Snorlax blocked Giant Rock's advance, while Crobat and Charizard also launched attacks at the location of the shuriken.
The powerful attacks blasted a small hole into Giant Rock's abdomen.
The instant Giant Rock was damaged, Metagross, Mega Metagross, the Psychic type Pokémon Gym Leader's two Meowstic, and Diantha's Mega Gardevoir unleashed Psychic at the same time.
Meanwhile, Greninja, the two Mega Charizard X, Ash, and Alain entered Giant Rock's body together.
Giant Rock fell into a berserk state, but with so many Pokémon targeting it, that was clearly futile.
Before long, Alain grabbed Chespin from inside Giant Rock.
Just as Chespin was pulled out—or rather, torn out—Giant Rock lost its source of energy and came to a direct halt.
Serena slowly opened her eyes. Seeing the tentacles around her stop moving, surprise appeared in her eyes.
"We... succeeded?"
As the surroundings fell quiet and Lu Ze, Alain, and the others' Pokémon flew through the air, Serena wore an incredulous expression.
The Pressure Giant Rock had brought them moments ago had been immense.
That was why Serena was so shocked now that they had successfully stopped Giant Rock.
After all, the ones who had acted were Champions from two regions, along with Ash and Alain.
On top of that, there were Xiao Ze's older brother, who also possessed Champion-level strength, and the Pokémon Gym Leaders from eight Gyms.
Even so, they had nearly failed to stop Giant Rock's rampage.
"Next, let's destroy this Giant Rock."
Diantha spoke, and no one hesitated. They immediately commanded their Pokémon to attack Giant Rock.
Multicolored energy beams struck Giant Rock, successfully knocking it down.
Seeing this, everyone revealed relieved smiles.
But the next second, Giant Rock stood back up.
The smiles on everyone's faces froze as they stared at Giant Rock in disbelief.
"Could it