Mo Qiong smashed through the crust, and his sacred garment had already collapsed.
Yet despite being in the mantle, the uncovered head had not suffered the slightest injury.
Not only that, he could even swim freely through the mantle's high-pressure, high-temperature magma.
Though it was extremely strenuous, at this moment, he was indeed immune to the mantle's damage.
The reason was simple. His current situation had been caused by the Supreme Divine Sword, by Master Gou, the sword's wielder.
However, when Mo Qiong rose upward and flew into the crust, the earth, rocks, and volcanic rock began dealing impact damage to him.
He hurriedly used Best Metal to wrap his head as well.
He had not suffered this kind of attack in the even more dangerous mantle, yet after coming up, he was injured instead.
This change in damage, from nonexistent to present, came precisely from Mo Qiong's active alteration.
He had flown up from the mantle, actively moving from one environment into another.
According to the divine sword's judgment, no matter how harsh the previous environment was, since it had been caused by the divine sword, it did not count at all. It was as if the entire "state system" had been deduced in advance and removed from the damage list.
But no matter how comfortable the latter environment was, it had been caused by Mo Qiong himself. He had essentially flown straight into the crust and brought the suffering upon himself.
This included returning to the previous mantle at that moment. He would still suffer damage.
In other words, when the attacked target left the "protected zone" because of any creature's subjective alteration, other than the sword wielder, he returned to nature, and everything proceeded naturally.
Leaving the protected zone included, but was not limited to, "altering the