Ma Chao alternated between his tiger-headed spear and lightning, countering with an explosion of electrical energy every time he blocked. Light wings and thunder wings wheeled through the air. The two figures moved too fast for human eyes to follow; all anyone could see were two streaks of light, one gold and one black, colliding wildly above the ruins. Each collision cracked the earth, and each separation sent pillars of energy soaring into the sky.
Between attacks and defenses, Ma Chao caught an opening as Saint Maffey switched from swordplay to a tail lash. He swept his tiger-headed spear around in front of him, its tip leaving a complete circle of black electricity in the air. The ends joined into a constantly shrinking ring of lightning.
"Thunder Dragon: Sky-Sweeping Spear!"
The lightning ring abruptly contracted, then swept outward from Ma Chao, its attack covering the entire surrounding area.
Saint Maffey withdrew her blade to defend, folding her light wings in front of her. Her wings could block most attacks, but the dark electrical energy wrapped around Ma Chao's Sky-Sweeping Spear seeped straight inside the instant it touched them.
Zekrom's power ignored the light-element defenses on the wings' surface, penetrating directly into the energy pathways within their membranes. She felt as though something had bitten viciously into her light wings from within.
Gritting her teeth, she abandoned her defense and took the remaining impact of the lightning ring on her abdomen while beating her enormous light wings with all her strength.
"Light Wing Impact!"
A shock wave and brilliant light exploded at the same time. The intense flash erupting at close range could burn the eyes of anyone looking straight at it to charcoal.
The shock wave struck Ma Chao head-on, sending him flying backward. But his dragon wings beat hard