Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-5780397-20151222190152/@comment-25014015-20160613020636

It is highly likely Netero was still well gaurded with aura during the 100 types use, Razor was still gaurded by a decent amount of aura although he was using a decend amount of puppets, same for Kurapika with his chains. Hatsu don't often seem to actually take too much away form the aura they have protecting their bodies, and their has never been a time I remember when a hatsu actually took the aura away from their body leaving them ungaurded, save enhancer hatsu that utilize Ko... an example of aura still being clearly available even during hatsu use, is Palms hair hatsu, that allowed her to focus her aura on physcially attacking. Also Netero has a large pool of aura at his disposal, given Meruem's power Netero just did not at all have the durabilty to stand up to him, nor did he possess the attack power to kill him using Nen and martial arts. So even Netero at his prime would get wrecked by pre-rose Meruem, he would just mabey last a bit longer.

Adult Gon is a good example of how powerful the Royal Ants hits were, (going by logic) as he is probably the most durable human character ever seen, much more durable than Netero and more so than even Uvogin, and although he was not paying attention and even if it wasn't focused with Ko or Ryu, Mr. Gon was probably still shrouded in uber powerful aura when Pitou tore off his arm (cause why wouldn't he be realistcally speaking) and a Royal Gaurd, an Ant lower than the King was able to rip right through him, skin, muscle, bone, and all. Going by that scaling no human character yet shown in the series can tank one clean blow from Pitou, so Netero would get ripped apart by pre-rose Meruem even in his prime unless he is much more durable than Adult Gon(whcih is highly unlikely), based soley on what we have seen...