Besides Phil, there were many people that were closed to the idea of Sui Xiong participating in "The Very First Martial Arts Contest". Such as Jose, who set his mind to look for a bunch of wives to give birth to three hundred children.
He was then a father of twenty children, and his family pressure was high, so he really needed money. The winner award of the very first martial arts contest would be very helpful for him.
As someone from a higher order, or even close to the standard of an expert in legendary realm, he already swept off everyone in the qualifying round. Even before he used his fish fork, and only used the rope that he normally used for tying wild beasts, he already eliminated over a hundred contestants.