User blog comment:Kevo411/Nen Battle Poll - Gon vs Meruem/@comment-14902757-20141101055431/@comment-14902757-20141103050848

Gon didn't have to pound Pitou's head to that extent just to kill the chimera ant. Pitou was long dead even before that "shattering" blow. I went into lengths making analogies just to explain how that simple kick from Gon crippled powered up Pitou, that it should also hurt Meruem. Meaning to say, Gon's rock is not the only reliable move he can use now that he's powered up. He's strong enough to make openings. But everybody seems to think that just because the Guanyin didn't affect Meruem, Gon's attacks also won't. Also, just like how Uvo's body didn't easily break after Kurapika's enhanced fist, I believe that Gon's body has tempered and achieved a form that will not easily tear so long as he protects it. But, like I said, at their power levels, the toughness of their bodies doesn't matter anymore because of how devastating their attacks have become. And that's why I set a huge gap between Netero and Gon/Meruem attack power. Btw, Meruem may not seem to be using nen, but that's only because he's born wielding it naturally just like Pitou. Even when he's performing regular assaults against Netero, he's using nen, or when he's tanking Guanyin's assaults. THe only times Meruem's guard (nen guard) was shown down were 1) when he severed his own arm and 2) Guanyin's first chop. #2 though does not mean his guard wasn't up at all but instead, it's probably more or less distributed rather than focused because he couldn't anticipate where the attack is gonna come from. Even during zero hand, I believe that even if it wasn't shown, Meruem was instinctively using a certain amount of nen to resist the attack's focused destructive power.