The stands erupted with the loudest applause and cheers since the conference began.
Even in the Rest Room, after a brief silence, Dawn, May, and Brock all burst into cheers!
Ash had actually defeated Darkrai!
He had defeated that unbeatable Darkrai!
Something no one had managed since the competition began had actually been accomplished by Ash in the quarterfinals!
But before the crowd could celebrate for long, Tobias recalled Darkrai and sent out his second Pokémon.
As blue light flashed, a Pokémon with a streamlined body, a blue lower half, jetlike wings, and finlike feet appeared before him.
It was none other than-Latios!!
The entire arena was in an uproar.
People had speculated about what Mythical Pokémon or Legendary Pokémon might follow Darkrai, but when their predictions came true and a Legendary Pokémon appeared before them, they still found it unbelievable.
So this man... really did have other Legendary Pokémon!!
And just like Darkrai, this Latios was incredibly strong. When the match resumed and Latios faced Ash's Sceptile, Sceptile went down after just one exchange.
With Sceptile defeated, Ash had lost four Pokémon and was gradually being driven into a corner.
But the more critical the situation became, the calmer he grew.
Under everyone's gaze, Ash sent out Swellow as his fifth Pokémon!
The two Pokémon launched into an aerial battle over the Battle Field. Their figures chased and tangled with each other in the air, circling the field several times in an instant, moving almost too fast for anyone to follow.
But although Ash was increasingly finding his stride and Swellow performed brilliantly, Swellow ultimately fell to Latios.
Clearly, the Swellow people called "Bugged Swellow" had been patched in the Sinnoh Region and failed to maintain its previous dominance.
Now Ash had only one Pokémon left. He truly had