Yes pre time skip law must be stronger than akainu.
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akainu has great haki unlike king...
how are you missing the whole point here lol
Tell yourself King's sword is not coated with blackened haki.
Zoro needed KoH attack to cut through King's blackened haki coated sword.
basic coating
Wow king has sanji level haki
Zoro needed koh to scare king into stop using his flame mode lol. king got demolished the moment he threw away his flame mode.
Like, the literal page you just posted says this. "He's fast. Meaning i can cut him"
It was king's flame mode that kept zoro from cutting him dumbass. not his nonexistent top tier haki.
King beats Law and blocks his DF power.
King can't do shit against law. You have to have yonko level haki to block Law's hax. The manga literally explained this 🤡