portals and travel to more than a dozen different places in a single day to duel offline with those trolls who wrote articles. The battles back then were definitely much more exciting than they are today.

Hearing Professor Merrythought's advice, and knowing that the sixth-year students had already endured the intense studies of fifth year and passed the Owl Exams (OWL), and were definitely much stronger than fifth-year wizards, Xiwen decided to drink a potion just to be on the safe side. Otherwise, he might not even need to replenish his magic...

"I'm still challenging the top-ranked senior on the leaderboard." After finishing the potion, Xiwen walked onto the dueling platform, his gaze fixed on the disheveled senior wizard sitting at the very front of the stage.

The wizard smiled and stood up from his chair.

"Are you sure, junior?" he said with a grin. "I'm pretty strong, you know. Why don't you find a slightly weaker opponent? That might increase your chances of survival."

"Xiwen Rozier, please guide me, senior." Xiwen ignored his words and spoke crisply.

"You don't seem to have much of a sense of humor, Rozier." The disheveled, upperclassman wizard walked onto the dueling platform, casually dangling his wand beside him, and then looked at Xiwen and said.

"Very well, I am Charlus Potter, the sixth-year Prefect of Gryffindor. I now accept your challenge on behalf of the sixth-year students of Hogwarts!"

After bowing to each other, the duel officially began.

As soon as Professor Merrythought finished counting the three numbers, Charlus Potter, a sixth-year student, quickly cast two Silent Spell in quick succession. These two spells were even coordinated with each other, almost completely sealing off Xiwen's escape route.

Xiwen immediately realized that this was different from the previous duels.

Potter seems to have developed his own unique dueling rhythm and fighting awareness, and his skillful use of the Silent Spell caught Xiwen off guard.

Seeing this, Xiwen quickly recited the shorter Shield Charm, which barely blocked Potter's two spell attacks.

However, the next moment, Potter unleashed several more spells in succession, completely sealing off Xiwen's escape route and forcing him to reinforce his Shield Charm to withstand the attack.

Left with no other choice, Xiwen could only continue to channel more magic power into the transparent barrier in front of him in order to resist the spells that kept flying towards him.

Potter seemed to have anticipated Xiwen's actions, chuckled, and then recited two spells in quick succession—

"The Deprimo caved in!"

"Circumrota!"

The first spell was cast on the ground beneath Xiwen's feet, while the second spell arrived almost simultaneously, flying towards his head.

"Boom!"

A large hole was suddenly blasted into the ground beneath Xiwen's feet, a tactic Riddle had used in their previous duel. It seemed this senior had witnessed the duel between Xiwen and Riddle.

However, just as Xiwen had told Riddle, this time the Collapse Curse was more effective when combined with another spell that was launched into the air.

Potter had clearly taken Xiwen's advice to heart; his second spinning spell completely deprived Xiwen of any space to jump.

It seems that Xiwen's choices are either to fall through the hole in the dueling ring and lose the match, or to be knocked away by the spinning spell in the air and fall off the dueling ring, in which case he will also lose the match.

It seems Xiwen has no other choice.

"How was it, Rozier?" Potter said with a smile. "I must say, your guidance to that second-year wizard was quite effective."

Xiwen had no time to pay attention to Potter's teasing. Faced with the onslaught of the two spells, he silently lay down on the large hole in the table.

Just when the audience thought that this dark horse from the third year had finally chosen to give up and would be eliminated in the duel against a sixth-year student, Xiwen suddenly froze in mid-air—

His school robe hardened through Transformation, fitting perfectly between the two sides of the large hole in the table, barely supporting Xiwen's body. At the same time, he also used this opportunity to dodge the spinning spell from the sky.

"Do you think you're the only one who can Transformation?" Potter's smile faded, and he slowly frowned as he spoke.

Then, he pointed his wand in the direction of Xiwen, and the large hole in the table immediately began to widen and expand.

However, Xiwen's eyes flickered, and he raised his hand and waved his wand, forcefully stopping the opening from separating.

The next moment, Xiwen took complete control of the Transformation. To Potter's astonishment, he slowly closed the tabletop, eventually raising a portion of it to become an exquisite and luxurious armchair, supporting Xiwen's body.

Then, Xiwen stood up from the chair, his school robe smoothing out and hanging straight down behind his calves.

Potter's eyes widened in surprise.

"Where did a third-year wizard get such powerful Transformation..." he couldn't help but mutter.

Despite his words, Potter was quick to act.

He decisively abandoned his plan to use Transformation to fight against Xiwen, and instead quickly seized his advantage, using a large number of Silent Spell to "suppress" Xiwen.

Unfamiliar with Silent Spell, Xiwen could only cast spells by reciting the incantation, thus his spellcasting speed was at least two or three times slower Potter's.

He was quickly put on the defensive by Potter and started to get a little flustered.