There seemed to be a beastly urge inside Long Chen as he saw the cracks reaching near the sword as if he needed to act or he was going to lose something important.
Without thinking twice, he disappeared from his place and appeared right above the Sword of Time, not being scared of the spatial cracks which had the potential even to kill him if something went wrong.
Appearing above the Sword of Time, he reached out his hand towards the Sword.
The Spatial Cracks had almost reached the sword before Long Chen's hand could even reach them. The Sword of Time was half-swallowed as well, but before it could be swallowed whole, Long Chen caught its hilt and brought the Sword out.
As Long Chen tried to pull the Sword out, he felt some spatial resistance from the crack that had swallowed half the sword already.