The instant the rain of stone spikes descended, Uxie unleashed all its psychic power, forming a thin wall of mental energy over everyone's heads.
Stone spikes blotted out the sky as they fell, yet that thin wall became the hope of survival for everyone beneath it. Cracks gradually appeared across its surface. Once it shattered completely, everyone would die in an instant.
"Xiaohan, watch out!"
Togekiss and Noivern swiftly separated, beginning a series of nimble aerial maneuvers-spinning, climbing, diving, and even unleashing moves when necessary.
Even so, there were far, far too many stone spikes.
Two bloody holes were punched through Noivern's wings. Fortunately, Togekiss came to its rescue in time, blasting apart a stone spike about to strike its head with Moonblast at the last possible instant and saving it.
Noivern struggled to stay aloft, swaying in midair as blood poured down as though it cost nothing. Panting heavily, it dodged the remaining stone spikes with every ounce of strength it had.
I can't let Cheng Tian suffer even the slightest harm!
The rain of stone spikes lasted nearly half an hour before everyone below could finally breathe a sigh of relief.
But Giratina opened its hideous, enormous maw again. Boundless Dragon-type energy gathered within it, heralding Draco Meteor.
"A-Tian, get behind me!" Su Han's Togekiss was immune to all damage from Draco Meteor, so she instinctively moved to block Cheng Tian's front.
That was when disaster struck.
In truth, Giratina had never paid any attention to Cheng Tian and Su Han from beginning to end. Or perhaps it had seen them, but they were so weak that it had never regarded them as worth its notice.
What it did next was entirely unintentional: before unleashing Draco Meteor, Giratina first used Stone Edge. The enormous Frenzy Plant from earlier