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It'll make logical sense if some of creatures in the Dark Continent surpass Meruem in terms of strength(though they'll probably lack Nen) cause like someone said before, he was probably from an inferior race of ants and the beasts are probably even stronger than the ants. Though I would of loved the idea that Meruem could of conquered the world had he not learned compassion and other emotions, not been poisoned and continued to evolve and that humanity was just lucky. Though the rankings for who is the top 5 hunters haven't been shown and he was probably weaker than some or all of the those hunters and Netero, Knov, and Morel were believed to be adequate.
Maybe I'm just being a fanboy, but I loved Meruem character development and his exponential growth. Hopefully Togashi gives the future characters great personalities and character development like he did with Meruem without feeling like a repeat of events.