"The Rules" Source and One of Its Definers; Authority Almost Capable of Making Wishes Come True!

At the moment Thor fully unleashed Thunder, and countless bolts of destructive lightning were about to engulf Corvus Glaive and the surrounding airspace, Loki, who had been standing with his hands behind his back as though merely "witnessing" the battle of the Asgardian warriors, had a nearly imperceptible glimmer of dark green flash through the depths of his eyes.

He casually raised his right hand and, with extreme subtlety, lightly tapped the void beside him with his index finger. A trace of divine power, minute to the extreme, merged into the raging sea of lightning descending from above.

It did not alter the destructive nature of the lightning, but bestowed upon it an additional "trait"—the ability to pierce through life and death.

Thor did not notice that his power had gained such a trait, and naturally, neither did Corvus Glaive.

In his eyes, this was merely an enraged strike from Thor. Though frightened, he still believed he could withstand it. Perhaps he would be seriously injured, but that was nothing.

What mattered was how he would escape afterward.

Just as Corvus Glaive was thinking this, the sea of lightning, subtly "adjusted" by Loki, completely submerged him. Only then did he realize how terribly wrong he had been.

"No!!!"

His shrill scream lasted only a brief moment before it was swallowed by the even more deafening roar of thunder.

His armor, tempered through countless battles, groaned under the relentless bombardment of lightning before shattering apart. The Glaive of Corvus in his hand, which had sent countless powerhouses to their deaths and could even bring him back from death, also became covered in innumerable fine cracks.

Then, amid a painful wail, it snapped into several pieces, all spirituality extinguished!

As for Corvus Glaive himself, under the cleansing of endless lightning, he was