![]() Outworld’s Tarkatan warriors take this opportunity to wreak havoc on Earthrealm, forcing Mortal Kombat warriors Kitana, Jax, Sonya, and Johnny Cage to help save civilians from the chaos. Even when the Lin Kuei clan turns on Shinnok, it’s too late to stop the emergence of the One Being and the beginning of the merging of the realms.Īs the tournament ends and the realms merge, Liu Kang, who has been imbued with the power of the Elder Gods, must go beyond the call of destiny and fight the One Being. However, the Lin Kuei cyber warriors Cyrax, Sektor, and Smoke overpower Scorpion and Sub-Zero, allowing Shinnok to have everything he needs to unlock the One Being. In a twist on the classic Sub-Zero and Scorpion Mortal Kombat rivalry, it’s revealed that the Lin Kuei clan was working for Shinnok, and the two warriors work together to try and stop the release of the One Being. Only Sub-Zero escapes, leaving Smoke to be captured by Cyrax and Sektor. Meanwhile, Sub-Zero and Smoke rebel against the Lin Kuei clan when they witness their master turn their peers – Cyrax and Sektor – into inhuman cybernetically-enhanced warriors designed to hunt Scorpion. In reality, Shinnok is the one responsible and even crafted an illusion to fool Scorpion into believing that it was Sub-Zero. Shinnok allows Scorpion to escape the Netherrealm and enter Earthrealm to find and exact revenge on Sub-Zero, which he believes to be responsible for the deaths of his family and his entire Shirai Ryu clan. While many of Earthrealm’s defenders fell throughout the movie, it would seem that the fighting is over and that peace reigns over the realms – at least for now.Īlongside the events of the Mortal Kombat tournament, the Elder God Shinnok orchestrates his plans to unlock the One Being, for which Scorpion is the key. And although Raiden died in Mortal Kombat against Shao Khan earlier, the lightning bolts that flash over the Outworld coliseum during the last scene suggest that although his mortal form is gone, the Elder Gods might have restored his godhood. ![]() Liu Kang defeats the One Being and stops the merging of the realms, and Kitana takes her rightful place as the heir to Outworld’s throne. ![]() They imbue Liu Kang with the power to fight the One Being, which allows him to turn into a giant dragon and results in an epic kaiju battle. However, the Elder Gods then reveal that the One Being has been released and that the realms are already merging – the first steps in the destruction of everything. In the end, Liu Kang kills Shao Khan in what is the most epic fatality in Mortal Kombat Legends: Battle of the Realms. Related: Mortal Kombat: Why The Original Used Goro In A Better Way Than The Reboot During the tournament, several characters fall victim to these fatalities, including the bug queen D’Vorah, Curtis Stryker, Kung Lao, and even Raiden. This sets up some of the classic in-tournament Mortal Kombat fatalities that have made the franchise beloved among fans of ultra-violence. Meanwhile, Outworld’s invasion of Earthrealm gets sidelined when a stalemate forces Lord Raiden to agree with Emperor Shao Khan’s proposal to petition the Elder Gods for one final Mortal Kombat tournament, which will decide the fate of the realms once and for all. Although Scorpion easily escapes Netherrealm, he is inevitably embroiled in the plans of fallen Elder God Shinnok to release the One Being. After the events in Scorpion’s Revenge, Scorpion ends up in the Netherrealm and is revealed to be the key to unlocking the One Being, who has the power to merge and erase all the realms.
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