UPDATE: Ok so I got home, downgraded back to 9.1 with hisuite. Went to unlock the bootloader again but it seems it was already unlocked??
I then upgraded to 10 again via OTA update as I did previously, but this time I noticed it had automatically LOCKED the bootloader.
I could be wrong, but I swear the first time I upgraded to 10, my bootloader was still unlocked, I remember going into fastboot and seeing both RED (meaning UNLOCKED) and then flashing twrp. I'm really annoyed I rushed into it and messed up with that factory reset.
So there is currently no possible way to root EMUI 10?