NOVEL NEXT Chapter 433
### Chapter: 433
After Kraush jumped into the lava…
Inferno was just sitting there, stock still, staring at the molten goo.
Maios had been waiting beside him for a few days, just gazing into the lava as well.
But come on, staring at lava for over a week? That’s exhausting!
Eventually, Maios decided to take a quick tour of the Gold Sky World. He needed a break!
Kraush’s training wasn’t giving Maios any juicy tips for becoming a high-tier god, so he figured a little sightseeing couldn’t hurt.
While he felt a bit disappointed, he wasn’t going to cling to it. After all, becoming a high-tier god isn’t something you pull off in a blink of an eye.
After wrapping up his little excursion, he returned to find Inferno still planted in the same spot, staring into the molten depths.
Honestly, for a high-tier god, patience might be the most critical trait!
As he mulled over this thought, a sudden thud echoed through the air.
Finally, Inferno lifted himself off the ground!
Maios jumped a bit, wondering if he’d distracted Inferno. But then he saw a bright smile on Inferno’s face.
“Finally!”
The moment he spoke, Maios also glanced back at the lava.
Suddenly, it started bubbling and whoosh—everything got sucked into some unseen vortex!
Maios’s eyes nearly popped out of his head.
It wasn’t just the lava either—every grain of fire power throughout the Gold Sky World was getting pulled in!
It felt like the entire world itself was being absorbed.
The sheer magnitude of this force almost sent Maios into a dizzy spell.
This wasn’t just massive power—it was colossal! Even mid-tier gods wouldn’t stay composed in the face of such strength.
He felt like he was trapped in a massive whirlpool, rolling around in a cosmic wave.
“Ugh!”
As he swallowed back a lump in his throat and staggered to the ground, Inferno let out a cheerful chuckle.
“Right, that’s it! Gods often think the only way to grow stronger is by learning from other gods, but nope! Only those who carve their own path will reach beyond!”
Maios’s eyes widened at this revelation.
That wasn’t something he had heard from the other high-tier gods before!
Just then—boom!
A hand erupted from the volcano!
Maios felt a chill run down his spine.
A man with dark blue hair rose up, and as Maios laid eyes on him, his face began to harden.
A gust of wind blew past.
Yet the man’s hair didn’t budge an inch.
It was as if the Gold Sky World couldn’t even touch him!
Clearly, Kraush was no ordinary high-tier god.
The sensation he exuded felt like standing before a galaxy.
So, Kraush wasn’t fit to be called a mere high-tier god.
He was like a star, different from any galaxy.
The moment Maios laid eyes on him, he was overwhelmed.
It was enormous.
Too enormous.
Maios felt as if he was staring at something incomprehensibly huge.
Kraush’s star was too great to fit within his sight.
It was a star that could even swallow galaxies whole, flooding his vision with its radiant light.
It almost blinded him.
The intensity of that starlight permeated through his very being.
“Can’t handle that starlight yet, huh?”
Inferno’s shadow covered Maios’s eyes.
If he kept basking in Kraush’s starlight, he might just evaporate into thin air.
“Instead of letting the light scatter, draw it into yourself!”
Listening to Inferno’s advice, Kraush inhaled deeply.
He concentrated and began redirecting the starlight within him.
Dealing with such overwhelming starlight was certainly a first for him.
Well, not exactly a first…
That one time he was fighting Abella, he became the brightest star in the world!
Thinking back on it now, he realized just how insane that was.
He could’ve been blasted to bits!
“But these past experiences are what’s making me stronger now.”
Gradually, the starlight leaking out from Kraush’s body began to settle down.
A moment later, Kraush looked up again.
No more starlight was spilling out chaotically.
Inferno met his gaze with a smile.
“So, can you blaze brighter than me now?”
Hearing this, Kraush turned to Inferno.
He decided to test it out by igniting a real flame from his own body.
Inferno responded by igniting his own flames in kind.
Meanwhile, Maios was already booking it.
He knew if he got caught in that blaze, he’d be toast!
Flames crackled and clashed, sending heat waves flying.
But then, Kraush’s flames sputtered out.
“Still a long way to go.”
Even as he absorbed enough firepower to cool off the entire Gold Sky World, he was still far from Inferno’s level.
He had aimed to swallow galaxies, yet his star wasn’t quite there just yet.
“But you saw the potential,” Inferno’s eyes gleamed.
And he was right.
Kraush had indeed seen potential through all of this.
The star resting within him could grow bigger than anything else out there.
“I’ve heard there are many worlds in the divine realm,” Kraush mused.
A myriad of worlds scattered throughout the divine realm, each containing varied powers.
