Peerless Divine Doctor in the City of Flowers
Chapter 649: The Bizarre Sculpture

Chapter 649: Chapter 649: The Bizarre Sculpture

"Zhi Rou..."

Zhao Jiaqi helplessly opened her eyes and looked at Xu Zhi Rou, who had turned deathly pale.

This startling and flustered state made it impossible for her to concentrate.

"I really didn’t lie, and my eyes didn’t play tricks on me... That statue is truly alive!"

Xu Zhi Rou pointed at the angel sculpture that stood two meters tall.

It was clearly walking towards this side.

"But how could a statue be alive, shall I just smash it to pieces first?"

Zhao Jiaqi sighed, she had to focus all her attention on casting her spell.

Just as she was about to go over, Lin Fan suddenly pulled her back.

His expression was serious, and he too had sensed that something was amiss.

"Don’t go over there, those statues are indeed alive."

"Alive?"

Since both of them said so, Zhao Jiaqi dared not doubt it any longer.

But she stared at the statue for a long time and did not see it move at all.

Not even a blink.

"It’s not moving though. Could it be that the statue is playing Red Light/Green Light with us, staying motionless when we watch it?"

Zhao Jiaqi pouted her lips, a look of helplessness on her face.

Seeing is believing, yet now they couldn’t see anything.

"I’m afraid that’s exactly the case, and... we seem to be surrounded..."

Lin Fan’s gaze shifted to another side, only to see that the previously empty square was now eerily graced with several more statues.

Some statues were even half poking out of the bushes.

"Weird, there was nothing in those spots just now."

Zhao Jiaqi and Xu Zhi Rou also realized that something was off.

Hastily looking around, they saw that there were more than a dozen sculptures.

"It moved again!"

Xu Zhi Rou’s exclamation made the two turn their heads once more.

Indeed, the statue that had been standing next to the square dance auntie had mysteriously moved five or six meters away.

"And that one... moved too!"

Zhao Jiaqi quickly pointed at the statue that had half emerged from the bushes.

Now, it had already walked out of the bushes and was moving in their direction.

"There really is something wrong with this place. These fellows must be the ’truth’ Master mentioned. And as long as they are within our sight, they can’t move an inch. The moment we take our eyes off them, they shift."

Watching the eerie statues, Lin Fan nevertheless showed an excited glint in his eye.

Sure enough, there was a problem with what was going on behind them.

And it was a big problem.

"What do we do now?"

Lin Fan’s deduction left both women somewhat panicked.

Fortunately, Lin Fan was already holding their arms, the three standing back to back.

"Let’s maintain our line of sight without any blind spots. As long as they are being watched, they can’t move and won’t pose a threat."

Indeed, as they formed a circle, all the statues stood there, motionless.

"If there’s really something wrong with these statues, then I saw a lot of them earlier!"

Zhao Jiaqi’s forehead was already beaded with cold sweat, "And many of them are not angel-shaped, but various people. I didn’t pay attention before, but now that I think about it, could these people have been petrified by these monsters?"

"I’m afraid that’s indeed the case. However, from their limitations, we can deduce that these creatures don’t have ranged attacks, otherwise, they would have struck us by now. They must be using the statues as a guise, petrifying their targets the moment they evade their gaze."

Lin Fan quickly analyzed the intentions of the opponent’s movements.

"So as long as we keep looking at them, they won’t be able to harm us?"

Hearing this analysis, Zhao Jiaqi let out a sigh of relief.

Being turned into a statue would be worse than killing them outright.

"It’s impossible to keep staring, after all, we need to blink, so it’s not a viable long-term strategy."

Lin Fan’s response shocked both women, and the situation became even more uncontrollable.

Because once you become aware of the need to blink, you’ll involuntarily start blinking rapidly.

The more you try to control it, the longer the intervals between blinks become.

Just a few minutes had passed, and the statues had drawn significantly closer to them.

"What... what do we do? Should we take action?"

Xu Zhi Rou felt sweat in the palms of her hands.

Being encircled by a group of statues was truly uncomfortable.

"Don’t move yet, our aim is only to attract their attention. I’m afraid the enemy has already summoned everyone to head this way. The more we can lure here, the safer the civilians around us will be. Until we can ascertain whether destroying them will bring those people back to life, we can only try our best to attract their firepower."

Lin Fan’s words instantly warmed Xu Zhi Rou’s heart.

He truly thought like a soldier, with ensuring the safety of the civilians as his primary concern.

"But how long can we hold out? I’m afraid we won’t last very long."

Zhao Jiaqi looked at the sculptures that were steadily closing in.

These strange beings were now less than ten meters away from them.

They probably wouldn’t be able to persist much longer.

"Every second we can hold on counts. If they can come over, can’t we also move?"

With Lin Fan leading the two women, they continued to move slowly, back to back.

And during this brief conversation, nearly a hundred statues had already appeared on the vast square.

It was evident that they were surrounded on all sides.

"It looks like there’s someone!"

Just as they moved to the central area.

Zhao Jiaqi suddenly saw a woman wearing a white dress appearing on a hillside nearby.

With her long hair flowing, she seemed to be holding something in her arms.

She walked step by step up the staircase toward them.

But strangely, the statues did not attack her.

"It’s her!"

Lin Fan quickly followed Zhao Jiaqi’s gaze.

But when he saw the woman’s blank expression, he was taken aback.

Wasn’t she the receptionist they had seen earlier?

How could she appear here?

"Be careful!"

Just as their gazes fixed on the woman ascending the stairs,

the statues in charge of the area immediately lunged at them.

Their speed was so fast that they could cover a hundred meters in a blink of an eye.

Xu Zhi Rou hurriedly warned them.

"Get lost!"

The statues were fast, but Lin Fan was faster.

With a wave of his right hand, he whipped up a strong gust, howling as it struck the fierce-looking stone sculptures.

However, to his surprise, despite being pushed back, the sculptures were undamaged.

As soon as they were out of sight, they would stand up again and continue to approach whenever you lost visual contact.

"These things can’t be killed!"

This outcome was beyond Lin Fan’s expectation.

If he couldn’t even smash these statues, then Xu Zhi Rou and Zhao Jiaqi had even less chance.

"What do we do now!"

Watching the figure taking steps towards the highest platform,

Zhao Jiaqi was visibly anxious.

Although she didn’t know what might happen,

she had a feeling that if the woman reached the platform, the consequences would be unimaginable.

"Lin Fan, you go, don’t worry about us anymore," Xu Zhi Rou said through clenched teeth, gripping her knife tightly.

Even if she knew that Lin Fan’s departure would spell her doom,

"Right, don’t mind us, hurry and stop her!"

Zhao Jiaqi also realized what needed to be done, reaching for the Soft Sword.

But if she could save millions of people, what did it matter if she died a hundred times over.