The Star Grail's glow, like a greedy Black Hole, surged forward to meet the torrent Thanos had unleashed!
The energy capable of obliterating a galaxy, the instant it touched the Star Grail's light, seemed to have crashed into a bottomless "Sea of Chaos."
The destructive impact was absorbed layer by layer by that chaotic glow.
The power born from the fusion of the six Infinity Stones, before the Star Grail's all-encompassing light, was like a Ferocious Beast trapped in a swamp. Though it still struggled and roared, its destructive force was rapidly diluted.
The two forces formed a brief stalemate in the Void. Ripples that distorted reality spread continuously from their point of collision, but most of the destructive force was contained within that tiny space and failed to fully reach Asgard behind them.
Seeing this, the surprise in Thanos's eyes deepened.
He did not doubt the power possessed by the Star Grail. After all, it was something capable of creating "The Only God." He simply had not expected it to retain such formidable power in the Marvel World.
However, he could also tell that Riku was not having an easy time. Beneath his calm exterior, he was enduring immense pressure.
And he was still far from his limit!
With a thought, the cracks on the Infinity Gauntlet around Thanos's left arm suddenly widened several times over, while the torrent blasting from his fist expanded severalfold as well.
It no longer resembled an energy beam. It was more like a chaotic Universe approaching its end, forcibly projected into existence!
"Boom!"
The Star Grail's glow, which had barely been holding out, began to fluctuate violently like a candle flame in a storm.
That all-encompassing light of Chaos seemed to have reached the limit of what it could bear before the absolutely