Lightning flashed and thunder roared as wind and clouds churned. An immense blast of force erupted, blue light blotting out the sky. The ground shattered wherever it passed, and the pillar of lightning tore toward the nearly thirty-meter-long head of the Colossal Royal Blood Titan that Rod Reiss had become.
The enormous, blood-red head, twice as large as Eren's Attack Titan, burst apart in an instant. The lightning pillar pulverized the neck and most of the head, while the nape and the remaining portion exploded into scraps of flesh that rained down across the earth.
The force unleashed by the surging lightning pillar became gusts that swept toward everyone on the wall. They steadied themselves and raised their arms against the wind.
Chen Si slowly descended onto the wall and took a deep breath. That single attack had drained nearly forty percent of his electric energy.
"Thanks for your effort, Chen Si," Erwin said. Historia had just said she would kill Rod herself to establish her authority, but now it seemed there was no need.
"Did it work?" Levi looked into the distance with his arm raised, the fierce wind blowing his center-parted bangs farther apart.
"The nape and the entire head are completely destroyed. He shouldn't have any chance of surviving. That saved us a lot of explosives," Hange remarked.
"All right! Nice work, Chen Si!" Connie exclaimed excitedly.
"Yes! We won!" Sasha cried in excitement.
The Titan in the distance was already engulfed in billowing steam, forming an enormous cloud that obscured the sky. With the sunlight blocked, everything suddenly grew dim.
"The steam is spreading. He should really be dead," Zhang Surou said, looking up before turning to leave.
Everyone was already preparing to put away the Explosive Barrels and withdraw.
Armin stared at the legs of