This chapter makes it even more clear King is Zoro's Katakuri. Except, King is must stronger. They just similar. They both acknowledge their opponent's strength and they both appear to be invincible because if their hax.
While Katakuri wasn't really invincible, he was just using FS and his unique DF body to evade his opponent attacks. King really was invincible. His unique hax makes him harder to damage than Kaido when using it. You need ACoC or a power that create similar power to Zoro ACoC damage him. Even then he still hard to beat.
Zoro didn't try to surpass King
He never saw King a league above him
He never got CoC for King but enma
King isn't like katakuri. He's not!
King didn't make his own name within the crew or in Nw outside of Kaido
Even his name King was given by Kaido .
This dude despite being string, he's not repeated for his strength by Flyers.
Benn : famous before joining Shanks. Had CoC for sure.
Shiryu : hailed as a beast in impel down , potential CoC
Katakuri: legend within the crew, undefeated in NW. CoC
Marco & King are there just to be Underlings
Without their captain name, they have no actual indivual hype of their own
What's King knowj for? Lunaria?
No CoC! No awakening! No advanced haki
"Kata wasn't invincible but King was" lol cope
King is low budget Kata & Marco