Flame mode King began blocking Zoro's attacks because he was canonically scared of Zoro's AP, hence, Zoro already showed the ability to bypass lunarian defense.
Safest assumption is that King took it off cos it didn't help anymore. Why would you be scared of something that can't hurt you?
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