A spectral figure was moving through the ground at surprising speed, wrapped in invisibility that defied ordinary understanding. There was no sign of the usual manipulation of space or bending of light that might render a person unseen. Instead, the figure employed something far more profound and powerful, a technique that made detection via even advanced Ego Wave scanning nearly impossible.
Yet, for all that assurance, the man's method failed when confronted by a scanning force field so specialized it could analyze through six layers of space and temporal distortions. In the next instant, the hidden figure's eyes went wide in utter shock. From beneath the very ground he traveled, a massive halberd formed of molten magma erupted upward like a blazing beacon that radiated heat akin to the surface of a star. The lethal weapon surged straight toward his chest without warning.
"Chronos Shield!" he roared at the final second, voice echoing in alarmed desperation.
