Congyun Mountain Range, southern region.
As a vast mountain range spanning two prefectures, roughly two-thirds of it lay within Tiannan Prefecture.
Coupled with Tiannan Prefecture's fierce folkways, there were many beast hunters and herb gatherers.
Even though exotic beasts and venomous insects were countless within the mountain range, large numbers of profit-seekers still poured into it.
In the southern part of the forest, outside a patch of dense miasma.
Several brightly colored lizard beasts clung to the trees, gnawing on half-eaten human bodies. The sound of bones cracking occasionally rang out, while their tawny eyes held not the slightest trace of emotion.
Suddenly, the lizard beasts seemed to sense something. Their eyes shifted toward the miasma not far away.
Several figures swiftly emerged from the miasma.
"This miasma seems much denser than before, and its toxicity has become stronger as well. It can even corrode protective force. Good thing we brought plenty of antidote pills, or this really would have been troublesome."
The figures were all tall and broad, dressed in animal hides, with rough features and dark skin. They looked like savages, yet the auras emanating from each of them were quite formidable. They were all Bone Transformation realm experts.
"Seventh Brother, don't forget that this time of year is always the period when the miasma rises in the Congyun Mountain Range. It isn't even at its worst yet. Wait another half month—that's when it'll truly be fierce."
One of them bared his yellowing teeth and laughed.
The Seven Fiends of Red Mountain were fairly well-known beast hunters in Tiannan Prefecture—or herb gatherers. In any case, they did everything from hunting beasts to gathering herbs.
Though the seven men were unkempt, they were extremely powerful. All seven were Bone Tempering practitioners, and their strongest member, the eldest, had even