You Know Why

Yet, before that, Rean couldn't help but take another good look at Roan. "Say... how come you look so beaten?"

Indeed, Roan looked quite poor at the moment, with his clothes ragged everywhere. Rean thought at first it was due to some training, but Roan usually never ends like that during such practices.

"Life and Death combat," Roan answered.

Rean wasn't paying attention to the Soul Gem Dimensional Realm, so he didn't see what Roan was talking about. "Life and Death?" he pondered a bit and could only think about one person. "Only Pulanli have a cultivation capable of giving you any trouble in the Dimensional Realm. Could it be she decided to rebel after all these years?"

Roan shook his head. "I asked her to fight me. Obviously, it had to be a real fight, so I went all out, which forced her to go all out as well."