Late at night, on the battlefield in the northern Hisui Region.
Compared to the earlier scene, when Pokémon had packed the battlefield in a teeming mass, it now looked much emptier.
Limited by their strength, the Pokémon below Champion Level had withdrawn from the battlefield one after another during this fierce, brutal battle.
Only those at Champion Level or above, who had undergone a complete transformation, were still struggling to hold on, continuing this life-and-death struggle.
The battlefield was a wreck. The ground was cracked in layers, as though an enraged giant beast had trampled it at will.
Cracks spread everywhere like grotesque spiderwebs, and deep craters of all sizes dotted the landscape.
The long night slowly passed amid the din of battle. At last, dawn broke, and the first ray of sunlight pierced the thick clouds.
A deafening roar suddenly came from the Temporal-Spatial Rift.
Immediately afterward, the Time-Space Duo fell from the Temporal-Spatial Rift like two enormous meteors.
Big Goo and the followers of the Time-Space Duo, who were still fighting, all stopped at once.
They stared blankly as the Time-Space Duo plummeted from the sky.
Then Giratina charged out of the Temporal-Spatial Rift with Chen Shi, radiating menace and letting out a victor's roar.
Silence fell for a moment, and the followers of the Time-Space Duo began retreating.
Big Goo and the others merely watched in silence, making no attempt to stop them.
With that, the battle was over.
Big Goo looked down at both hands, then surveyed the surroundings.
Silence followed.
There was none of the excitement or cheering they had imagined.
Only profound exhaustion and heartache remained.
They had sacrificed far too much for this battle.
Powerful Pokémon like Big Goo and Zoroark had watched helplessly as their own kin fell and died.
This war