Meihui felt rather helpless. These two teammates were dead weight.
Left with no choice, Meihui charged straight at Orochimaru. Against someone this powerful, doing nothing but dodging would only make his situation worse.
"Naruto, Sasuke, spread out and attack him from both sides! He's too strong. We can't keep letting him dictate the fight. Find a way to kick his ass!"
With Meihui directing them, Naruto and Sasuke finally had someone to rally around. They unleashed a furious barrage of ninjutsu at Orochimaru. Neither knew many techniques, but enough ants could bring down an elephant.
The fight now had Meihui leading the attack, with Naruto and Sasuke providing support.
Seeing this, Meihui brought his own Sealing Jutsu into play.
"Fire Release: Heavenly Prison!"
Chakra gathered in Meihui's palm, coating it in red. A moment's inattention was all it took for Orochimaru to get caught.
But Meihui soon realized he had been too optimistic. Orochimaru performed a vanishing act, shedding his body to escape Meihui's Heavenly Prison.
"You know quite a few techniques, don't you, brat?"
Orochimaru spat out the Kusanagi Sword and twirled it with a flourish.
Damn it. At that sight, Meihui knew Orochimaru was finally taking this seriously. He had hoped to hold back and coast through the fight.
But if he kept slacking off, things might go very wrong.
"Naruto, Sasuke, both of you fall back. It's my turn to put on a show."
Sasuke was reluctant to comply, but the situation left him no choice.
"Orochimaru, let me give you a proper workout."
With that, Meihui flung several kunai, embedding them in the nearby trees. Orochimaru's eyelid twitched at the sight.
It brought back old memories. Minato Namikaze had earned the title of Yellow Flash with his Flying Thunder God. This brat could use Flying Thunder God too, but Orochimaru had no idea who had taught him.
While Orochimaru was still puzzling over it, Meihui used Flying Thunder God's incredible mobility to appear right in front of him, raising his hand to strike with a Rasengan.
The pitch-black Rasengan in Meihui's hand did not look particularly dangerous to Orochimaru. But years of practicing Snake Release had given him a snake's keen senses, and his instincts warned him that it was deadly. He hastily dodged, but it still struck his left arm.
The entire Rasengan was sealed inside Orochimaru's left arm. An instant later, its violent chakra exploded within the limb, leaving him utterly stunned.
Orochimaru had felt no pain at the moment of impact. The sensation of that violent chakra exploding inside his body immediately afterward, however, left him reeling. This technique was truly monstrous.
Orochimaru's entire left arm was gone, shredded to pieces by Meihui's Rasengan.
Facing Meihui, Orochimaru used Snake Substitution once more. By now, his stamina was beginning to run dangerously low.
Orochimaru could not understand it. How is this kid such a monster? Even a monster like me thinks he's a monster. He can actually use a technique this vicious.
As Orochimaru considered how Meihui Uzumaki would undoubtedly be the greatest obstacle to his plan, and whether he ought to kill him, something happened.
Meihui charged straight in to fight Orochimaru hand to hand. But at that moment, Orochimaru saw Meihui's lips move and understood what he was saying.
With a few swift movements, he put some distance between himself and Meihui's group.
"Summoning Technique!"
Orochimaru summoned a giant python, then gave Meihui and the others a meaningful smile.
Then he left.
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