If you were to ask whether it was necessary to preserve the dignity of a villain from the Sapa faction, nine out of ten righteous martial artists would say no.

But if you asked whether a villain deserved to die from being struck by a pig’s trotter, they’d hesitate and say, “Well, that’s a bit much, isn’t it? Wouldn’t it be better to punch them to death? That seems less… humiliating.”

Why? Because being killed by a pig’s trotter is the worst way to die—it turns death into a joke.

Dying by pig’s trotter, especially for a seasoned martial artist …