The person they were waiting for was none other than Ye Feng.
However, at this moment, Ye Feng and Xiao Feifei had just emerged from the woods, both drenched in sweat and panting heavily.
"My heavens, we finally made it out! I'm utterly exhausted!" Xiao Feifei looked at the town ahead and collapsed onto the ground, completely spent.
Seeing this, Ye Feng quickly checked the time and said anxiously, "Oh no, it's past two o'clock, the project conference has started. We don't have time to rest!"
Upon hearing that the project conference had begun, Xiao Feifei jumped up as if her pants were on fire.
"What? It's past two? Oh no, oh no, are we going to miss this project then?" Xiao Feifei became flustered and didn't know what to do.
Ye Feng glanced at his watch and urged, "Not necessarily. Let's quickly find a car and rush over. We might still make it!"
The project conference was scheduled to start at two o'clock, and the end time was not specified, but it was estimated not to be too long.
As long as Ye Feng and the others arrived before the project conference concluded, there shouldn't be much of a problem.
"Okay! Then, hurry up and find a car!" Xiao Feifei said anxiously.
Hearing this, Ye Feng quickly pulled her along and ran to the middle of the main road. He took out a few hundred-yuan bills and flagged down a car.
And so, they hurried towards the provincial capital.
However, they were unaware that not long after they left, a figure appeared behind a large tree by the roadside where they had been.
He watched Ye Feng and the other person get into the car and leave, muttering to himself, "I didn't expect this guy not only to have reached the Grandmaster realm and be able to control ice needles, but also to possess that strange immobilization technique. It's simply too bizarre!"
But in the next second, his expression turned ferocious, and he said coldly, "However, daring to kill someone from our Ghost King organization, I will make you know what regret is!"
With that, he turned and disappeared into the woods.
If Ye Feng were present at this moment, he would have been utterly astonished.
Because this person was none other than the bald, ghost-faced man from the Ghost King organization who had escaped earlier.
No one had expected that after escaping, this guy didn't flee immediately but instead returned.
In fact, the bald, ghost-faced man had no intention of truly escaping. He was simply unable to gauge Ye Feng's strength and was extremely wary.
Moreover, the long-haired Rakshasa man was also present at the time. He thought that even if he could defeat Ye Feng, he would definitely be severely injured.
In such a state, he might be taken advantage of by the long-haired Rakshasa man.
Therefore, it was better for him to escape first, leaving Ye Feng and the long-haired Rakshasa man to fight like clams and he, the fisherman, to reap the benefits.
What he hadn't anticipated was that Ye Feng possessed such miraculous abilities, not only controlling ice needles but also immobilizing opponents and killing them.
Seeing that scene, he broke out in a cold sweat, no longer daring to make a move. Instead, he followed from a distance, looking for an opportunity.
But he found no opportunity until Ye Feng and the others left.
"Stop!"
However, not long after the bald, ghost-faced man entered the woods, a voice suddenly rang out.
"Huh? Who?"
Hearing the voice, the bald, ghost-faced man was startled and quickly looked around.
However, he scanned the area but couldn't see anyone.
"Who, who exactly? Stop playing games, come out!" the bald, ghost-faced man shouted urgently.
But the forest was silent, with no response.
"Strange, could I have been hallucinating?"
The bald, ghost-faced man muttered to himself and was about to leave.
But at that moment, a figure appeared behind him and gently patted his shoulder.
"I told you to stop, didn't you hear me?"
Hearing the voice and feeling the force on his shoulder, the bald, ghost-faced man's eyes widened, and he trembled with fear.
Someone who could appear behind him so easily and pat his shoulder without him noticing, how terrifying must their strength be?
"Huh? Who?"
The bald, ghost-faced man roared, and at the same time, a dagger materialized in his hand, and he instantly stabbed backward.
"Hmph, seeking death!"
Suddenly, the voice sounded again. Before the bald, ghost-faced man could harm the other party, he felt a great force on his back, and he vomited blood and was sent flying backward.
When he turned over, he suddenly saw a tall man standing in front of him. The man held a heavy sword across his chest, with a resolute face and exuding a terrifying aura, looking formidable.
"You, who are you?" the bald, ghost-faced man asked, his face filled with terror.
The man said indifferently, "You don't need to know who I am. You just need to tell me who dispatched you to assassinate those two just now!"
"Hmph, Your Excellency! This is a matter for our Ghost King Killer Organization. I advise you not to meddle, otherwise..."
However, he stopped abruptly as soon as he spoke.
The heavy sword man coldly uttered, "Noisy!"
As he spoke, he lightly swung the heavy sword in his hand, and the bald, ghost-faced man immediately let out a heart-wrenching cry of pain.
Because his entire arm had been severed by the heavy sword man's blade.
"Speak quickly, or the next sword will not be to sever your arm, but your head!" the heavy sword man said coldly.
Hearing this and feeling the murderous aura emanating from the heavy sword man, he dared not doubt his words.
"It was the eldest daughter of the Sun family, Sun Manzhu, from the Billionaire Family, who paid us..."
Under the threat of death, even as a member of a killer organization, the bald, ghost-faced man was terrified and quickly revealed the truth.
After listening, the heavy sword man said coldly, "Begone! Go back and tell your Ghost King organization that anyone who dares to touch these two will bear the consequences!"
"Yes, yes, yes, thank you, sir, for sparing my life..."
The bald, ghost-faced man said, quickly picked up his severed arm, and fled into the distance, disappearing into the woods within a few moments.
After the bald, ghost-faced man left, the heavy sword man took out his phone and made a call to someone.
On Rocky Island, an old man frowned and angrily said after hearing the content of the call, "Killers hired by the Sun family of the Billionaire Family, are they? They're tired of living!"
The person on the other end of the line asked, "Master, what should we do next?"
"Hmph, wipe them all out! Not a single one should be spared!" the old man said angrily.
However, at this moment, a middle-aged man in a wheelchair beside the old man spoke, "Father, it's better not to escalate things for now!"
The old man heard this and frowned, "What do you mean?"
"Feng'er is grown up now and has the ability to protect himself. We don't need to do everything for him!" the middle-aged man said.
Hearing this, the old man frowned, "So you mean we shouldn't intervene?"
"No, for the overt enemies, let Feng'er handle them himself. If he can't, then we'll help him! As for those in the shadows, we'll deal with them directly..."
The old man listened and pondered, "That makes sense..."
Meanwhile, at the provincial capital's Finance Hall, project competitors were standing up one by one and walking onto the stage to present their projects, advantages, and so on.
The surrounding judges and referees were scoring and voting for them.
In the blink of an eye, it was three o'clock, and all project competitors had basically presented their proposals and advantages.
However, Zhou Lingyu, who was seated, was extremely anxious because Ye Feng and the others still hadn't arrived, and their phones were not being answered...