Lu Ze switched back and forth between the views of his own sect and the Azure Peak Sect.
On one side, he calmly controlled his slaves to mine Spirit Stones and develop infrastructure.
On the other, he began building Arrow Towers at the Azure Peak Sect's entrance.
The Demon Path's main advantage lay in the early game.
Blood Golems that combined durability and mobility, assassins ideal for harassment, Defense Towers with absurd damage...
Once the game reached the late stage, however, the Demon Path's advanced unit, the Illusionist, had limited applications and was actually lacking in combat power.
Lu Ze had to establish a sufficiently large economic advantage in the early game.
For him, that was simple.
He had participated in training matches between all the major sects.
These people treated the offensive tempo of AI Demon Path opponents as the benchmark.
For example, high-difficulty AI opponents would begin organizing attacks three minutes into the match. Cultivators would generally develop for two minutes first, then start building Martial Arts Halls and assembling defensive forces.
When facing Lu Ze, they would probably delay that timing even further.
No one had expected Lu Ze to begin attacking one minute into the match.
And he used such a shameless tactic as having slaves build Defense Towers right at their doorstep.
Lu Ze cheerfully controlled the slaves as they built the towers.
Arrow Towers were constructed faster than Martial Arts Halls.
By the time Xu Huoyao's Martial Arts Hall was complete, no matter what units he produced, they would not be able to leave the gate. The moment they stepped out, the Arrow Towers would turn them into pincushions.
Xu Huoyao was frantic.
He might have been bad, but he was not stupid.
He hurriedly led his Menial Disciples over to drive away the