The battle began.
On the temple map, Lu Yang's spawn point was at the bottom, while Li Zhenhuan's was at the top. The two were far apart.
The Celestial Race was the Elf Race. Unlike the original elves, their wisps did not disappear when constructing buildings. Instead, they had to remain beside the structure and continuously channel energy into it during construction.
At the start, Li Zhenhuan followed his usual strategy, building a barracks and an altar near his starting base. But at that moment, cries of astonishment erupted throughout the venue.
Lu Yang, at the bottom of the map, built his altar at his base, but his barracks was built a thousand yards in front of the neutral monsters near the expansion mine.
In the livestream room.
Du Bin said blankly, "That's strange. Why did Lu Yang build his barracks outside?"
Tong Tong said, "Could it be to prevent Li Zhenhuan from launching a sneak attack? But that doesn't seem right either."
The chubby guest said, "It should be to guard against Li Zhenhuan's sneak attack. After all, Li Zhenhuan is a true master when it comes to the Elf Race. Lu Yang might just be playing it safe."
The skinny guest nodded. "That's possible."
Commentators and guests from every country were also puzzled. None of them understood what Lu Yang was doing.
A minute and a half later, the barracks was complete. Lu Yang ordered it to produce archers. Just as the barracks produced two archers, his Demon Hunter hero finished spawning.
Li Zhenhuan did the same. He controlled his Demon Hunter and two archers out to farm neutral monsters while continuing to produce archers at home.
"Li Zhenhuan truly deserves to be called a master. He's playing very steadily."
"His opening is extremely solid. His hero