They had forced Kakuzu into his Earth Grudge Fear mode. Seeing this, Meihui knew it was time to step in, or he would only get credit for an assist.
Realizing that his sneak attack had only stripped away one layer of the enemy's revival armor, Kakashi promptly backed off. After fighting for so long, his mana bar was nearly empty, yet his opponent was still alive. For a mana-starved assassin like Kakashi, it was enough to leave him speechless.
He decisively retreated, leaving the battlefield to the brothers, Meihui and Naruto. He had nothing left in the tank, so he could only pull back for now.
Seeing Kakashi retreat, Kakuzu did not pursue him. Instead, he turned his attention to Meihui and Naruto.
"Little bro, same as always. Wear him down, then finish him off."
"Yo, believe it! Let's go! Shadow Clone Technique!"
In an instant, the battlefield filled with yellow-haired pests. This time, however, Meihui did not create any shadow clones. His hair had turned black, after all, and slipping his own dash of black and gold into that sea of golden hair would look strange no matter how he sliced it. He simply decided to go without them.
Still, Meihui would pull his weight. By the time Naruto's shadow clone army charged forward, he already had a plan. Meanwhile, Kakuzu bombarded Naruto's shadow clones with ninjutsu.
Meihui, however, used Flying Thunder God to dart in every so often and slam a Rasengan into Kakuzu. Kakuzu could not land a hit on him, nor could he tell when or where Meihui would appear to ambush him next. He felt certain he must have committed every imaginable atrocity in his previous life to run into these two menaces today.
Enraged, Kakuzu unleashed his ultimate attacks several times. But as a