Hitched & Hitched Again: A Comedy of Marital Mayhem novel Chapter 1718

[You’re on!]

Only then was Evan satisfied. He asked Elijah, “What’s this about withdrawing? I earned my spot in the semi-finals fair and square. Why would they make me withdraw?”

Elijah’s face was dark. “The Thyanians thought you were dead, so they publicly announced your withdrawal. Now all those people from Nipponora, Koryon, and Thyania are saying you withdrew because you were scared!”

“They’re saying you only beat Seker because you cheated! They claim you knew you wouldn’t have a chance to cheat against the real masters, so you just withdrew!”

“I’m changing my clothes,” Evan fumed. “We’re going to the arena!”

An hour later, they arrived at the semi-finals venue.

The couple acting as their bodyguards stayed close to them. Before leaving, Mrs. Gable had applied theatrical makeup to them again to conceal their identities.

The venue was already packed, so they could only find seats in a corner at the back to watch.

Coincidentally, on the stage, the last Zhinorian fighter, number 106, was currently in a match.

His opponent was also number 44!

The semi-finals were a bit different from the preliminaries. In the preliminaries, opponents were matched in order. In the semi-finals, you could choose your opponent.

A total of 36 people were participating in the semi-finals, and only three would advance to the finals!

Once in the finals, they would face off against the top-tier legends!

If they won, they would become famous and earn a respected position in the global martial arts world.

If they lost, it was no disgrace. After all, they were fighting against legends, so it was considered a learning experience.

Therefore, for the semi-finalists, just making it to the finals was a success.

Evan hadn’t even settled in when a commotion erupted in the arena.

The Koryons, Nipponorans, and Thyanians all stood up and began to chant.

“Zhinora is trash! Zhinora is trash! Zhinora is trash!”

They shouted in broken Zhinorian, as if afraid the Zhinorians present wouldn’t understand.

Whistles were mixed in with the chants, their mockery palpable.

They were filled with rage, but they couldn’t express it directly.

The elders from Koryon, Nipponora, and Thyania, however, were squinting their eyes, in high spirits.

Especially the old geezers from the Thyanian Martial Arts Association, who kept glancing over at the Zhinorian elders.

The mockery in their eyes was obvious, just short of being shouted out loud.

In their view, number 106 was Zhinora’s last fighter.

Now that number 106 was defeated, Zhinora was out of the game. Not a single one of their fighters had made it to the finals. It was a complete humiliation.

If the arena was lively, the internet was even more so.

The Koryons, Nipponorans, and Thyanians started tagging Evan and other Zhinorians.

[Hurry up and start your apology livestream! Don't bother waiting for the finals. For you Zhinoran losers, the show's already over. Just post the apology and disappear.]

[This is hilarious. Not a single one of them made it to the finals. And they call themselves a martial arts powerhouse. What a disgrace, a total disgrace!]