It could be said that in the later stage of the original work, Sasuke might look strong, but in fact, he was just a paper tiger. He relied on everything his brother left him. If he did not have his brother's help, that is to say, without the existence of Sharingan, he would at most be an ordinary Jonin.
Because he relied too much on the Sharingan, he needed more time and even his brother's assistance to awaken the Mangekyo. Unlike Itachi, who had awakened them for many years. Even in their final fight later, Sasuke's Sharingan was still in the same state, compared to Itachi who already could use the Susanoo with his eyes.
Itachi used his Bloodline Limit, but did not completely rely on them. Sasuke on the other hand was addicted to the use of the Sharingan. It could be said that he was a slave to his own Sharingan.
But no matter what, luck was also a part of strength. He had a good brother who gave up his life as a price to pave the way for him.
"You only want me to fight with your shadow clone?" Sasuke was angered. He felt that Ryoha was looking down on him.
"Let's talk about it after you defeat my shadow clone." Ryoha walked to the side and leaned against the wall. He closed his eyes. In fact, he was testing how far he could go after fusing his genes with the shadow clone.
"Well, if that's the case, I'll deal with your shadow clone first." Uchiha directly activated his Sharingan out of anger. With the appearance of the Sharingan, many spectators cheered and shouted for his victory against Ryoha. What an arrogant guy. Not many people knew about Ryoha's reputation.
"You're such a jerk. You left all the dirty jobs to your shadow clone." Ryoha's shadow clone said gloomily.
"Fire Release - Fireball Jutsu." Sasuke didn't care about anything else and directly used his Fireball Jutsu, but it was easily dodged by Ryoha's shadow clone.
However, Sasuke never intended to finish him with his Fireball, he only used the Fireball as a diversion and rushed over.
"Sasuke's speed and taijutsu..." Rock Lee saw that Sasuke's skills and speed were completely different. It was very similar to his own now.
"Well, this is because Sasuke understands Rock Lee's taijutsu better, so it is easier for him to imitate Lee." Said Kakashi.
"I really didn't expect Sasuke to be so much stronger. Compared to a month ago, his current speed is actually comparable to that of Rock Lee when he was not opening the gates." Tenten said in disbelief. In his opinion, Sasuke was just all talk, but now it seemed that it was not as simple as she knew.
"A hand-to-hand fight? Do you think that my shadow clone will disappear just because you hit me? Naive." Ryoha's shadow clone had the same personality as Ryoha. He also looked down one Sasuke. When Sasuke's shadow clone came in front of him and kicked him, Ryoha's shadow clone did not dodge at all and directly threw a punch.
Bang!
Ryoha's shadow clone and Sasuke's clone took several steps back at the same time. However, Ryoha's shadow clone was unaffected. On the contrary, Sasuke's clone looked hurt.
"How could it be? How could his shadow clone be so powerful?" Sasuke's expression did not change. He once again rushed over to compete with Ryoha in taijutsu. However, he was even more shocked as the battle goes. Although Ryoha's shadow clone was not as powerful as his main body, he was actually able to match Sasuke in taijutsu. This made Sasuke couldn't accept that he was unable to deal with a mere shadow clone.
"Sure enough, even if Sasuke's strength has increased a lot, he is still far from being able to match Ryoha. A shadow clone is enough to hold him back." Shikamaru said.
"You can't put it that way. The number of shadow clones Ryoha made is not much. The more shadow clones there are, the more chakra is needed. The strength of each shadow clone will also become weaker, but Ryoha is only one shadow clone right now."
"As long as he wants to, he can give the shadow clone as much chakra as he wants. Therefore, although he only used one shadow clone, it can't be underestimated."
Kiba gave a very rare logical opinion. However, he was right. The number of shadow clones didn't mean more power. On the contrary, if only one shadow clone is used, then the shadow clone could possess as much strength as the master wanted.
"I don't believe that I can't even deal with a clone. Fire Release, Phoenix Flower Jutsu!" Sasuke flipped in the air and spat out countless bird-like flames, attacking Ryoha in waves.
"Water Release, Water Formation Wall!" Ryoha's shadow clone quickly formed a seal. A cylindrical water wall surrounded him, blocking the coming flames.
"Very good. Let's see how you can defend against this. In the end, it is just a shadow clone. Fire Release, Fire Dragon Bullet!"
Sasuke came behind Ryoha's shadow clone, seizing the opportunity when Ryoha's clone was busy dealing with his jutsu from before with the water wall. Ryoha was unable to dodge. Sasuke released a straight line of flames that directly hit the water wall. The flames continuously evaporated the water around.
"It's over, Fire Release, Fire Dragon Bullet!" Sasuke made another seal, and a dragon-shaped flame was released toward Ryoha's shadow clone. The raging flames continued to burn around him.
"This is the result of looking down on me." Sasuke sneered, "Your shadow clone has been defeated by me. Now it's your turn."
"You look very happy after defeating a mere shadow clone. Even though you need to use so much ninjutsu to deal with it. Sigh, but I really have to thank you. Because I can use you to test my powers."
Ryoha never intended to let the shadow clone defeat Sasuke. He was only using the shadow clone to roughly test how much his body had changed after he fused with Wood Release's genes.
"It is no wrong to say Sasuke's strength is undeniably much higher than a month ago, but he took so much effort to defeat a shadow clone. Moreover, I think that shadow clone didn't really fight seriously at all."
"It seems like Ryoha only wanted to test the results of his training. Defeating a mere shadow clone by spending so much effort is really is nothing to be proud of. The gap between Sasuke and Ryoha is too big." Shikamaru said.
"This is going to be interesting." Seeing that Ryoha was about to make a move, Kankuro and Temari both smiled.
"Come on, in order to thank you for helping me test the results of my training. I will bury you personally." Ryoha waved at Uchiha and signaled for him to make a move.