The crystal maze of the Time Temple stretched endlessly in all directions, its walls reflecting not just Jin Ho's image, but dozens of potential futures and pasts. Each reflection showed him taking a different path, some leading to success, others to temporal imprisonment or worse.
"This is insane," Jin Ho muttered, lightning crackling around his trinity weapon as he tried to navigate the shifting corridors. "How am I supposed to find the Ice Soul Axe when the path keeps changing?"
The Ice Soul Demon Emperor spoke softly in his mind: "Do not trust your eyes, Jin Ho. Time is not linear here—it is frozen in conflict. Feel the resonance of the axe through our connection. It calls to its wielder across all timelines."
Jin Ho closed his eyes and let the 3x amplification flow through him differently. Instead of pushing outward with raw power, he drew it inward, enhancing his perception. Suddenly, he could sense the temporal currents flowing around him like frozen rivers.
"There," he whispered, opening his eyes. Through the crystal walls, he saw a faint blue glow pulsing in rhythm with his heartbeat. "The axe—it's in the temple's core, but..."
His blood ran cold as he saw the obstacles in his path. Time traps dotted the route like invisible landmines—spaces where seconds stretched into years, or where hours compressed into heartbeats. Worse, temporal echoes of past intruders wandered the halls, doomed to repeat their final moments forever.
"Thunder Lightning King, I need your speed. Blood Heaven Great Emperor, I need your precision. Ice Soul Demon Emperor... I need you to teach me how to freeze time itself."
The fusion of their powers created something unprecedented. Lightning speed to dodge temporal anomalies, blood precision to navigate the safest paths, and ice mastery to literally freeze moments of time, creating safe passages through the chaos.
[New Ability Unlocked: Time Current Perception][New Ability Unlocked: Temporal Step - Freeze time for 0.5 seconds during movement][Progress: 47% through Time Temple maze]
Jin Ho's trinity weapon began to glow with tri-colored energy as he advanced deeper into the temporal maze, each step bringing him closer to the legendary Ice Soul Axe—and to mastering powers beyond mortal comprehension.