Target: Victory Road! (Double Chapter, Please Vote!)

Giant Stone Zygarde stood towering over the land as the Pokémon League Trainers hurriedly commanded their respective Pokémon to respond.

Jing He and Diantha arrived a step later, but the moment they acted, they made an enormous difference.

"Gardevoir, Psychic!"

"Tyranitar, Stone Edge!"

Thud! Thud! Thud!

Sharp stone spikes erupted from the ground. Rather than attacking Giant Stone Zygarde, they surrounded it, slightly impeding its advance.

"The center! The place with the greatest concentration of energy is that red stone in its middle!" Professor Sycamore shouted at once, clutching his notebook.

"Teacher Jing He?" Diantha could not help looking toward Jing He.

"Wait. Just a little longer."

Buzz—

As they spoke, the red stone at Giant Stone Zygarde's center suddenly burst forth with an intensely blinding light. Immediately afterward, a powerful blast came crashing toward them.

"Darkrai!"

A black shadow flashed past. Darkrai appeared against the wind, spread its arms, and raised a gigantic black hole to meet the dazzling beam.

Darkrai gritted its teeth.

It had not expected a mere stone to unleash such an attack.

Wasn't this on par with Dialga's Roar of Time?

"Found him!"

Jing He's eyes suddenly lit up.

"Genga!"

There it was.

Amid the shifting shadows across Giant Stone Zygarde's body, a Gengar flew out from the darkness and found Lysandre, whose eyes were glowing red, hidden on Giant Stone Zygarde's body!

"Bastard, let go of me!"

After being struck by Xerosic's beam, Lysandre had also been consumed by negative emotions. He was acting entirely on instinct now, with none of his former composure remaining.

The moment Gengar found Lysandre, Giant Stone Zygarde immediately went berserk. Countless black-red tentacles whipped about, as if trying to swat Gengar away.

However—

Acting on Jing He's instructions, Gengar had come prepared. It slashed open a rift beside