Dean gulped as he approached the end of that tunnel. His face was stern, and he was trying to soothe his mind somehow, but he couldn't do such a thing when his life was at stake.
It was clear that the weakest Dread could give him a tough fight in the conditions that he was at that moment.
While he was mining the Petroleum-metal of that cave in order to have even if a shard to use as a weapon, Dean wondered if it wouldn't be better for him to meditate and Nourish his "Willpower" for a couple of hours before he faced those Dreads.
He was starving, but he planned to meditate until he reached out his limit.
While Nourishing his "Willpower", Dean noticed that his regeneration got way faster than it already was. He just needed, at least, three hours meditating and he could conditioning his body to fight on even grounds with any Dread of the 7th generation.
Anyway, it was still a dilemma, because even this strategy had its huge disadvantages.