Zhòu-chún Shìfàng represents the earliest manifested combat state of the individual who would later evolve into Zhòu-chún Tǎoyàn, emerging during her tenure as Fú cì Ánguāng. At this stage, her fighting style retains emotional openness and kinetic exuberance, lacking the austere lethality and quiet restraint that later define her later forms. Her combat expression is energetic, expressive, and heavily momentum-driven, reflecting both youthful confidence and an instinctive desire to protect rather than dismantle.

Her core fighting methodology centers on high-impact barehanded combat strongly aligned with modernized martial striking disciplines. She favors rapid combination attacks built around fluid punch-kick transitions, aerial repositioning, and explosive closing bursts that overwhelm opponents through sustained offensive pressure.

Her engagement pattern emphasizes maintaining proximity, forcing adversaries into reactive defense while continuously shifting striking angles. She frequently integrates acrobatic maneuvering into her offensive chains, allowing her to redirect momentum into spinning strikes, rising launchers, and rapid directional feints that destabilize enemy counterattacks.

Her emotional state significantly influences her combat rhythm. Shìfàng fights with visible warmth and expressive determination, often telegraphing her protective motivations through aggressive interception tactics and body positioning that prioritizes shielding allies. This emotional transparency fuels her stamina and offensive persistence but can also create exploitable moments when she overextends in response to perceived threats against those she cares about.

Striking Methodology

• Rapid Combination Attacks: Fluid punch-kick transitions that maintain constant pressure
• Aerial Repositioning: Using elevation changes to create unexpected attack angles
• Explosive Closing Bursts: Sudden acceleration to eliminate distance
• Spinning Strikes: Momentum-driven rotational attacks
• Rising Launchers: Upward strikes that disrupt opponent positioning
• Directional Feints: Deceptive movements that mask true attack trajectories

Defensive Structure

Shìfàng's defensive structure relies heavily on kinetic redirection rather than static guarding:

• Slipping & Weaving: Fluid evasions that naturally convert into counteroffensive openings
• Rolling Evasions: Dynamic movement that maintains offensive positioning
• Center-of-Gravity Control: Instant balance recovery after aerial or rotational attacks
• Unpredictable Tempo: Relentless rhythm that makes her difficult to suppress

Magical Augmentation

Unlike her elder sister Xīwàng Tiānshàng, Shìfàng retains limited magical compatibility, which she employs as tactical augmentation rather than primary offense:

• Strike Power Enhancement: Short-duration boosts to impact force
• Movement Acceleration: Brief speed bursts for closing distance or repositioning
• Defensive Buffering: Momentary protective reinforcement
• Transitional Deployment: Used during windows between attack sequences

These augmentations are modest in output and require deliberate concentration, preventing simultaneous high-level martial execution and magical channeling. As a result, she typically deploys these abilities in transitional windows between attack sequences or during brief disengagements.

Protective Combat Style

• Aggressive Interception: Positioning to intercept threats to allies
• Shielding Priority: Body positioning that prioritizes protecting others
• Emotional Transparency: Visible warmth and determination that fuels stamina
• Overextension Risk: Tendency to commit too aggressively when allies are threatened

Zhòu-chún Shìfàng's fighting style embodies unrestrained momentum and hopeful ferocity. While lacking the surgical precision and controlled devastation associated with her later evolution into Zhòu-chún Tǎoyàn, her blend of acrobatic striking, improvisational flow, and supplementary spell reinforcement creates a combatant defined by overwhelming drive and emotionally charged resilience.

This early form represents raw potential before refinement—power expressed through enthusiasm rather than calculation, protection motivated by love rather than duty.