Shining Ray

Shining Ray is the weapon X receives after defeating Optic Sunflower. It shoots out a ray that almost acts like fireworks. Charged up, it sends out multiple exploding shots.

Trivia

 * "Shining Ray" is the name of a song by Janne Da Arc, who did the themes for the Japanese versions Mega Man X5, Mega Man X6, and Mega Man X8. Mega Man X5 still retains these songs in international versions.