+7 Blood Essence Stone!
Bai Xiaowen opened the enhancement interface of the Four-Star Enhancement Card, placed "Absolon's Blood Essence Stone" in the main equipment slot, and then added Superior Psionic Crystal one by one.
"Each Superior Psionic Crystal can only increase the enhancement success rate by 8%..."
Bai Xiaowen frowned.
Superior Psionic Crystal are considered "blue equipment of the same type" when used for enhancement, making them arguably the most compatible support equipment among Blue Gear.
A Superior Psionic Crystal can increase the success rate of enhancement by 20 to 30 points when assisting gold main equipment, but it is not as effective when assisting Dark Gold Equipment.
This is also determined by the value of Dark Gold Equipment.
Even with all four auxiliary enhancement slots filled with Superior Psionic Crystal, the success rate can only be increased by 32%. Combined with the original base success rate of 17.65% (+7), the overall success rate barely reaches about 50%...
Success and failure are equally likely, and Bai Xiaowen would never gamble. If he lost, his equipment would be completely destroyed, and he wouldn't even have time to cry.
"It seems the only way is to use Gold Equipment for auxiliary enhancement." Bai Xiaowen searched his Storage Space.
A serpentine trident and an Eclipse- patterned badge, shimmering with golden light, were placed in the auxiliary enhancement slot of the equipment Enhancement Card. They were the Sea Serpent Trident and the "Eclipse Dominator Badge," an accessory that Bai Xiaowen had replaced.
After replacing these two gold items (especially since one of them was a gold ornament), the overall success rate climbed to approximately 78%.
"It's a pity there aren't any other spare Gold Equipment..."
Bai Xiaowen frowned. Gold Equipment like the "Dirty Shroud" and the "Crocodile-Tooth Dagger" were valuable items that were "Bind on Equip." Burning them as auxiliary equipment was really too extravagant.
Bai Xiaowen searched the Storage Space again. Suddenly, his eyes lit up as he found another item—a beating heart!
This is the S-Tier treasure "Berserker's Heart," which can be placed in the auxiliary enhancement slot. It greatly increases the success rate of enhancement and also adds some extra effects to the equipment.
However, this kind of treasure has very strict requirements on the compatibility or fit of the main equipment. If the fit is not high, the increase in the success rate of enhancement is not even as good as that of "Superior Psionic Crystal".
"Logically speaking, Absolon, as War Lord, should be a berserker-type class... right?"
With a try-it-and-see attitude, Bai Xiaowen removed the third Superior Psionic Crystal and placed it into the Berserker's Heart.
Spirit Realm Rules Message:
"The compatibility between Berserker's Heart and the main item: Absolon's Blood Essence Stone is: Extremely High."
Bai Xiaowen glanced at the enhancement success rate again and discovered that the original 78% success rate had been increased to 100%!
"The match is 'extremely high'... Wow, it seems to be related to the fact that Kelman and Absolon are of the same race and class. I reckon if Absolon is killed normally, an item similar to the Berserker's Heart should also appear in the loot list."
To avoid wasting resources, Bai Xiaowen removed the Gold Equipment Sea Serpent Trident and replaced it with Superior Psionic Crystal, only to find that the success rate had dropped to 97.15%.
This was still a very high success rate, but Bai Xiaowen wouldn't give up a 100% success rate just to save a Sea Serpent Trident, so he switched back to the trident and chose to enhance it.
Enhancement successful!
The Blood Essence Stone reappeared in a burst of Dark Gold Tier light. Its appearance remained Transformation, except for the addition of a halo, but its attribute and skill descriptions had been significantly altered.
First, there's the standard amplification effect after upgrading to +7. The "life Blood Drain" and "mana Mana Drain" effects of Blood Thirst and Mana Thirst have increased from the original 10% to 22%, more than doubling the dual steal effect and significantly enhancing Bai Xiaowen's sustained combat power.
From +1 to +3 enhancement, the percentage of dual-absorption effect increases by 1% for each enhancement level.
From +4 to +6 enhancement, the percentage of dual-absorption effect increases by 2% for each enhancement level.
After successfully enhancing to +7, the percentage of dual-absorption effect increased by 3%. This adds up to a total increase of 12%, totaling 22%. These figures represent the gains Bai Xiaowen observed during repeated enhancements, leading him to the conclusion that this pattern holds true.
What made Bai Xiaowen even happier was the special effect bonus after upgrading to the key level, all of which were related to the third skill of the Blood Essence Stone, "Killing Thirst".
Blood Essence Stone Enhancement +4 Effect: Brutality: After triggering Killing Thirst, your Critical Hit chance is increased by 10% for 10 seconds. This effect cannot stack on its own, but it can stack with other Critical Hit chance amplification effects.
Blood Essence Stone Enhancement +7 Special Effect: First Blood: The first attack on an enemy with 100% Life Value (including but not limited to physical attacks, single-target damage skills, and single-target damage items) will always trigger the Killing Thirst effect.
"Now the trigger rate for Killing Thirst is guaranteed... Hmm, it seems like my first attack has become even more terrifying?"
Bai Xiaowen already had a tactic: the first shot from the Desert Eagle, accumulating a 100% Critical Hit rate, Piercing armor-ignoring effects, and dealing terrifying Headshot damage.
Now, considering the Blood Essence Stone's guaranteed-triggered Killing Thirst passive, and the 10% maximum Life Value as true damage... with such a high stack of damage, it's guaranteed to one-shot anyone, no explanation needed.
Even if the opponent has high defense and health and isn't killed instantly, the Brutality effect triggers, increasing the Critical Hit rate by an additional 10%, which can significantly boost Bai Xiaowen's output and subject the enemy to a hail of bullets.
Finally, the enhanced bonus effect of "Berserker's Heart" should be added: Blood Rage.
Blood Rage: You can activate Blood Rage once for every 20% of your maximum Life Value lost, enhancing the damage of your next basic attack or skill. The enhanced damage is equal to the damage you took during that phase (Note: This phase refers to the period from the last Blood Rage activation to the current Blood Rage activation).
Bai Xiaowen had a good memory; he clearly remembered that this was the signature skill of Kelman, the orc Orcs of the Remnant Vanguard Army in the Kane Plane.
The Berserker's Heart actually has such a special effect, which really lives up to its S-Tier status.
The power of Blood Rage unleashed by an Awakened is incomparable to that of Blood Rage unleashed by Kelman. As Advanced Boss, Kelman has an extra Life Value, and the damage from each Blood Rage buff is terrifying.
However, Bai Xiaowen also Life Sharing, so when he loses 20% of his maximum Life Value, it usually means that he has suffered nearly double the actual damage (assuming Bai Xiaowen is the primary target of the damage)! Blood Rage damage is also terrifying.
The enhancement of the Blood Essence Stone is now complete. This +7 Dark Gold Equipment item is absolutely priceless. Next, Bai Xiaowen won't push for a +7 enhancement of the Doom Bracelet. The reason is simple: he doesn't have enough auxiliary enhancement equipment.