Silver Reward and Essence Breathing Technique

Since it was already the next day, Aeneas did not forget his daily draw.

"Start the draw!"

Then came the familiar spinning of the wheel, though this time it brought a bit of a surprise to Aeneas.

"Congratulations to the host for drawing a Silver Reward, Taijutsu category, Essence Breathing Technique!"

"It's actually a Silver Reward. What's going on?" Aeneas was a bit curious, and soon he discovered where things had changed.

Aeneas saw that his Reputation Value was no longer zero.

Reputation Value: 149.

Reputation Rank: Emerging (10% chance to draw a Silver Reward in the daily draw).

Source of Reputation: Great Dunkirk Wanted (In Dunkirk, you had a 1 million bounty, and the whole island stirred up a craze to find Aeneas, though the craze quickly cooled down as new events occurred).

Then the system also explained the reputation ranks to Aeneas.

When the Reputation Value was in the double digits, it was "Novice", where every daily draw would be a Bronze Reward; three digits meant "Emerging", with a certain chance to draw a Silver Reward.

Further up were four-digit and five-digit ranks, which were still rather far away for Aeneas.

"There's actually a ten percent chance to draw a Silver Reward?" Aeneas looked at this non-negligible probability with some excitement. "That means in the next ten days I'll definitely be able to draw a Silver Reward at least once!"

Later on, Aeneas learned how naive he had been to think that.

"Essence Breathing Technique?" Aeneas next turned his attention to the Silver Reward he had just obtained. "And it's in the Taijutsu category. What on earth is it?"

Aeneas extracted it directly, and then his brain felt a faint tingling sensation as something unfamiliar appeared in his memories.

Looking closely, he realized that it was relevant information about the Essence Breathing Technique.

"Essence Breathing Technique: Through a special breathing method, nourish the physical body with the essence of heaven and earth, improve the user's physical fitness, and reach up to the realm of the 'Indestructible Vajra'. It can also be used to recover from injuries and clear away physical fatigue."

"Good stuff!" The more Aeneas read, the more excited he became. "Isn't this exactly the kind of thing I need right now to help recover my body?"

Aeneas didn't rush to try it out just yet, as he still had questions to ask the system.

"What does an encounter draw mean?" Taking advantage of the system still being fresh in his mind, Aeneas hurried to ask this question.

Previously, Aeneas had encountered Vergo, and then he was directly rewarded with a Gold Reward. Of course he wanted to know why this happened; perhaps he could use this method to get more and higher-quality draw rewards!

"Encounter reward refers to the host reaching a special location from the original work, or meeting a famous character with reputation from the original work. Vergo's highest reputation is 9896, and his reputation rank is 'Rising Fame', thus rewarding the host with a gold draw."

There was such a good thing?

Aeneas licked his lips. The rank corresponding to this four-digit Reputation Value was Rising Fame, while he currently had only a pitiful one hundred points or so, which was nearly a hundred times less than Vergo.

"Vergo was still that kind of low-profile character, ultimately possessing the strength of a vice admiral, but I can guarantee that Smoker the White Hunter definitely has a higher reputation than Vergo."

After all, Smoker had chased the Straw Hat crew all the way and was always out in the open, so his reputation naturally had to be much higher than Vergo's, who was a spy!

"In other words, can I get even more precious draws by encountering those famous characters next?" Aeneas suddenly hatched a plan. "What would happen if I bumped into Whitebeard or Shanks?"

Those were the Four Emperors, an absolute Center of Attention level!

Four digits was Rising Fame, five digits was Famous Across the Seas, and six digits reached the Center of Attention level!

"Extrapolating upward according to this pattern, Rising Fame is a Gold draw, then Famous Across the Seas is Platinum, and Center of Attention goes straight to Diamond!" Aeneas grew somewhat agitated. "A Gold draw could give me a One-Punch Man Trial Card, so would a Diamond reward directly give me the abilities of One-Punch Man?"

But Aeneas quickly dismissed this thought.

Because he already possessed Roger's Conqueror's Destiny, and this was only at the Miracle Grade—although there was also a Devil Fruit, Aeneas didn't want to eat it, so this Conqueror's Destiny could count as half a Miracle Reward.

As for the full abilities of One-Punch Man, probably even the Miracle Grade couldn't bear them, and it would be at least Mythical Grade, right?

Aeneas found that his mindset had changed. Previously, he panicked wildly when facing Vergo, almost to the point of suffocation, but after experiencing the invincible power of One-Punch Man, Aeneas felt that the biggest change in himself was his state of mind.

Having experienced the state of the peak, Aeneas's desire to become stronger grew increasingly intense.

"Having managed to come to this world, how could I be content to just be an ordinary person?" Aeneas looked through the window at the boundless ocean. "Since you are here, take it as it comes. In this world of the jungle, only strength can rule one's own destiny!"

Moreover, it was impossible for Aeneas to keep making a fortune in silence forever; the system had already paved the way for him.

That was to constantly increase his own reputation, until in the future, his own reputation also reached Center of Attention, or even the higher-level All Stars Supporting the Moon!

By that time, Aeneas would truly be invincible in a world.

Whew—

It took a long time for Aeneas to calm his restless heart, and then he muttered to himself.

"I am still just a small fry right now. Let me try the 'Essence Breathing Method' I just got."

Following the operational steps in the manual, Aeneas quickly began his cultivation. He chanted the mantra silently to comprehend its profound meaning, following the breathing techniques to feel the rise and fall of his body.

Hoo—ha—

Hoo—ha—

Aeneas was already immersed in it. After just a few short minutes, he could clearly feel a hot current surging inside his body, and the essence of heaven and earth was gathering toward him, eventually flowing into all parts of his limbs and bones, and then turning into nourishment for every cell in his body!

Rumble—

Just as Aeneas was in the thick of his cultivation, an intense sense of hunger instantly replaced the comfort from a moment ago. Aeneas was so hungry that his chest stuck to his spine, and his entire person instantly transformed into a bone-thin appearance.

"Why is the consumption so huge?" Smelling the fragrance coming from the kitchen, Aeneas could no longer hold back and smashed right through the door.

Then, under Obi-Wan's dumbfounded gaze, Aeneas drank the half-cooked rice and meat from the pot, and even bit off and swallowed the raw meat on the table.

Even more surprising things came later. Obi-Wan watched with his own eyes as Aeneas's body changed from emaciated back to normal, and the bruises and wounds on his body completely recovered as good as new, even yielding a few sturdy little muscles.

"What kind of constitution is this?" Obi-Wan's life experiences were considered rich, but it was the first time he had ever seen a freak like Aeneas, who could recover from injuries and physical strength simply by eating.

Then again, he probably didn't know about the Monkey family.