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My bad... You're right that it wasn't Yury's power but it still does not excuse this poor feat. The ending statement was purely illogical. Lightning that surpasses lightning is still lightning. Wahl being invulnerable to lightning and then suddenly getting defeated in one-hit was a major downgrade. I mean this essentially is Erza except you replace Fairy Tail members' images with Yury himself. However, there is less criticism because of the rumor about Laxus' attack and the science that does not back it up. The blood theory was totally made up by fans. I would need more information to believe in such a PoF feat.It shouldn't really be disputed that Red Lightning was under Laxus' power... it was. He's shown a nuke that was hyped to end Ajeel, so him having a move that is that can defeat a Spriggan is at least acceptable within the portrayal of the manga.
What can be disputed is 1) how Red Lightning came to be used; and 2) how it worked on Wahl.
1) My opinion right now is that RL is a PoF thing. Laxus' feelings to protect the guild are deep. As Mavis mentioned Yury was the same. The 'red' is symobolising that this feeling is something in Laxus' blood. So thru PoF 'somehow' the yellow lightning turned into a reddish/black lightning that Wahl couldn't defend against. I reserve the right to change this view if/when RL gets explained. This is the most questionable part of last chapter and I understand why there are polarised opinions about this.
2) Wahl is immune to lightning attacks but not RL. But RL is lightning which destroys machines. So if RL can bypass Wahl's lightning immunity and hit Wahl as if he was a normal robot then RL would actually be super-effective against Wahl. That would mean RL isn't a move that oneshots Spriggan tiers. I can accept this, as RL only looked like a really powerful punch and is not even a DS technique.
I place Laxus above the likes of Wahl, God Serena and Ajeel. Gildarts would be somewhere around Jura based on pre-skip standards. I get the feeling that if Gildarts does come back this arc he'll be much stronger than pre-skip, it would be disappointing to deflate Gildarts portrayal in the manga (he's already done that to Jura/Bluenote, and murdered the GoI).
I actually think Erza has a legitimate claim to no.2 in S-class above Gildarts.
Honestly, Yury didn't really have any sort of impact in any of this. It is more believable for him to think of Makarov otherwise he should have thought about Yury in the Tartaros Arc. This is unless he trained during the one year timeskip but he had to had some source of power, right? If it was not from Yury, then it was pointless to include the flashback. It could have been better if it was because Laxus trained and grew really strong. The fact that the whole chapter mentioned Yury indicates a little suspicion.
Gildarts is being severely underestimated once again. Gildarts was never equal to Jura. That was a misconception by fans and a figurative statement to hype Jura. We saw Natsu trembling with fear against Gildarts but never mentioned about Jura being immensely powerful. If anyone knows better, it is Natsu.