HunterxHunter (Spoiler warning)

SPOILERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Does anyone want to tell me if the bugs life arc of hxh is worth the boredom that it comes with. To me it's been really slow up to now. I've gotten to the part where the king has just been born. is there much left/anything to really look forward to after this? Im trying to be as vague as possible in the case that someone ignores my spoiler warning as I like to do a lot haha. This is also my lame attempt at trying to start conversation with anyone.
ALSO why did it suddenly get so dark? T-T I have no problem with blood and stuff but I feel like the show went from 0-100 SO FAST I just wasn't ready for a lot of it, was anyone else kinda taken aback by the sudden shift in energy??