The entire Spikemuth Arena, and every corner of the world reached by the live broadcast, fell into a deathly silence.
Garchomp—the ultimate goal pursued by countless Trainers in the Sinnoh region, an insurmountable mountain for many of Sinnoh's strongest Trainers, and an invincible presence in the eyes of countless fans—
Had actually fallen!
Online, people often debated which of the two Champions, Dande or Cynthia, was stronger, yet no conclusion had ever been reached.
Even when they had been matched against each other in the ordinary ranking point matches before the Elimination Tournament, they had merely tacitly used their regular main teams to compete. They had never truly gone all out against each other.
Countless people had argued endlessly for an answer, but none of that mattered now.
Because—
Cynthia, currently ranked second in the world, had been pinned in the quarterfinals by Su Hao, the dark horse ranked sixth!!!
"Holy shit..."
"Was that really not the finals!?"
"That move just now was way too insane! It hollowed out the entire Spikemuth Arena! The Gigantamax Energy nodes installed below were probably melted too!"
"All I heard was the sound of the on-site maintenance crew breaking apart."
The spectators immediately erupted into heated discussion.
Among the friends and family group, Ash, Serena, Clemont, and Bonnie wore the most complicated expressions.
Ash's eyes widened as he murmured softly, "Big Brother Su Hao is incredible... He actually defeated even Miss Cynthia!"
Serena covered her mouth to hide her shocked expression and asked the person beside her, "That Princess Diancie... seems different from the one we know?"
Clemont adjusted his glasses. "Yes. She was fine before evolving, but afterward, she completely became a different individual."
Bonnie hugged Dedenne tightly, her face brimming with excitement. "The Princess Diancie we know is sparkly pink, but this