Four-Man Semifinals

Li Wei had no idea that the plagiarist Lockhart was planning to attack him in hopes of gaining more advantages in the upcoming matches.

A mere clown like that was not worth Li Wei's attention.

What troubled him now was that among Ravenclaw's academically gifted wizards, only Cho Chang had made it into the quarterfinals!

It seemed that the champion, runner-up, and even third place of the first Hero King Game tournament would not belong to Ravenclaw!

Even though, in a sense, Gilderoy Lockhart—the plagiarist who had built his success by stealing other people's memories—was also a Ravenclaw graduate.

But Li Wei absolutely did not want him to become the champion of the first Hero King Game tournament.

Lockhart was too famous and far too skilled at monetizing attention. If that man became the Hero King of the first game tournament—

All the game's traffic and popularity would probably be snatched away by Lockhart. By then, it would be hard to say who was riding whose coattails!

Li Wei had worked so hard to organize this tournament, only to end up borrowing someone else's popularity and living off their leftovers. Wouldn't that make him a man holding a golden rice bowl while kneeling to beg for food?

However, the tournament schedule did not bend to Li Wei's personal will. The quarterfinals were about to begin.

The game characters controlled by the contestants fought even more fiercely, while the signature skills each of them had mastered became flashier and more unexpected.

"Look! Ron Weasley's Ice Queen can actually use freezing control skills! He successfully froze Nymphadora Tonks's Bloodthorn!"

"Lockhart truly deserves to be called a master wizard and famous author! Look at his Fire Mage—that blaze is practically like a Phoenix reborn!"

In order to earn a place in the semifinals,