While you were escaping from Shang Tsung's fortress, he was leading the way because he knew how to leave. However, to your surprise, he decided to go from the top.

Kuai Liang stood on the edge of the wide walls of the fortress, and then turned around, making sure that you were nearby. "We'll go down. Smoke will be waiting for us downstairs."

Kuai Liang grabbed his long rope with a hook at the end, then threw it up a tall tree through the fortress. He turned to you, holding out his hand. "Come on. We don't have much time."