User blog comment:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Chapter 473: Red Lightning, Review./@comment-87.117.37.237-20160215161733/@comment-86.66.207.93-20160215163640

don't forget one thing electricty is weaker in the atmosphere, but used used with a liquid such as blood which contains iron, it is far more powerful. Mashima simply used the laws of chemistry, like he used in tartaros arc with Gajeel