“I could steal the very essence of the divine world and burn brighter than you, Inferno!”
To become a truly gigantic star, Kraush resolved to traverse the divine realm!
Hearing him, Inferno felt a thrill of excitement blossoming.
After all, he was the god of fire.
Every flame eventually leads back to Inferno, which meant that Kraush’s flames were essentially part of him too.
Time passed, and the flame that had nearly dimmed began anew in the diverse realms of existence.
Inferno felt joy bubbling within him.
“Haha, yes!”
Kraush had no idea what emotions were stirring inside Inferno, but at least it gave him a better understanding of what being a high-tier god truly meant.
There’s no reasoning with gods.
That realization hit him hard.
“Fire always rises.”
Kraush bowed his head, thanking Inferno.
Thanks to him, Kraush was now able to take the next step forward.
And let’s not forget the Ignis Inferno gifted him.
Sure, he had nicked it from Belorkin, but it had been a great help in overcoming many obstacles.
In a way, Inferno was one of the most significant contributors to Kraush’s journey.
Once their conversation wrapped up, Kraush was soon ready to leave the Gold Sky World behind.
Just as he prepared to depart, Maios returned, ready to set off alongside him.
Maios’s gaze lingered on Kraush.
He had run away rather urgently, but it seemed that through Kraush, he had learned something too.
“Explore…”
Maios quietly pondered this to himself.
Perhaps he too had found a hint of how to advance to a high-tier god.
Following Maios’s thoughts, Kraush soared into the sky.
Together, they began their journey through the celestial heavens with Inferno waving goodbye.
“What’s the next step, Kraush?”
“Those strongest places in the divine realm have the gods settled in, right?”
“Yes, it seems that way.”
Naturally, the higher-tier gods set up shop in the more powerful corners of the divine realm.
This time, Kraush had absorbed the power of the Gold Sky World all at once.
Normally, gods gradually absorbed it over time.
But given Kraush’s extraordinary awakening, he could manage it in one shot.
“Then, Maios, let me ask you something.”
“Yes?”
“Do you know where the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse are hiding?”
At that question, Maios hesitated.
After all, the Gold Kingdom had been wiped clean, and the gods were now uniting to bring the flow of world erosion back to the middle realm.
Their primary focus was to summon the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.
Maios’s own sect, the Partes Constellation, was after the same goal.
So it stood to reason that Maios, being part of that group, could have some clues.
Upon posing his query, Maios’s expression turned slightly complicated.
“Yes, I do know about them. But you might want to let that one go.”
“Why’s that?”
“Those guys are managed by none other than the supreme gods.”
The supreme gods who existed in the divine realm.
The fact that they were directly overseeing the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse made Kraush scrunch his brow.
“Directly managed by the supreme gods?”
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse were beings that the middle realm couldn’t handle.
But the divine realm was a different story.
Even Maios alone was stronger than any of the Four Horsemen that had descended into the middle realm.
After all, he was a god for a reason!
Thus, considering absorbing their power or trying to eliminate them…
Now that plan didn’t seem quite right when those supreme gods were involved!
“It seems like you have no idea what kind of beings the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse really are, Kraush,” Maios said calmly, glancing up at the sky.
“As you know, there are various worlds in the divine realm.
The divine realm, composed of all existence, is unimaginably vast—some worlds are downright unbelievable.”
Even the Gold Sky World was larger than the middle realm.
It was clear just how expansive the divine realm was without needing to elaborate.
“The problem is that even the high-tier gods don’t fully know what lurks in those worlds.”
The high-tier gods, beings of many mysteries and phenomena.
Kraush’s brows furrowed at the thought that even they hold secrets.
“They say those worlds exist on the backside of all existence. We who live on the front can never glimpse behind.”
Kraush figured out why Maios was sharing this info with him.
“The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse… they came from that hidden realm.”
“Yes, indeed. They emerged from that behind-the-scenes world.”
Had there been such a thing?
Kraush had always believed the Four Horsemen were simply made to pour out world erosion upon their command by the existing high-tier gods.
But as it turns out, they were entities from a world beyond!
“And the gods all had one consistent impression about them,” Maios paused for dramatic effect.
Finally, when he spoke, the tension in his voice thickened.
“They’re not much different from gods themselves.”
“What?”
“The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse are beings akin to gods from that hidden world.”
Kraush’s face hardened.
He grasped the implications of that statement.
“So that means the Four Horsemen are…”
“Yes, within the divine realm, unlike in the middle realm, they can wield their true power freely.”
Those Four Horsemen who’d descended upon the middle realm were merely weakened by its limitations.