He didn't notice the figure was right on top of him at first. Then he felt him flatblade him across the back. Grunting in pain, he toppled from the his horse and looked up to see a huge man, taller than he was, wearing strange full plate armor. His eyes were pale white, like the look of death in a thunderstorm, and his hair matched their gaunt frightening features. Getting to his feet, he brought his spear before him.
"Getting in my way usually gets people killed," said he.
The large white haired man responded only by drawing a huge sword that was nearly twice the length of his spear. Covered in strange rune words the bejeweled great sword had a dragon crafted into the hilt with the tale holding a strange glowing orb at the end. The blade shot out of the dragons' mouth and on the blade it simply read, "Dragon Breaker." The warrior did not know who this swordsman was, but he knew this was not going to be an easy fight.
"…Lu Bu..," the white haired warrior seethed, "….today….you meet your better."
"You keep barking!" Lu Bu roared and struck out at him.
Blocking with incredible grace and power the white haired man countered by cleaving sideways and out, the very air about his sword screaming as if it felt the blow. Lu Bu's strength barely saved him as he took to the full blow to his chest hearing an odd crunch. Landing on his back he looked down to find his armor had been broken. This man broke my armor, he gawked in disbelief, he's powerful indeed. He had not the time to daudle as looked up to see Dragon Breaker coming forth. Leaping to his feet he brought Sky Scorcher up to block and heard a sickening crack. Heaving out Lu Bu forced the swordsman away and observed his weapon. Along the shaft he noticed a small crevice near the dragons tale. Lu Bu couldn't believe it. He had broken Sky Scorcher! Fueled with a new rage Lu Bu's skill with the spear shone brightly as he twisted about and landed a sharp blow against the white haired mans side. Parrying in and through the swordsman brought his fist to bear landing it squarely in Lu Bu's face. Responding to it Lu Bu took the blow, circled around, and landed a foot against the swordsmans jaw. With that the white haired man took Lu Bu by the scruff of the neck and is if he was nothing but a doll flung the warrior aside. Lu Bu hit the ground hard but still managed to leap to his feet and faced him. The swordsman recovered by shaking his head groggily then menacing and methodically began stalking toward him, Dragon Breaker in hand.
"Your pretty good," Lu Bu said backing away. He was amazed he was backing away but this one seemed to have the strength of ages behind him. He had broken Sky Scorcher; no ordinary man could do that! He had finally met his match and he didn't know his name. As he readied himself for another attack a stream of soldiers suddenly emerged from Hu Lao Gate and filtered past the two warriors parting them, hollering in terror and disorganization. From what Lu Bu could make out Dong Zhou was dead and Diao Chan was in danger. This duel would have to be postponed until a later date.
Looking across the steady stream of people, Lu Bu could make out his nemesis in the fray, his cold white eyes piercing through crowd. Bringing Sky Scorcher forward he pointed it at the swordsman.
"Another time white hair!" he barked. The swordsman said nothing as he methodically brought Dragon Breaker to his face and saluted him, guarnteeing they would cross swords another day. Lu Bu vanished into the massing multitude while his counterpart dissappeared into the shadows of the night. They only thing that crossed Lu Bu's mind was that Diao Chan was in danger. His even match would have to wait.