The barrage had naturally been directed by Lion.
When Ollian was wounded and fell, Lion and Little Ao had already discussed a countermeasure. Since they were already behind in combat strength, they decided to win by surprise—plainly speaking, they probably could not win in a head-on clash, so they had to play a few dirty tricks.
The entire plan had two parts. Little Ao would carry out one part: find an opportunity to assassinate one or two of the enemy's legendary powerhouses. The other part was Lion's task: provide support when necessary, confuse the enemy's attention, and... deliver the final crucial blow.
Little Ao had completed her part of the mission admirably. Relying on her small stature and extraordinary speed, she charged into the battle through the smoke and dust and immediately tied down the two paladins whose will to fight was strongest. Using a special skill, she knocked both paladins unconscious with just a few potatoes.
Although she herself had died in the process, for a divine envoy, dying in battle merely meant returning to the Divine Kingdom to be resurrected. It was no different from returning when the summoning time ran out.
Now, she had already returned to the Divine Kingdom and was discussing the battle with her companions.
"You have no idea how urgent the situation was! Those two blades were about to sweep through, and at least two people would have gone down. Maybe they'd have casually slashed again, then rushed up and struck once more, and all six would have been down! But at the critical moment, I roared and made my dazzling entrance. With just two potatoes, I knocked them both unconscious. Then, by the time those six reacted—swish, swish, swish, swish—two living people had become corpses! The whole thing took no more than