Three different heads sporting three very different expressions all snap towards Sasuke at the sound of those chirruping birds: Jin Guangyao looking roughed up but relieved; the fox omen all bared white teeth and blazing eyes; and the draugr with its yawning maw wide open, black pits where its eyes ought to be that nevertheless still seem to bore straight into Sasuke, right into the core of him. That it manages to twist its neck with the sword still stuck through the meat and gristle of it is just--unsettling. The crunch and grind of bone is audible.

Jin Guangyao uses its momentary distraction to his advantage. With a grunt of effort, he uses the foot pressed against its midsection to leverage it up, then frees one hand from Hensheng's hilt to deliver a startlingly powerful blow directly to where, in a normal human or cultivator, the dantian would reside. It's a strong enough hit imbued with enough power to push the draugr up, and--hopefully--directly into Sasuke's path of attack.