After his battle with Ling Zhan,
many people felt that Andy did not live up to his reputation.
There was no helping it...
After Ling Zhan had killed Ichiro Ikawa at the very start, Andy was defeated in the second round.
It was too fast...
He had not even made it into the top eight, let alone the top four.
At first, many people had been hyping up
Norton of the Freedom Federation.
Sheng Luni of the Holy Light Empire.
Gojō Momoka of the Fusang Kingdom.
Andy of the Darknight Empire.
And so on.
They had all been fervently touted by the championship favorite rankings on major websites.
Yet the moment Andy stepped onto the stage, he was the first to suffer defeat.
Not only were all the websites that had created those rankings swarmed and torn apart by netizens, but even people from Andy's own country suspected that he had bought a fake match and deliberately held back.
Because Andy had been defeated by Ling Zhan's counterplay through a "magic theory system."
Those haters who were always shouting, "I could do it too if I went up," would never possess the sharp eye needed to see through the details of a battle.
So in their eyes, Andy had been defeated before he even truly unleashed his trump cards. It was plainly a fixed match, and he had held back immensely.
Now...
Andy led his team onto the stage once more.
He wanted to prove to everyone...
that he was strong!
That he had not held back in his battle against the Jobless Freelancer!
I had lost fair and square to that Jobless Freelancer!
Hmm...
Why did that sound a little strange?
The facts proved it.
The top competitors recognized by major websites worldwide as championship favorites truly all had