If Harry Potter's progress through the trials had made more people eager to give it a try,
then the information Li Wei had personally leaked, coupled with his incredibly punchable declaration about the rewards, completely ignited the young wizards' enthusiasm for taking on the trials!
For several days in a row, good news kept coming from the four Houses across all seven years at Hogwarts: young wizards from different years successively cleared the second stage.
The only bad thing was that Filch, the castle's caretaker, had completely fixed his sights on them.
Whether it was Harry Potter or the wizards who had cleared the second stage using the Disillusionment Charm, they were all highly likely to have snuck out at night under cover of invisibility. Filch swore he would catch them:
"Don't let me catch you slipping!"
"When I do, I'll hang you up and whip you!"
Filch said this with a dark expression on his already ugly old face, making him seem even more detestable!
The young wizards responded by making faces and sticking out their tongues, then continued enthusiastically exploring the Test Chamber.
Just like Harry Potter, they died at the claws of terrifying magical creatures as soon as they left the village.
No matter how vigilant they were, all they could say in the end was that danger was impossible to guard against!
When Li Wei designed this stage, he had not set a fixed order for the monsters to appear.
After clearing the second stage and skipping out of the village, the young wizards would not necessarily encounter a Coilwing Demon.
They might instead be eliminated by the invisible, untouchable poisonous breath of a Venom-Pouched Leopard, or find themselves facing a Dementor that suddenly drifted out of the woods...
It could be said that these people