It hadn't merely shed a few rocks-it had literally shattered into pieces.
Regirock's body had scattered across the ground as rubble, as though it had lost all life. This clearly made no sense.
Although Explosion was a move that took both sides down, it only depleted stamina. Voltorb used Self-Destruct every day and were all perfectly fine.
The sight left even Meownei stunned.
She really hadn't held back. Spending too long stomping weak opponents dulled her performance, and she'd been hoping for an evenly matched battle to get back into form. She hadn't expected her opponent to shatter outright.
"Meow?"
Then Meownei suddenly noticed a fist-sized stone quietly moving among the rubble.
She formed an Aura Sphere in her hand, locked onto its position, and blasted apart the pile of rocks below before plucking a miniature Regirock from within.
Normally, Explosion wouldn't destroy the user's own body. This Regirock simply had a special trick that allowed it to remain mobile after using Explosion.
As for its shattered body, Regirock couldn't care less. As long as there were still rocks in the world, it could repair its body in no time.
A Poké Ball sailed over, drawing the miniature Regirock inside.
Meownei was a special Starter Pokémon, Riolu had hatched from an egg, and Corvisquire had only appeared because it was injured.
Although Squirtle had initially been beaten into submission too, it had entered its ball willingly. Regirock was the first Pokémon Xin Mu had caught by beating it until it could no longer resist.
Xin Mu then let Regirock back out. It had already been low on stamina after just waking up, then had been drained by Giga Drain before using Explosion. Now, Regirock was as harmless as a figurine, nothing like what anyone would imagine a Legendary Pokémon to