Meeting the first Titan Ymir Fritz

"Quite fast," Tang An commented as he soared through the air, eyes coldly fixed on the beast titan with a sinister smile.

The beast titan couldn't help but shudder, its very soul chilled with fear. He was terrified, fear etched deep within his body.

"How could humans fly without ODM gear?" Zeke was on the verge of insanity. That guy seemed to fly in the air as if it were ground.

"Swish!" Tang An remained silent, hands wielding the Kukri knives. He didn't bother transforming into the armored titan; maintaining his human form provided advantages for using the Shave and Moon step.

"Damn it!" Suppressing the fear within, Zeke attacked Tang An with his right hand, hardened for protection.

"Too slow." Tang An's eyes flashed, employing the Shave to traverse six meters instantly. He appeared before the beast Titan, twisting his Kukri knives into its eye sockets.

"Ah..." Zeke screamed, losing sight. A powerful gust tried to repel Tang An, but he consecutively used Shave to appear beneath the Beast Titan's feet. The razor-sharp Knife easily cut the tendons, rendering the beast titan immobile.

"Boom... Boom..." The giant body fell, raising a cloud of dust and debris. Cleverly, Zeke flipped over to shield its nape.

In mid-air, Tang An, now covered in the beast Titan's blood, emitted a steamy aura. "Quite clever!" he mocked, observing the blinded beast Titan releasing high-temperature steam for recovery, only able to hear Tang An's high-speed movements.

Sparks flew as Tang An's knife struck the beast Titan's armpit, aiming to disable its hands. However, in sheer terror, Zeke kept its upper body entirely hardened.

Now Zeke only has one idea, and that is to wait for his sight and feet to recover, and then run to the sea as soon as he recovers. Only in this way can he have a chance of survival.

At this moment, a golden lightning bolt descended, transforming Tang An into the Armored Titan. Impatient to wait for the opponent's exhaustion, Tang An said, "You think that hardened defense is foolproof against me?"

Feet on the Beast Titan's legs, Tang An roared like a monster. Raising his right fist also hardened, he ruthlessly targeted the beast Titan's hardened skull.

"Bang! Bang!" The ground trembled as the beast Titan's head sank deep into the earth. The surrounding area cracked like a spider's web, with chunks of crust upheaving from Tang An's assault.

Hardening clashed with hardening; it was a matter of who was more unyielding. Clearly, the beast Titan couldn't match the Armored Titan's resilience.

Steam dispersed, revealing the beast Titan's face with peeled-off hardening, accompanied by blood.

"Boom... Boom..." Tang An sat on the Beast Titan's chest, raining down a relentless barrage of punches on its eyes and throat for a solid five minutes.

In a violent, bloody spectacle, Tang An, with steam-enveloped hands, lifted from the crushed flesh and brain matter. Beneath him, the beast Titan lay with a pulverized skull.

Violence and bloodshed pervaded the surroundings, to the extent that the surface had completely disintegrated. Reaching into the pile of gore, Tang An grabbed a terrified Zeke, opening a blood-stained maw.

"No... spare me... Please spare me." Zeke cried in fear, powerless against the approaching jaws.

Death was terrifying, and he didn't want to die.

"Ah..." With a horrifying scream and a crunch, Tang An crushed Zeke's spine, ending everything with a single swallow.

Yet, at the moment Zeke was consumed, a lightning-like flash crossed Tang An's mind, and in the blink of an eye, he found himself in an unfamiliar place. It was a sandy terrain with a massive column of light leading to an endless expanse. Above, a network of paths resembling a starry sky stretched across.

Tang An, rising from the sand, furrowed his brow at this unfamiliar world. Could he have traveled again? Suddenly, beneath the colossal light column, he spotted a little girl with soulless eyes, dressed in tattered clothing, building Titan figures with sand.

"Who are you?" Tang An remained tense.

Facing his inquiry, the girl continued her work, indifferent. Minutes passed, and as Tang An cautiously approached, Tang An looked behind the little girl, his eyes widened slightly and his expression changed with shock. He noticed a vast array of Titan figures made from sand, ranging from mindless Titan to colossal Titan.

In an instant, a blinding light filled the space, and Tang An found himself back on the beach, maintaining the same posture as when he entered the other world.

"What just happened?" he wondered, realizing he had indeed appeared in an unfamiliar place.

Tang An, emerging from the neck of the Armored Titan, realized it wasn't a dream; he had truly entered a peculiar place.

"Could that be the original Founding Titan Ymir?" Tang An connected the dots, contemplating the known plots.

His understanding of Attack on Titan extended only to the first three seasons; the rest was gleaned from comments and rumors. Recalling a spoiler review, Tang An mused on the terrifying regenerative abilities of Titans, attributed to Ymir reshaping them in the "Paths" dimension using sand. And the girl he encountered was definitely Ymir, the original Founding Titan, confined there for two thousand years, restoring real-world Titans with sand whenever they were injured.

"Did I see Ymir because I acquired the powers of the six Titans?" Tang An questioned.

"Or is it that the current host of the Beast Titan has the blood of King Fritz?"

He knew that the current host of the Beast Titan was Eren's half-brother, and he also had royal blood

Tang An pondered the implications. Ymir, once a slave to King Fritz, tragically lost her soul after years of servitude. Despite having the potential to resist King Fritz, she continued obeying him, bearing three children—Maria, Rose, and Sheena—for him.

In a heart-wrenching turn, Ymir's desire for death led King Fritz to command her children to consume her. Subsequently, she perpetually served future generations in the "Paths" Dimension.

the Founding Titan among the nine Titans can only be wielded by the legitimate royal family with the bloodline of King Fritz. This grants unparalleled abilities, including the manipulation of other Titans and the alteration of memories within the Titan World.