The wooden faces of the eight figures slowly changed. Under the influence of the constellation power, all eight of them took the image of Saleen and the rest of his people. That was not all. The internal structures of those figures began to change as well, becoming bodies of flesh and blood full of life.
Level-10 astrologers were capable of maintaining such statuses for hours. In actual fact, having the star figures around at the moment of entry into the cemetery would have sufficed, as the curses would have definitely fallen onto the figures.
The curse's power had definitely been weakened after being around for tens of thousands of years. Saleen still made one for himself just in case.
Stand-in figures were very common tricks employed by astrologers. Defense measures employed by astrologers were not as varied as those of mages. However, the defensive ability of the stand-in figures was incredible.