One versus one battles continued to happen in the following days.
The remaining territories on the southwestern coast didn't appeal the two big nations that much, so they simply sent heroic cultivators that wanted to make a name for themselves.
Elder Laurel fought for the forest of White woods against an elder of the Papral nation.
She exchanged many rounds of offense and defense against her enemy, proving herself weaker after every clash.
Yet, just when her energies were about to deplete, the White woods under the battlefield suddenly released toxic substances in the air, which filled the area where the two elders were fighting.
Of course, that phenomenon had been triggered by Elder Laurel, she had spent months attuning the defensive measures around the teleportation matrix with the forest after all, she could easily control them in the air.
Her opponent wasn't prepared for that event and was forced to surrender since Elder Laurel seemed unaffected by those toxic gasses.