Piercing!

Bai Xiaowen and his companion then worked together to enhance the newly added Gold Equipment.

After upgrading the Sharkskin Boots (Gold Equipment) to +4, the cooldown time of the "Water Skimming" skill, which has a great visual effect, is reduced by 20%, but it still requires 19 hours and 12 minutes of cooldown. In addition, the duration of gliding on the water surface is slightly increased to 1 minute and 12 seconds.

Bai Xiaowen didn't have high expectations for this enhancement of his bragging skills. The reason he spent several thousand Psionic Points to enhance it to +4 was mainly to get the universal enhancement effect for shoe equipment.

The so-called universal special effects refer to the special effects that will appear after a certain type of equipment is enhanced to +4. For example, gloves will have special effects such as "Parry", "attack speed" and "grappling" after being enhanced to +4.

For footwear equipment, after being enhanced to +4, common special effects that may appear include "movement speed", "evasion", "jump", etc.

Among them, the effect that increases movement speed is the most common and also the most practical.

Bai Xiaowen was lucky this time; the universal effect of her +4 Sharkskin Boots was "Sprint," which increases movement speed.

[Sprint: Increases movement speed by 30% for 10 seconds after activation. This effect has a 24-hour cooldown.]

"My shoes were upgraded to +4 before, and they also had Sprint effect, but the movement speed increase was only 20%." Li Shuyi pouted, looking very unhappy.

Bai Xiaowen chuckled and said, "Your Black Leather Shoes are Blue Gear, so it's normal that their enhancement effects aren't as good as Gold Equipment. Next time, I'll forge you a pair of Golden Tier shoes."

Li Shuyi laughed too. Of course, she had no objection; her earlier unhappiness was just a joke. Bai Xiaowen had originally suggested that she use the Sharkskin Boots, but she insisted on giving them to Bai Xiaowen.

In addition, Li Shuyi's [Void Ring] has been upgraded to +4, and her active skill "Intangibility" has also been improved. First, the cooldown time has been reduced by 20%, and then the duration of the Intangibility skill has been increased from 5 seconds to a full 6 seconds!

The mere addition of 1 second to the Intangibility duration made the 6,000 Psionic Points spent on upgrading to +4 worthwhile. Perhaps because the Void Ring's active skill is too powerful, no other enhancement effects appeared at +4.

"We also have a three-star equipment Enhancement Card, let's use it too, keeping it is just a waste," Bai Xiaowen said.

Li Shuyi nodded. "Go upgrade your Desert Eagle to +7."

Bai Xiaowen readily agreed. In comparison, Li Shuyi's main-hand weapon, "Redleaf Lord's Glory Sword," was already +7, while her off-hand weapon, "Refined Thrust Sword," being Blue Gear, didn't really need to be upgraded to +7.

Based on this calculation, Three-Star Equipment Enhancement Card is most suitable for upgrading Bai Xiaowen's weapon. As Hero Class with decent equipment, Bai Xiaowen currently has 22 points in both strength and agility, making him a decent ranged physical damage dealer.

Of course, compared to DPS characters whose skills are all ranged attacks, such as Zhao Zhixiong, Bai Xiaowen is definitely inferior. His strength lies in his versatility.

Bai Xiaowen opened the Three-Star Equipment Enhancement Card and selected "Use". The virtual enhancement interface unfolded, with the main equipment slot in the middle and three auxiliary enhancement slots, each connected to the main equipment slot by a thin line.

Bai Xiaowen placed the +6 [Desert Eagle Mark II Pistol] into his main equipment slot, and then placed a "Superior Psionic Crystal" into each of the three auxiliary enhancement slots. This was equivalent to using three blue guns for auxiliary enhancement.

Bai Xiaowen then glanced at the success rate: 87.59%.

This success rate is generally worth a shot, but Bai Xiaowen doesn't want to do it.

After checking the Storage Space, Bai Xiaowen found three items.

Two of the items are Gold Equipment. One is Fishbone Fork, obtained by defeating the Mutated Blackfish boss, Spinefin, in the Spinebreak Mountain Grand Rift Treasure Grounds. The other is Heavy-Backed Greatsword, dropped by defeating the Wokou Pirates boss, Chen One-Eye.

Finally, there is another S-Tier special treasure called the Berserker's Heart, which is noted to be able to be placed in the equipment enhancement slot to assist in enhancement and will also add certain effects to the equipment.

Bai Xiaowen attempted to remove a Superior Psionic Crystal and place it into the Berserker's Heart. As a result, the Spirit Realm Rules issued a notification:

"The compatibility between the Berserker's Heart and the primary weapon: Desert Eagle Mark II Pistol is: Low."

"Continue to strengthen it; the additional effects of Berserker's Heart have a high chance of failing."

Bai Xiaowen glanced at the success rate. Perhaps due to the mismatch, the success rate was only 79.22%, even lower than before.

Bai Xiaowen could only put away the Berserker's Heart, insert the Fishbone Fork, and replace a Superior Psionic Crystal.

Although the Fishbone Fork isn't a firearm, it's still a weapon, so its compatibility is quite high. Using Gold Equipment equipment as an enhancement aid is extremely effective, pushing the enhancement success rate to 93.64%.

Bai Xiaowen removed another Superior Psionic Crystal and equipped himself with Gold Equipment, Heavy-Backed Greatsword. This time, the enhancement success rate finally reached 100%, and Bai Xiaowen confidently clicked the enhancement option.

In the three auxiliary enhancement slots, the Heavy-Backed Greatsword, the Fishbone Fork, and the last Superior Psionic Crystal simultaneously ignited with different colored lights, which converged along three thin lines towards the Desert Eagle pistol in the central main equipment slot.

The Desert Eagle shone brightly with golden light, then its splendor faded into tranquility.

The golden light vanished, and a pistol gleaming with a magnificent silver light hovered in front of Bai Xiaowen.

Bai Xiaowen reached out and took the pistol.

After the Desert Eagle reaches +7, its base attack power increases by 70%, and the additional attack power becomes 10~24. But this is secondary. What really surprised Bai Xiaowen was the new special effect!

Desert Eagle +7 Special Effect: Piercing.

[Piercing: Your first bullet ignores the target's armor. This effect resets 60 seconds after ceasing fire. In combat, every third bullet, the fourth bullet will ignore the target's armor.]

"Such powerful special effects! Those ranged DPS classes will probably be green with envy after seeing this," Li Shuyi commented after viewing the +7 special effects.

It was indeed a powerful special effect. When Bai Xiaowen saw it, he even had the urge to hate that he wasn't a ranged shooter—if he were Hero Class, with this +7 pistol, his output would be absolutely terrifying.

Of course, Bai Xiaowen quickly realized that this special effect seemed to enrich his tactical Transformation.

Bai Xiaowen had already tried and succeeded with a tactic: controlling the enemy at close range, then aiming his pistol at close range and Headshot Strike to instantly kill them. After all, Ryuji Yamazaki's Fighting Gloves accumulated a 100% Critical Hit rate, and the Desert Eagle's +4 Headshot effect increased Critical Hit damage from double to 250%, allowing Bai Xiaowen to easily deal more than 1/3 of his opponent's Life Value in an instant kill.

Now, with the addition of a Penetration Effect, Bai Xiaowen's first shot after the battle has become even more terrifying!