Boom! A thunderous roar came from the far rear of the formation. An enormous bolt of yellow lightning struck, and Erwin transformed into the Colossal Titan.
The instant Erwin transformed, dozens of Pure Titans of varying sizes lunged at the Colossal Titan's feet. Erwin raised one enormous foot and stomped down hard, crushing dozens of Titans into bloody pulp.
The ground immediately collapsed, cracks spreading hundreds of meters as countless Titans tumbled into the ravines.
Yet the Pure Titans felt no fear at all. If anything, the pulped remains on the ground seemed to excite them even more, drawing hordes of Pure Titans from several kilometers around toward Erwin. He raised his enormous head and cast an indifferent glance over the tide of Titans surrounding him on all sides.
Then the muscles all over Erwin's Colossal Titan body instantly shriveled. Ferocious waves of scalding steam surged toward every surrounding horde, blasting apart the napes of the nearest Pure Titans in an instant.
The earth split open, and the woods burned to ash. Erwin cleared away the entire tide of Titans within hundreds of meters.
In the past, a single tide of Titans had cost the Survey Corps its elite soldiers. Chen Si and Eren had both been gravely wounded, Mike Squad had been wiped out as a unit, and more than half the Survey Corps had fallen before they finally defeated the horde.
Now, Chen Si and Erwin had each single-handedly eliminated one of the two Titan hordes threatening the Survey Corps from the front and rear.
"Woo-hoo! Commander Erwin is incredible!"
"Long live the general!"
"The Marshal and the general could each hold off an entire army, couldn't they?"
The soldiers of the Survey Corps burst into cheers.
Feeling the power erupting through his body like a mountain torrent,